That was an awesome story from Buddy Baker. Working at Jim Dunn Racing and sitting at the race shop or in the lounge in the trailer at the track listening to stories just like that from a drag racing legend and HOF driver "Big Jim Dunn" for the past 5 years is one of the things I have missed the most since I retired.
Half the time the people that are there to enforce the rules don't even know the rules. The DOT is a good example. Some race car haulers have the generator and air tank mounted in a big stainless box mounted on the front of the trailer, but some of the teams have a 30 thousand dollar custom built generator box mounted on the back of the truck like the one in my avatar. A couple of years ago I was about 50 miles from the Houston track when a DOT officer pulled me over and was going to write me an over length ticket because he said once you put anything in the box it would be considered part of the trailer and that made me over length. I told him there is a motorsports exemption rule that allows us to have that box as long as all we carry in it is things for the trailer and racing supplies as long as nothing is for resale. He took pictures and text them to his superior and I had to wait for about a half hour before he got the word back that I was right and to send me on my way. There has been numerous times over the years that I would have gotten tickets if I had not know the rules, because the officer didn't...or he did and he was hoping I didn't.
I like that idea if they put the booth on TV more
