environmental terrorism

[southwind25]

This weekend i was witness to a shocking display of environmental terrorism.

Truck and Tractor pulls at the local (wayne county ohio) fair.

Dont get me wrong, i am not a tree hugger, i drive a old british engine around so i am guilty too..
However i have my lotus running as lean as i can, and i have spent money and time to try and stop the oil leaks..

but these deisel trucks and tractors were disgusting.

Tornado's of black hydrocarbons exploding out of the deisel powered vehicles had the crowds choking and gasping.
they were using 2-3 cans of ether to keep them going and people had to leave the area.
they leaved trails of quarts of oil on the ground.
Trenia has to even throw away a new t-shirt because of the oily soot that came down.

Was this really neccissary? i was just as thrilled at the gas and alchohol powered machinery without having to gag while watching them!
was part of the excitment watching fairgrounds get polluted?

i wouldnt want the events to stop, i understand and appreciate the thrill of this motorsport (although it's nothing i would do with the lotus...LMAO).
but the pollution was shamefull.
frightingly, the raw pollution gives motorsports a bad name, thats not cool at all!

[slngsht]

to a MUCH lesser degree... I'm considering putting cats on Frankn7 to lower pollution. I already have all the electronics, just no cats. She already gets decent mileage (on the highway section of snowshoe trip, i got 27.5, and it's still not running as well as it should be).

I agree, there is no reason for that. It just gets negative publicity and ruins it for the rest of us.

[Arya Ebrahimi]

It's a diesel thing....you wouldn't understand :leaving:

[southwind25]

yeah thats what the guys at work are telling me.
and..people pay to go choke on the fumes.

i guess i am in the minority.

le-mans was won with deisel engines...they didnt do this. or it would have been the 24 hrs of le smog...

[Arya Ebrahimi]

yeah thats what the guys at work are telling me.
and..people pay to go choke on the fumes.

i guess i am in the minority.

le-mans was won with deisel engines...they didnt do this. or it would have been the 24 hrs of le smog...

You just need to tune into your carnal redneck and it will all become clear....or smoky ;) :D

[BobDrye]

Try the pits when they seat the clutches in top fuel/funnycars. The people in the stands leave their seats, go to the pits and put on their gas masks (some don't). They start their engines on gas, the switch to nitro.

[GKANSA]

Hey that sport is awsome dont forget that i pull with my truck in a "gas class" and its a blast!!! Yes the des..ill's are nasty but some are putting out 1000+bhp! Some of these pullers are using aircraft engines.