Fuel systems of COT cars in Atlanta testing clear of any water
Quote selected text Published October 30th, 2007 in NASCAR News
Tests conducted Monday night showed no water in any of the fuel systems in the cars tested that day at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
“Crystal clear,” Nextel Cup Series Director John Darby reported Tuesday afternoon.
Water got into the fuel of several cars during the Pep Boys Auto 500 on Sunday at Atlanta. With those cars gone and the new cars of tomorrow being used in the test Monday and Tuesday, NASCAR asked the teams to check their cars Monday night and see if there were any additional problems.
Darby believes NASCAR will be able to come close to pinpointing exactly what happened. He suspects it was part of the plumbing or a hose among those that runs from the underground fuel tank to and through the fuel dispenser.
The fuel in the underground tanks shows no contamination.
“I think that we will [find it],” Darby said. “We haven’t yet. But the fact that everything’s clear here all day yesterday and today, what that tells you is the fuel itself is not contaminated.
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It’s Robby’s fault.