Some answers to the above:

- You don't have to drive the car to Memphis--you can trailer it. You just can't have a trailer chasing you on the cruise or a truck supporting you at the track.
- We do not have a closed-hood policy yet. So far, we have established a race procedure that means any work you do will probably need to happen in the staging lanes, you probably won't have more than 30 minutes to do it, and you will be DQ'd if you can't come to the line when you are called. Also, any parts and tools need to be carried in the car (but not when it's going down the track).
- How does an 8 second car drive 30 to 50 miles and race three rounds on 15 gallons? That's part of the challenge. Real street cars would have much more range than that. Besides, it would have to get 2 mpg in order to run out of gas on the way to the track.
- How do you get the car there with an empty tank? If you trailer to Memphis, then drain it at home. If you drive it there, then unhook a fuel line and use an electric fuel pump to drain all the fuel into a container, then fire up the car and run the carb and lines dry just to be safe. We will check fuel after the event, so the drier your system the better.
DF