The 175 rule was in place since as far back as i can remember, it' was when we
only ran one course and to speed things up the slower cars were restricted until
they could exceed the qualifier speed. With two courses the rule remains in
effect to keep the slowr vehicles from tying up the long course. So will run the
full five miles at 100 mph if allowed. Some still do hoping somewhere along the
engine will clean out and they will get a little more speed. They also are not
going fast enough to clear the course to the return road.
Glen
Marge and/or Dave Thomssen wrote:
> Group
>
> Section I-5 of the rulebook says cars over 175 are eligible for the long
> course.
>
> Section I-6 says all vehicles except streamliners must exceed 175 to qualify
> for the long course, which was in the book for a long time.
>
> Dave in Lincoln
> It doesn't matter, I'm not going to run a streamliner again
> #322 XFBSTR
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