Live From The St Louis Races

[Larry Hill]

Race 3-6 #129 won over #6 in E1

[63corvette]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

It was announced at St. Louis that they would have their regular double divisional race in October and an additional double divisional race in early May that will be a Division 5 divisional race!

That sounds great to us!

Patsy & Larry

Good for Division 3 racers however, not so good for many Division 5 racers.
This is going to stop many of the Division racers on the west and north side of the largest geographical Division to skip a double due to the travel time and miles.
Just My 2 Cents
Rick Cates
Canyon TX

[Cglrcng]

Originally Posted by jmcarter

Re: DD inconsistency, at Bakersfield NT?s were just put to bottom of the ladder.

I saw that too Jim as the current rule set does not reflect the actual reality when it comes to the Qualifying rules for certain categories it leaves it up to subjective decision making instead of concrete black writing on white pages (zero gray areas).

So, it will end up with inconsistent decisions and neither D.D.'s nor racers need that at all. It is a simple fix as I stated in my novel earlier and back in April.

You simply no longer get a Full stage and Starter Go as described in the Q rules when Starter checks track for clear (flips switch to activate tree), and then Drivers control the stage timers. It is now a reality of Starter Go, then staging with no assurance that both cars will fully stage (a failure of either to do so results in a red light DQ a N.T. but surely a qualifying attempt was made.

An incomplete pass is the result and simply should receive the 28 second Q pass result. Then none of the rules are in conflict. The entry monies are applied to NHRA purses/expenses, the racer has the ensuing time to fix their entry, and the show goes on. Failure to appear the next round to the lane call the laddered opponent earns the comp bye.

Fixing what we know is broke is just smart. Not getting it fixed is just repeated frustration watching it happen repeatedly, and knowing it is leading to stress for all it happens to.

[Speer Drag Racing]

In Tulsa a couple weeks ago Roger Brogdon was allowed to be pushed out of the burnout box, fix the problem and make a qualifying run that counted in comp. Guess it matters who the DD and the racer are!