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CUP: Source Of Tainted Fuel Located
Written by: Tom Jensen   
11/01/2007 - 07:00 PM
Ft. Worth, Texas
 
NASCAR has solved the mystery of the water-contaminated fuel at Atlanta. (LAT photo) MORE NASCAR PHOTOS ยป More Photos

NASCAR officials said Friday morning that water contamination that plagued several cars in last week's Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway has been traced to a portable fuel dispenser.

The cars of Denny Hamlin, Dave Blaney and Greg Biffle were among those to suffer contamination from water in the fuel. Hamlin's car stalled on a late-race restart that resulted in Martin Truex, Jr., who led the most laps in the race, crashing into Hamlin and out of contention.

"Last week's issue with water in fuel during the Nextel Cup race has been investigated and pinpointed by NASCAR and Sunoco," said NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp. "Our investigation confirms that the fuel was on spec and that the dispensers at Sunoco's Atlanta track fueling station functioned
correctly and was not the source of the contamination.

"A failure did occur in a piece of portable dispensing equipment that is sometimes used to supplement the permanent pumps on busy race days. This failure allowed a small amount of water to be dispensed. Portable equipment has been used for many years without problem, and, in fact, this equipment functioned properly during the Craftsman race at Atlanta right before the Nextel Cup race," Tharp said.

According to Tharp, the offending device has been fixed. "Equipment modifications have been made to ensure that this will not happen in the future," he said. "The portable equipment is not required for the fueling operation at Texas International Speedway this weekend and will not be used."