That frame rule is pretty clear,

"Ground clearance measurement is measured from the lowest point of measured part "

I could see where a DQ could be a legit call....

Not a popular call but the way that rule is written, I think someone could use that rule for a protest, jmho

OK ok , I got it all figured out now  , startin on the front row just a few 6 points away from havin the Track Championship in my grasp and I'm gonna use all my brains to win this thing  , hey look that third place kid is next to me , what the he11 is his name ?? ok ok I know now it's Cherrio's all I gotta due is win the heat and beat that Cherrio's kid and I'm within 6 points of the title with just the feature left and I'm really really really fast and pretty smart too  , Ok now green flag and I'm really really fast , BUT WAIT that "kid" is still hangin in  there, DON'T he know who I am    well I'll fix that in the next couple of corners, just nudge him a bit and nobody will ever see anything....... Hey .. wait .. what in the hell ... that "kid" just passed me and now he's in the lead  , oh no, please don't let me end my seasion like this  , ok ok  I got it now ,, were going into turn one and I'm gonna nudge him just a little, ACTUALY I'm gonna just hold it on the floor and never turn ,,, cause I'm the champ ( right ?? ) , ok ok here goes.... BANG oops I musta hit him too hard, after all I was only going 30 mph faster when I hit him... Now what in the hell......  are they black flaggin me for.. don't they know my foot slipped off the pedal and it was pushin and I hit oil after he stopped in front of me ..... what ? what do you mean park it ?? what did I do ?? you all seen it , after all I'm the champ here and I gotta title to win... oops just lost my heat points cause I'm parked.... oh well I'll get him in the feature if he can return , he is wrecked pretty bad so I'm not sure he can make it but we will see. Dang... now I am really really really mad  , had the title in my hand, and now my sister in law whips my azz and wins the track championship  , hey wait a minute .....what do you mean I'm not in second place ?? oh yeah I forgot about wreckin in the feature, don't get too many points on the back of that wrecker  , hey wait a minute I'm tied with that kid for second in points  , now what what do ya mean I'm in third cause he won the tie breaker in points by havin more wins  , plus the little bastrd passed me, now i'm really really pizzed, BUT I sure showed him, huh  ?? after all everyone knows who I am ...... god dang kid anyway's who in the he11 let him on the track....

The correct call was made in the feature by the SST officials, the 8 car was checked on the track 3 times along with Gradle when they were stopped by the officials on the frontstretch, at the end of the race the 8 car was checked again and was declared OK, the car was not steaming or running hot so I don't know who or why the initial call was made, could have been a driver in the back of the pack that called his crew chief and alerted an official ?? All I know is if the 8 car goes into the pits for whatever reason his race is over and his night is ruined and for what ? when you are in contact with the leader and all guages are reading OK you keep on racing after all you are in second by lap 42 in a hundred lap race, I don't know who saw what or what they saw but apparently nothing was wrong. I think the officials in the end made a good call.

I am pretty sure the Turbo 350 ratio is 2.52 in first gear and 1.52 in second gear, if I am off then the number is 2.48 in first gear and 1.48 in second gear but I am pretty sure it's the first set of numbers, now on the powerglide the 6cyl trans is 1.82 in low or first , the v8 transmission is 1.76 in low or first.

I think he used a 1980 program for the speed conversion in MPH , all of the drivers listed are current I think.

That just makes no sense at all, you can weld the monoball to the fragile tin BUT you can't weld to a rubber bushing and make it stay. Now more money has to spent and who cares ?
I'd probably buy the Urethane type even though they are two times the cost of the monoball 

Can you say BULLDOZER or perhaps PLOWTRUCK , I give the track corner workers credit , they made the correct calls.