Post-Run Etiquette

[Bill Bogues]

After what happen at the texas motorplex at the nats a couple of years back,I don't even trust the win lights to come on wether I think I lost or won.I ran 1st rd and didn't get a win light. Since they decided to not give time slips the only way you knewif you had won was by the light. Well the light in left lane as not working and they had run several of us that ran early and unless you had one of them phone with track hookup you got the shaft. They wouldn't think about having a rerun for us.I'll never drive past scales again in eliminations unless I get a piece of paper saying I lost.

[Mike Gray]

Originally Posted by Bill Bogues

After what happen at the texas motorplex at the nats a couple of years back,I don't even trust the win lights to come on wether I think I lost or won.I ran 1st rd and didn't get a win light. Since they decided to not give time slips the only way you knewif you had won was by the light. Well the light in left lane as not working and they had run several of us that ran early and unless you had one of them phone with track hookup you got the shaft. They wouldn't think about having a rerun for us.I'll never drive past scales again in eliminations unless I get a piece of paper saying I lost.

I got a piece of paper at Sonoma many years ago that said I lost. Looking at the RT and numbers it just didn’t add up but the other lane was “winner”, I loaded up and left for the long drive home. A few weeks later I get a call from division director to confirm where to send round money and asking why I was a no show for the next round!
Even paper is not always correct.

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

You can wait, you can drive by and get lunch, you can try your luck at the buy back window. You can do anything that a spectator can do. OR, you can go back and listen to some music, like Loser, by Beck.

If I am going to win or lose it will be on the racing surface, not at the scales, ok maybe on a heads-up run; I will delay the lunch time I may just to make sure my weight is correct, lol

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

If I am going to win or lose it will be on the racing surface, not at the scales

Ya know, I understand that it's the 21St Century and we're all supposed to be sympathetic to our fellow competitors situations and all sorts of other B.S. but, the rules are the rules. If my competitor is supposed to weigh this and run a fuel that checks this and it doesn't, I don't care whether we're in a heads-up run or not! The rules are the rules and they're written for every competitor, in every round of every race!

Don, maybe we should all just start running pump gas in all but heads-up runs. Maybe pull a couple of hundred pounds out too! You know, more fuel efficient, less wear-and-tear on parts and tires!
Maybe we can get together at the end of the day and sing kumbaya and polish up our participant trophys!

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by billy wilson

DP, I sat at the scales and waited on you. I didn't think about the first turn off and when I came by your pits your car was already charging and you were probably eating a sandwich.

hahaha, I think I made the first turn off every time down the track XD. Yeah I was probably knee deep in a bologna sandwich by then! Good run, next time don't forget I'm slow and that you gotta block!

[Tom Meyer]

Back in the day at a IHRA div race after a heads up race [got beat] went over to the scales to congratulate the guy [ I was pitted next to the scales] the guy at the scale told me I was ten lb lite, not my car. Went to the tower and they told me the scale was old so I still lost after I weighted my car that was ok.

[Jim Hawkins]

I always wait when I get beat. You never know what might happen.

I was at the old Vegas track many years ago for a points meet. After my first run I was light on the scale by 10 pounds. This was strange as this car was always 50 over at Bandimere my home track. I had no weight box or safe way to add weight. Myself and this genius pitted next to me decided to hide some weight under the seat. I went about the rest of the race and was ok on weight. 3rd. round win I got on the brakes hard. The weight slid forward and was just sitting there on the pass side floor. It was at night and in the excitement of the moment I did not see this. On the scale the tech guy opens the pass door to tell me my weight. He reaches down and picks up the loose weight and says "illegal ballast your out" and slams the door.

I am sure the other guy was glad he waited.

[stock1080]

some years ago racing at Gainsville national I didn't wait for the scales and my opponent failed....Curt was chasing me around the pits looking for me and gave me hell( thank god he looked for me) sooooooooo I now wait.