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100% Pass - June Sprints Fuel Testing
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Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:38 pmby Erik Skirmants
SCCA Enterprises authorized the use of compliance funds to test cars: 97, 61, 31, 05 and 57 post race. All testing is concluded and no fuel samples had even trace levels of banned substances. We had no spec fuel this year....but can now say that we had no "hot gas" either. To date the fuels that where reported to be new, and make a difference, have failed the chemical analysis testing to the latest banned substance list. We will stay on top of it and where applicable, affordable and convenient still prefer a spec fuel. However, the rules have made it much harder now to blend anything that passes and has a benefit.
Re: 100% Pass - June Sprints Fuel Testing
Posted:
Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:54 pmby Beck
Hey! We passed!
Hurray for......
Nevermind.....
Jeff
Re: 100% Pass - June Sprints Fuel Testing
Posted:
Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:05 amby brucemyers
Erik
what say you about the runoffs re spec fuel? any decision on this?
any thought on limiting tire usage to keep cost down- i.e. one new set for the entire race week- 3 Q's and 1 race- would make it easy to have a rule for one set for the R/O's
Re: 100% Pass - June Sprints Fuel Testing
Posted:
Wed Jun 27, 2012 3:13 pmby Erik Skirmants
Both the fuel and any "Runoff's only rules" would be SCCA's to make. We could ask for something, but at this point it would be for 2013. I have not even looked at Runoffs fuel rules for 2012 yet... it must be published by now.
Re: 100% Pass - June Sprints Fuel Testing
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Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:43 pmby Steve Introne
If I read the supps right, there is no spec fuel, except that it has to be bought from the track.
Re: 100% Pass - June Sprints Fuel Testing
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Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:34 pmby Erik Skirmants
Thanks Steve,
That has been the case for a couple of years...and they do accurately police it. i.e. do not blend in your cell and do test early in the week. It has been a real issue getting the sample pure enough.