Indy Class ...Enhanced !

[R. Thorne]

I agree with Jim Bailey. Who wants to watch a/s, then j/s, then d/s. This is not neuroscience, guys. This needs to be done anytime class eliminations are contested.

[Mark Yacavone]

I have a CD from Indy 2004, and the classes were run pretty much in order.
Who decided to not do it that way now?
It can't be the TV deal on Thursday at Indy, is it?

This really isn't that hard. Everyone already knows who they're racing.
Make the call ..."A-H Stock stick..You run in 15 minutes"..Wait 5 minutes.."All remaining stick cars..15 minutes til tee time". 20 minutes after the call , you close the back of the lanes. No more stick cars allowed in. You snooze , you lose. Meanwhile they have called A-D/SA. Same deal.. After the stick cars start running, you pull back the rope and let the automatic cars in. A goes to lane 1, B to 2 ,etc.
All you need is for NHRA to care enough to do it.

[Stephen & Horace Johnson]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

I have a CD from Indy 2004, and the classes were run pretty much in order.
Who decided to not do it that way now?
It can't be the TV deal on Thursday at Indy, is it?

This really isn't that hard. Everyone already knows who they're racing.
Make the call ..."A-H Stock stick..You run in 15 minutes"..Wait 5 minutes.."All remaining stick cars..15 minutes til tee time". 20 minutes after the call , you close the back of the lanes. No more stick cars allowed in. You snooze , you lose. Meanwhile they have called A-D/SA. Same deal.. After the stick cars start running, you pull back the rope and let the automatic cars in. A goes to lane 1, B to 2 ,etc.
All you need is for NHRA to care enough to do it.

I always wondered why they went away from calling the clashes in order. The first time we ran at indy it was so organized in 2004, but the last one we ran (2014) it was a cluster#### in the lanes

[Dan Fletcher]

Ummm, duh.....obviously it's because of the former world champs.....

[Bruce Noland]

Its on the racers. Everyone is trying to cool down their cars but that has to stop when we're called to the lanes. The nhra crew wants everyone to have their opportunity to race and will not pull a class out if one car is missing or not accounted for. Get up there and be ready to race!

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

I have a CD from Indy 2004, and the classes were run pretty much in order.
Who decided to not do it that way now?
It can't be the TV deal on Thursday at Indy, is it?

This really isn't that hard. Everyone already knows who they're racing.
Make the call ..."A-H Stock stick..You run in 15 minutes"..Wait 5 minutes.."All remaining stick cars..15 minutes til tee time". 20 minutes after the call , you close the back of the lanes. No more stick cars allowed in. You snooze , you lose. Meanwhile they have called A-D/SA. Same deal.. After the stick cars start running, you pull back the rope and let the automatic cars in. A goes to lane 1, B to 2 ,etc.
All you need is for NHRA to care enough to do it.

Your last sentence says it all !

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

All you need is for NHRA to care enough to do it.

And to make it a point to have enough staff on hand to be able to do it.

[Isaac Zane]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

I have a CD from Indy 2004, and the classes were run pretty much in order1, B to 2 ,etc.
All you need is for NHRA to care enough to do it.

You have a CD from Indy 2004?? I need a copy. Do you know where I can get one??

Good luck herding the cats!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Isaac Zane

You have a CD from Indy 2004?? I need a copy. Do you know where I can get one??

Good luck herding the cats!

No sure who did it. Maybe Bill Bureski. He did the USCN I in 2001.
I don't have it with me so it will be a few months before I can look for it.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

And to make it a point to have enough staff on hand to be able to do it.

But But Billy.....That would cost them some extra money. Have to pay for all the new VP's you know !