Quote:
Originally Posted by herr_oberst
This is an excellent point.
However, remember, the reason this door was open for Penske is that USAC took away the requirement that the engine be a stock block. Purpose-built 2 valve pushrod racing engines were allowed for the first time in 1994 and were treated to ten extra inches of boost.
|
And the yellow shirted geezers at USAC likely couldn't conceive that anyone would actually go ahead and
build a new pushrod engine from scratch....
I was sure they didn't shed any tears when Penske failed to qualify at all the following year in '95.