[Mike Carr]

Here are a few rules, that would cover this incident.

From the IHRA Rulebook, page 147. "Touching strip outer marker line or leaving the strip surface during race distance unintentionally"

From the NHRA Rulebook. page 46. "Should a driver...cross the lane boundary line. In determining lane boundary crossing violations, it is considered a disqualification when any portion of a tire completely crosses the painted line surface. In situations where multiple boundary lines are utalized, the line directly adajacent to the competitors racing lane will be used for reference".

From Mason-Dixon Dragway's website. "While on a pass, a driver cannot allow his or her vehicle to cross either the center or outer lines. If the driver crosses a line during qualifying, his or her time will not count. If he or she does this during elimination's, the car is disqualified. This is to keep drivers from staying on the power too long when the car has assumed a dangerous posture on the track, or "gotten out of shape."