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Greg, that i bit of a tough one, it would be a pretty rare situation, but it could happen. with any rule there can be up and downsides. For that specific case my first thought would be add fuel. Methanol weighs about 7 lbs. per gallon, so an extra 6 gallons over what you need will make you legal. Now you could say what if it was a similar situation at the Hut Hundred, and the tanks already full. Well, that is a tough one also. Like i said with any rule, there are going to be some situations where it may create a problem, but overall i would think it would improve competition.
By the way, i am not sure if the idea is included in topic i posted the link to or not, i've written about this a few times over the years, but at one time i wrote up a proposition to the MARA board before a meeting about going to an "either or" rule. Basically any 900 lb car would be legal without the driver, or a car/driver combination of about 1080 would also be legal. For my hypothetical IOW example this would probably let Cottle keep his win, as well as let Boat still run his 900 lbs car. The idea was a little bit of compromise of the exact spirit of the rule, to even up competition, but eliminated the problems of what happens when an outsider come to race with the club, or a car owner switches drivers etc. For instance i had 4 drivers in my car last year, Davey Ray, Kevin Olson, Tim Siner and Steve Knepper. There is quite weight difference with those guys, but my 900 lbs. car would always be legal under that type of rule. If i came back to driving full time and chose to, i could build a car that weighs in at 850 to help take away some of the disadvantage i have versus the lighter guys.
(by the way i hope Shane and Chad don't mind be used as an example, They just happened to be two of the top guys right now that popped into my head, LOL)
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