[bill dedman]

BSA said, "this is just so stupid..it changes everything.. for no reason really..."

BSA, it doesn't change ANYTHING, until after both cars have launched, and their reaction times have been examined by the computer, which takes a micro-second. THEN, the lane with the worse infraction get the red light and the win light comes on in the opposite lane.

How does this change ANYTHING, much less, "EVERYTHING?" The red-lighting car still loses.

First off, it's vary rarely that the faster car goes red, and even if he does, it might be a smaller amount than if the first car goes red, so, the faster car wins, anyway.

As someone else pointed out, this is not necssarily about an M/SA car running an A/SA car; it works just as well if that M/SA car is running a W/SA car... but in reverse; the M/SA car is no longer the last car to leave.

It offers an advantage to NO ONE!

The "traditional" FIRST RED LIGHT LOSES system came about in the way that it did, because they didn't have the capability of assessing the two leaves, instantly, and awarding the win to the one with the less infraction in, 1963. So, we got 35+ years of this lopsided system that favors the second car to leave.

That is no longer the case. There's no logical reason to favor one car over another, now. The technology exists to implement this system.

When they started "breakouts," it was the same deal; first car to breakout lost.
They fixed that a long time ago.

Way past time to fix this, IMHO.


But, since it won't make NHRA a plugged-nickle, it probably won't ever happen.