Shamrock 3x
Veteran
I recently received a communique from a friend, suggesting I post something on RaceNY. All the talk about Chad Knaus' recent "troubles" got me thinking that with all the knowledge in this here forum, RaceNYers must have some pretty interesting tales to tell. So boys (and girls) have at it and give up your stories, either verified or rumored, of folks who stretched the rules and got away (or not) with it. Here's a couple to start:
1) I was talking with Lee Osborne a few years ago and he told me how back in the 60s cars were sometimes checked for min. weight before the race, but not after. He was at Lancaster one time and was a little under the minimum. So to make weight, they filled the LR tire with water. Then while sitting on the grid, waiting to go out, he had Mike Loescher, who was crewing for Oz at the time, loosen the valve stem to slowly let the air out of the LR. Once the tire was flat & officials were notified, they let Mike & crew remove the flat & replace it before the race with one that was full of air....but NOT water. He didn't remember how he did in the race, but said the funniest thing was watching lil' Mike trying to roll the tire back to the pits with all that water sloshing around inside.
2) This one is not verified, so is just a story I heard from someone (really don't remember who) somewhere. If Bob Meuller is reading, perhaps he can confirm or deny. OK, so in the late 60s or early 70s, Roger Treichler was winning a LOT of races at Spencer with that good looking coach of his. I believe there was a max. CI rule, but I don't know what the max. was. Anyway, everyone was certain that Roger was cheating with a big motor. And for several weeks in a row, the tech. officials would make them pull the #1 plug after the race and check to see if they were over the limit.....but they never were. Finally somebody got smart and decided to check some of his other cylinders. The story goes that they found out that # 1 was the ONLY legal one and the other 7 were way over the limit. Busted! (I think this is a great story and hope someone can lend credence to it).
OK....let the lies fly!
1) I was talking with Lee Osborne a few years ago and he told me how back in the 60s cars were sometimes checked for min. weight before the race, but not after. He was at Lancaster one time and was a little under the minimum. So to make weight, they filled the LR tire with water. Then while sitting on the grid, waiting to go out, he had Mike Loescher, who was crewing for Oz at the time, loosen the valve stem to slowly let the air out of the LR. Once the tire was flat & officials were notified, they let Mike & crew remove the flat & replace it before the race with one that was full of air....but NOT water. He didn't remember how he did in the race, but said the funniest thing was watching lil' Mike trying to roll the tire back to the pits with all that water sloshing around inside.
2) This one is not verified, so is just a story I heard from someone (really don't remember who) somewhere. If Bob Meuller is reading, perhaps he can confirm or deny. OK, so in the late 60s or early 70s, Roger Treichler was winning a LOT of races at Spencer with that good looking coach of his. I believe there was a max. CI rule, but I don't know what the max. was. Anyway, everyone was certain that Roger was cheating with a big motor. And for several weeks in a row, the tech. officials would make them pull the #1 plug after the race and check to see if they were over the limit.....but they never were. Finally somebody got smart and decided to check some of his other cylinders. The story goes that they found out that # 1 was the ONLY legal one and the other 7 were way over the limit. Busted! (I think this is a great story and hope someone can lend credence to it).
OK....let the lies fly!