I see where the discussion is going, but if this Justin had been getting beat by you all this year would you care what kind of pump he had on his truck? Probably not!!

 

OH Congrats on your 3rd Post


Rules are rules simple as that...Why are your argueing with us its a rule everyone follows except 2 trucks... u say that is unfair to them i say letting them get away with it is unfair to everyone but them.

 

Good, but I'm not sure I see where yours is going? Ok, I'll humor this. If Mr. Edwards was losing to me every year would I care what kind of pump he had on his truck? Sure I would, he should have "a stock-appearing, OEM engine make-specific pump only, that must utilize a stock-appearing governor." I don't care if he's winning or losing, that's what the rules state. And that's what tech should have looked for when he showed up to hook.

I have no personal issue with Mr. Edwards or anybody else for that matter, it's their truck. They have every right to put whatever pump they want on it. They can even pull it at an event that they meet the rules for. The issue I have is when they go to an event where the rules are made very clear and don't understand why they can't hook, just because they've been allowed to at a "brush pull".

I have ZERO affiliation with the folks that put on the Platte Fair Pull. I do however commend them on trying to standardize what has been a very hard class to rule in the past. DHRA is the standard, it's national and the rules are very clear, as I've said in the past, if you build a DHRA Street Diesel Class truck, I have yet to see a single event where that truck wouldn't be accepted or at the very least easily changed to comply with a local track rules. By not trying to run to a standard you only alienate yourself from your competition. The whole idea is for as many people to compete in a class and have some sort of fairness to it right? Not much fun if it's just you, by yourself, out there yanking a sled around that at the end of the run they're just going to put right back. How do you know how you compare to the rest of the field?

You can't sit there and compare Justin or Skyler's truck to a Street Diesel class truck, because they aren't, and it's unfair to put them in a field with other trucks that do meet class rules and in front of an audience who doesn't know the difference.

 

I still wish Justin would have stayed around to pull at Platte City. He usually beats me by 25 feet and Tomac beat me by 33 and was still going until he broke. I know the sled was set the exact same in the open as it was for the pulloff so then his superstreet trailerqueen could have been beat by a daily driveable duramax.

 

Well said Satburn.

 

And when the pump has a stock appearing 4500 governor what will be the next complaint!

 

So you can chage rules as needed at pulls, is that cheating? They did it at Platte City. Your praising this pull at Platte City by going by the book and the rules, when in fact the rules they sent out earlier said nothing about not being able to have a ag govenor (RSV), until it was time to sign up..

 

The pump must be a OEM appearing pump with an OEM Gov. Which his truck has neither... The only other thing i have heard is his hitch.I dont understand why everyone is getting upset. We simply want a level playing field. I would think if anyone Justin would want to get it legal so he wouldnt get flamed everywhere he goes.

 

WRONG AGAIN!

It stated OEM apperaing Gov.

 

Who said that? The rules I see posted on the site say specifically:

When was this changed? What earlier rules are you speaking of? The pump has to be stock appearing to the truck. Not to a tug boat or my neighbor's combine. They even tell you you can mix years and pumps up, hence run a p-pump on a 24v.

 

If you would take some time and really look at his hitch and see how it is made you would realize it is legal. So, what is your next complaint!

 

It is NOT legal the bars connecting it to the axle make it illegal... I asked DHRA tech guy before i built my hitch... Dosent matter that is allows 1" of travel.

 

I need to see this truck. The way your talking his pump must look like a spaceship. Does Spock run the throttle for him too?

 

Did you show them the hitch that gwhammy is talking about? But hey its your story tell it how you want to

 

Its not rocket science i wanted to do a very similar set up and they said it would not pass DHRA inspection for Street Diesel ... You havent even seen this truck or that is what your are claming.why are you even in this conversation? Where are you from?