John, I agree in principal but I damn sure would want to protect my A$$ and not to mention the huge investment in the vehicle, Can't get mad at the Penningtons or anyone else for running a chute on such a valuable car.

Safety has got to be #1, As Joel said way back in the pioneering days (and I was very honored to be part of it for a time), noone could have ever imagined the kind of speeds the cars would be capable of achieving.

I remember the time at Englishtown when Dave Dudek i think tossed a rod on the big end when he still had the purple challenger, He reeled it in (thank God) but even then a chute might have helped.

If I was still part of it I would have really endorsed and pushed for a '.060 over OEM bore' rule.... if only to keep the parity between brands at least in the same camera frame.