Re[2]: alfa-digest V9 #265

[Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>]

On Sat, 15 Feb 2003 14:46:29 -0500 Paul  Misencik <paul@domain.elided> wrote:
>  Someone brought up the fact that
> a
> pushrod "Mercedes-Benz" engine won the Indy 500 not long ago, but this
> happened because the designers discovered a fluke loophole in the rules
> that
> provided for significantly higher boost pressure to be run in that format
> and designed a brand new engine accordingly.

right. that wasn't so much a loophole as a deliberate rules decision
intended to encourage Dan Gurney's beloved stock blocks. the rule was
simply  not written correctly. nobody ever imagined how much money Roger
Penske could get Mercedes to cough up to build a trick motor to win Indy. 

richard
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