Break car & allowed replacement @ Columbus??

[Michael Pliska]

You aren't required to make a time run in the .90 classes, are you? While it was years ago, I have run both a divisional (and ended up in the semis) and a national without time runs (in both cases I had broken the car bracket racing it the prior Wednesday, and had to scramble it back together). The divisional involved two trailer flats too on the way! Nobody even questioned it, although it was traffic jam of people trying to line up next to me first round!

[Chris Williams]

You're right, time runs are a courtesy for SC/SG racers.

Originally Posted by NHRA Rulebook

All qualifiers in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Top Alcohol Dragster, Top Alcohol Funny Car, Comp, Super Stock, and Stock must have a valid elapsed time recorded to be placed into eliminator competition. If conditions should curtail scheduled qualifying attempts in Super Stock or Stock categories, the event director has the option of placing non-qualified entrants into the field.

Note the conspicuously absent Super categories. There's no ladder until after round one, so it doesn't matter. Under "Ladders":

Originally Posted by NHRA Rulebook

Super Comp, Super Gas, and Super Street use random pairings for the initial round of competition, with those first-round winning times determining subsequent round pairings.

You could show up for round one and go. Tough to be competitive, but it's been done.

[Michael Pliska]

Originally Posted by Chris Williams

You're right, time runs are a courtesy for SC/SG racers.



Note the conspicuously absent Super categories. There's no ladder until after round one, so it doesn't matter. Under "Ladders":



You could show up for round one and go. Tough to be competitive, but it's been done.

Yup, I was worried there would be fender-benders in the scramble to get at the duck for 1st round. I remember thinking at the time, I didn't care if I won any more rounds, I just wanted to send the "winning" duck hunter home! I managed to do that both times.

[Chris Williams]

Originally Posted by Michael Pliska

Yup, I was worried there would be fender-benders in the scramble to get at the duck for 1st round. I remember thinking at the time, I didn't care if I won any more rounds, I just wanted to send the "winning" duck hunter home! I managed to do that both times.

I love being thought to be the duck. When we first started running, it was a stitch to have people hunt us out, with my daughter (who is 24 but looks 16) driving, and then send them home. After a short while, they learned and went duck hunting elsewhere.