Well, that's one way to make minimum weight

[ACCP]

Have your dad squirt water into your pocket after the race: http://www.racer.com/ekstrom-water-b...rticle/304473/

[Jakester]

The details of Bengt Ekstrom pouring water into his son's pocket have been debated since that Sunday. Did it give Mattias an advantage? No. His car weighed in a good 7kg above the minimum limit, and he'd have to have had a fishtank dumped down his overalls to get anything like that kind of weight of moisture absorbtion

Perhaps Mattias failed to drop by the portapotty prior to the race, had an 'accident' in the car and Dad felt he needed a bit of camouflage. Wouldn't be the first time a driver has been forced to heed the call of nature during a race.

But, seriously, do DTM rules call for a stated driver weight, either just for rules' sake or for determining ballast to equalize weights (a 'Danica' rule). Is minimum weight by car only or by driver/car combo?

[PHJIndy]

Perhaps Mattias failed to drop by the portapotty prior to the race, had an 'accident' in the car and Dad felt he needed a bit of camouflage. Wouldn't be the first time a driver has been forced to heed the call of nature during a race.

But, seriously, do DTM rules call for a stated driver weight, either just for rules' sake or for determining ballast to equalize weights (a 'Danica' rule). Is minimum weight by car only or by driver/car combo?

The World of Outlaws has a 1400lb minimum weight for car and driver.

[ncrdbl1]

The World of Outlaws has a 1400lb minimum weight for car and driver.

A needed rules since some teams were getting cars under 1,200# and they are running over 800hp. We have all seen what running plastic fuel fittings did in the past.