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Inquiring Mind · 09-10-2007, 03:18 PM

Beard, the finish line isn't crooked or anything like that. I've seen this happen over and over in super stock and people get screwed.... that is; the wheel of one car (Richardson/ Barone) trips the finish line beam and the nose or the "fin" (in this case) of the other car (Coans) does trip the finish line beam. Is Richardson's wheel in front of Coan's wheel?- Definitely! Is Richardsons "fin" in front of Coans "fin"? Yes! But Richardsons fin didn't trip the beam and Coans did. Could be the angle of the fin, his track placement etc etc. End of Story. It Happens all the time in Super Stock with the noses of the late model cars but now that it happened on the big stage in comp, it's coming to a forefront. Have you ever seen a guy in class run a crazy high mph and wins by a few thousandths? Same concept. It should have been done long ago.

NHRA/ Imbrogno/ Foster or whomever needs to lower the finish line beams to 1 to 2 inches (In the sportsman categories) so that the front wheels of everyones car trips the beams and this will fix the problem of a late model car tripping the beams with his nose and the other older car tripping the wheel with the wheels. Or in this case a fin of one car tripping the beam and the other cars fin not tripping the beam. In the PRO categories they can leave the beams the way they are so that the cars don't jump over the low "sportsman" beam. They could have this programmed in the computer.

09-10-2007, 03:18 PM	#4
Inquiring Mind Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 10 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Richardson Barone, winner of the U.S. Nationals ? Beard, the finish line isn't crooked or anything like that. I've seen this happen over and over in super stock and people get screwed.... that is; the wheel of one car (Richardson/ Barone) trips the finish line beam and the nose or the "fin" (in this case) of the other car (Coans) does trip the finish line beam. Is Richardson's wheel in front of Coan's wheel?- Definitely! Is Richardsons "fin" in front of Coans "fin"? Yes! But Richardsons fin didn't trip the beam and Coans did. Could be the angle of the fin, his track placement etc etc. End of Story. It Happens all the time in Super Stock with the noses of the late model cars but now that it happened on the big stage in comp, it's coming to a forefront. Have you ever seen a guy in class run a crazy high mph and wins by a few thousandths? Same concept. It should have been done long ago. NHRA/ Imbrogno/ Foster or whomever needs to lower the finish line beams to 1 to 2 inches (In the sportsman categories) so that the front wheels of everyones car trips the beams and this will fix the problem of a late model car tripping the beams with his nose and the other older car tripping the wheel with the wheels. Or in this case a fin of one car tripping the beam and the other cars fin not tripping the beam. In the PRO categories they can leave the beams the way they are so that the cars don't jump over the low "sportsman" beam. They could have this programmed in the computer.