Not much more can be said about fins. Should they be allowed? Sure, why not? If they're to be allowed then give 'em some spec limits. Hopefully the submitted wording is up to snuff.
Rule 1a applies to tech inspection just like it says. Body class stuff doesn't apply to tech. If a competitor has a beef with a tech inspector about something, the wording in the book is king. But again, following the rule which says we must follow the words in the book, this only applies to tech inspection.
It looks like a majority of the NASCAR rule book is procedural BS. What the NASCAR rule book has to do with dry lakes racing is beyond me. I'd imagine that writing rules for a racing organization where every single car is exactly the same is probably pretty easy versus writing general rules that are to be applied to any possible car imaginable. I'm also guessing that the NASCAR rule book was written by a fleet of lawyers. The scta rule book was written by a handful of racers.
It feels a lot less like you're asking genuine questions some times and a whole lot more like you want to point out that other people are doing things that you've been told are illegal and that's pretty lame IMO. Yes, the scta rules aren't as tight as you think they should be, we get it. You ask about running alt in
this thread and you say the rule book is a problem. Mike says our rule book isn't perfect and that none others are and that ours is always a work in progress to make it better to which you say that you're not complaining and just trying to learn. And now here we are again... Some old story from the xxo guys. You're just here to learn but not without taking every opportunity to point out how bad the rule book is. There's so much complaining seething out of your questions that its hard to tell what you're actually trying to do. Whatever... That's your MO. Maybe I'm the only one who notices.
Btw i was the one who submitted the re-wording of the lug nuts rule after the complaining you did last year. You're welcome.