[Chuck Norton]

From Travis's reference:

3. For 2004, two runs by the same combination or the same class that are 1.15-second or quicker under the index during the evaluation period will trigger the AHFS process. With the change, two runs from the same driver or two different drivers would have to be posted to trigger the system and cause changes. This will help filter out "one-time fast runs" in categories where there are one or few numbers of a specific combination.
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Thanks, Travis. That explains things to some extent. The application of the system as defined by the above passage would appear to sanction the awarding of horsepower in instances when one car, with one driver, on one extraordinary day, could be assessed power as in the case of the number one qualifier at Topeka.

To Chuck Beach: That's the way I understood it, too (except the part about the teardown. It is my personal opinion that the teardown should be required in any trigger or automatic situation.) The wrinkle that I had not previously understood is that, in the Topeka scenario, the two triggers came literally within minutes of one another thus giving a different look to the term "one-time fast runs." There seems that not everyone has viewed this part of the system in the same light.

To Bob Pagano: I think my response to your observation is the same as Chuck Beach's. The two trigger runs (and quite possibly the horsepower hit) are interpreted to be runs by one driver, at one event, on one day.

I find it interesting that I'm getting a lot more phone calls, PMs, and e-mail than are reflected by the responses to this post. The unofficial count of combinations that were affected adversely by this interpretation during this segment has risen to three.

c