Jim I 100% agree with you.But in the last 10 years and 7 differant tracks both NHRA and IHRA never got sent home just warned.Mostly with outdated belts by month or 2 late in the season.Most of the time at 1/8 mile shoot outs never even looked at the car.A couple hundred cars would take all day to tech.Bottom line is the money.If every track would tech cars to 100% of the rules I would bet they would send 30 to 40 percent home.Most would not fix the problem they would just go to anouther track.
I will go to a junk yard when the weather gets better and grab a GM one for free. The track that I race at is IHRA so for now I am OK.