Allen Johnson announment
When JFR was dominating F/C, NHRA tech didn't seem interested in approving any performance improving part that we came up with. Several times we had to slide things through by making it into some kind of safety oriented piece that "happened" to have an unforseen performance advantage. They took away some of our wicker on the spoiler and front wheel wells within weeks of approving the vastly aerodynamically superior then new Dodge Charger body. This is back when JFR was Ford Mustangs bodies. Lots of the rulings were frustrating, and the logic behind them inconsistent. We spent big bucks developing stuff that was just outright dismissed. IMO they seemed to find a way to help whoever of the most popular couple teams was struggling at the moment. Or at least slowing the progress of the current frontrunners. A one man show only sells tickets for so long, they learned that lesson during JF's 10 straight champ run.