It's pretty obvious what happened here. The committee intended to allow winners of CONTESTED classes in to the final eliminations. However, NHRA decided that they could not enforce the rule as it was written, most likely because of what we hear so very often on this board "It's not MY fault NOBODY ELSE races in MY class". So NHRA decided you either qualify on time or you don't. So those who whine about not being able to SINGLE for a class win are responsible for NO class winners bumping in.
REMEMBER, the committee is NOT solely responsible for the rules, or if/how they are changed. NHRA has the FINAL SAY.
So, those of you who have been on here trashing committee members owe them an apology, that is provided you are good enough to admit your error.
And after this fiasco, if no one wants to represent YOU to NHRA, for free, on their own time, and listen to you bitch, you have only yourselves to blame.