worst red light debate, again!

[Mark Yacavone]

Jeff, That's about the best attempt I've seen at explaining this current situation.

In fact, if I was going to argue for the status quo, I'd do it this way :

I believe the outside world's view of drag racing to be quite simplistic.
I remember , back in my home town, the locals thought I had a pretty bad machine. I actually took it to the drags on Sunday. It was like a J/SA 63 Pontiac. I suppose they thought I had a pretty good chance of winning .That is, unless that guy Don Gartlits? showed up. Then I was screwed .
So, to the outsiders and casual fans, I suppose drag racing should be about going fast
or who goes the fastest. Therefore ,the rules should give an advantage to " who goes fast"
That's why Top Fuel pays more to win than Stock Eliminator.


But we all know ,our type of racing is a lot more complicated and sophisticated than that.
Some have suggested a way to make this one little discrepancy in the timing system more fair to all involved in handicap style racing. Some , I suppose are more "old school" where " fast is bad a**" and "money talks."
That's all fine. Someday it might be corrected anyway. I just hope nobody has a coronary over it.
Meanwhile times change. Remember, the 55 Chevy was the fastest Stocker when it was a new . Before that, the 50's Oldes and Hudsons. They're not even in the books anymore. How about he first 10 second stocker? Now how many are there?
So, what's "fast" today , won't be "fast" forever .
We're involved in electronically handicapped racing here . Being "fast" doesn't guarantee anything...and it shouldn't determine the fairness of the rules.