Track is making up rules

[Jeff Goss]

Originally Posted by cicero819

Jeff I was thinking of specific index such as 12:00 to 12:99 and 11:00 to 11:99 If this was explained at the beginning of the year at the racers meeting than it's whatever the track owner sets as his rules. Dale Wilson former editor of Bracket Racing USA had an article on the subject many years ago dealing with this problem and his recommendation was to go to the track management and ask for the rules of his track( every time you went to a new track). Now if the management is changing what is their official rules halfway through the year, now that is different. Just go to another track if one is available. Claude

Claude, I completely understand what you are saying. If that was how the rules were presented, at the beginning of the year, then all is good.

The rest of the NHRA tracks-that compete in the NHRA's Summit E.T. Racing Series-do not do it the same way. This presents a problem. Mission Raceway is among the elite in the Division, and to have the rules change mid-way-without the input from the racers (which is the way they always have done it)-undermines the Mission Team's ability to compete on a level playing field, and alienates the racers.

If NHRA did this as a wide, sweeping change of the rules across the Nation, then I would agree that everyone is in the same boat. But, to change at one track-on the whim of a Manager- is unacceptable.

This is why tracks have Class representatives. Apparantly, they were not advised of the proposed rule change.

I have no dog in this fight, but right is right.