Thats kind of what I was trying to say. There is a lot to this whole subject.
JB
At 09:22 AM 11/4/99 -0600, Wester S Potter wrote:
>One thing is missing from all of these comments, that being the fact that
>the fuel is at the meet at all. ERC has supplied fuel for salt flats meets
>for many years. The profitability of hauling fuel 800 miles one way, paying
>for housing, labor, hauling an adequate supply of all kinds of fuels, runs
>to the nearest supplier, 140 miles one way, for methanol when everyone uses
>more than expected, can't be great. The back breaking labor of getting the
>fuel trailer off the salt after a rainstorm and the cost of the wrecker to
>get it out are other things the racers usually don't see. From a sponsors
>perspective, we are fortunate to have people like Rick and the rest at ERC.
>One call solves lots of problems. From a racers standpoint, the fact that
>they have the information on the fuels that ERC gives and the consistency of
>quality they assure has to be an incredible benefit. With the many ways to
>cheat, having ERC there just helps to level the playing field. Not a
>perfect world but a whole bunch better than what has happened in the past
>with other suppliers.
>Wes
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>> From: "Joseph Timney" <TIMNEYJJ@sterlingdi.com>
>> To: Land-speed@autox.team.net, dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>> Subject: Re: Interview& fuels
>> Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 07:49:59 -0500
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>>Good Point , look at what NHRA has done, requiring Approved Race Gas for
>Pro-Stock because of cheating.
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>>>>> <dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com> 11/04 7:29 AM >>>
>>dont forget that in american industry there are many combustion compatable
>>compounds available to the home chemist (competitor looking for an edge)
>>which can be utilized to manipulate the dielectric constant of a fuel,
>>therefore utilizing the dielectric constant as the ONLY test may not be
>>adequate to certify legal fuel - doug @ black radon
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