[Jim Wahl]

Here is a copy of the new rule enacted by NHRA, it clearly is not what the above committee members remember being submitted!:


NHRA Technical update: Policy and procedure update
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Effective July 14, 2008, class winners in Super Stock and Stock will no longer be automatically placed into the eliminator fields. All national and divisional Super Stock and Stock eliminator fields will be based on the quickest 128 qualifiers.

Super Stock and Stock class winners

To be declared a class winner and awarded a class winner trophy and be eligible for other awards, a driver must be the winner of a class with multiple entrants or if a single-entrant class, a contestant must:

1. Have recorded a qualifying run five-tenths or more under the class index during qualifying preceding class eliminations or during the first round of class, and

2. Self-start, self-stage, and accept starter's signal in first round of eliminations. If class eliminations are cancelled for any reason (i.e., weather, curfew, etc.), class win will be awarded to the contestant recording the quickest elapsed time up to the time of cancellation. If class eliminations are cancelled after a round of eliminations, win will be awarded to the winning contestant recording the quickest elapsed time from qualifying or class eliminations up to the time of cancellation.