[Michael Beard]

If you step through frame by frame on the Mason incident video you can clearly see the camera flashes, and they do not coincide with the red light coming on. The red light comes on *after* the camera flashes, and the the pre-stage and stage bulbs go out AFTER the red light comes on.

In the Brand incident there does not appear to be any camera flashes involved, and you're dealing with a footbrake car that staged solidly and then came up against the converter, so you are definitely not dealing with an issue of rocking back out of the beams. Once again, the red light comes on BEFORE the pre-stage and stage lights go out.

This issue has also occured at a track in the east in bracket racing, and we've seen similar things happen in the Pro categories.