[Ian Hill]

its funny, but it doesn't seem to matter if its an NHRA meet or a series race. At a series race, I remember a couple of years ago getting called to lanes for our first qualifier and 4 of us showed. We only get two time shots per race....anyway, the 4 of us made our runs and 30 minutes later they called us to the lanes again (all showed, so did the 4 of us) and then again for the masses 2nd time shot. Of course the 4 of us showed for the that time shot as well. We were hounded for getting three time shots, but in all reality those that didn't show for the first call should not have been given another chance! Like was said earlier, we all want the track to have a scheduled race day and when there schedule falls apart we bitch, so we should be doing our best to ensure it is not the fault of the racer. the announcers usually are dicating the run order prior to the track being run on, there's no reason for lateness that is not due to breakage. I also believe that the guys that are at the end of the staging lanes should take the initative to make the call and send a car to the staging lanes even if their competitor has not shown, in an effort to keep the show moving along.