Now that I am back at my computer I will throw my 2 cents in the game. Pump fuel is illegal on every track and that is pretty obvious mistake….but to Dane’s defense we never had testing on fuel last year and that is a good thing since Mike eluded to my uranium enriched fuel in Colorado. 😆
TAG USA RULE
6.0 Fuel
6.1. UNLEADED RACING GASOLINE – of a 98 octane rating by an APPROVED manufacturer.
– CITGO RACING FUELS is TAG USATM APPROVED
6.2. OIL – Use of an APPROVED lubricant is mandatory. Ratio is as per manufacturer spec.
– XERAMIC Evolution oil is TAG USATM APPROVED
Tag’s rule is not as concrete as some would like as you can see, but what makes it even more difficult to patrol is the fact that each motor calls for different oil ratio’s and therefore you are going to need a seperate spec fuel tester for each Tag motor. The only real Tag event I was at last year had fuel on site that you had to purchase and could mix it with your own oil to the manufactures spec ONLY. Which meant that rotax had to be run last year at 33:1 even though I ran CSC races at 40:1 Each motor at Rock Island had their own tester to determine that the fuel met spec, but quite honestly I don’t think they really gave a shit because no one was DQ’d for fuel.
Here’s an idea. Why not have each track owner supply the fuel for the races? This gives money to the track owner for supplying the fuel (since they are supposedly losing money to hold races) and takes most of the guess work out of fuel AND if somebody is found guilty of altering their fuel disqualify them for the next 2 races. How do you alter it at the track? Ice, fuel additive or improper oil mixture.