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Originally Posted by junior barns
If in stock a heads up run happens and both cars go red, who wins? The one closest to .OOO! How is this not the same as the Pro's??
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Exactly the same, Junior.
Additionally, if it's fair for a heads-up run, why is it not fair for a handicapped run? It's still drag racing.
I think it's still being done "the old way," because they haven't gotten around to changing the antiquated system that was formulated when the computer software to compare the two lights didn't exist. They did the only thing they COULD do back then; first red light loses.
Unfortunately, in handicapped racing, the slower car ALWAYS leaves first. If he red lights, the second car NEVER has to face "red-light jeopardy." He gets a free ride to the next round.
The slower car never has that advantage (the advantage of never having to face "red light jeopardy.") It's always there anytime he pulls up to the line.
That doesn't seem to make any kind of logical sense. They both paid the same entry fee; shouldn't that guarantee them the same odds of winning?
But, now, NHRA has demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt, that their Comp-U-Link computers HAVE the capability "built in" to compare two (or more) red lights and declare the winner to be the car with the least infraction.
I think it's just a matter of time before NHRA makes this system universal, across the board.
Of course, since it won't make them a thin dime, it will probably never happen... We'll see.