Pomona Starter Comp Eliminator

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Brett C

Kinda hard to believe that as much complaining that is done on this site, not 1 person has posted about the NHRA starter and the competition eliminator crew member scenario that took place in Pomona this weekend.
Facebook is flooded with it.

Post a link to where this is on face book

[BZenzen]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

Post a link to where this is on face book

https://fb.watch/jGzhoXAMfF/

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by BG56

Didn't catch it, what round and whom?

Kurt Hugger was driving the Pro Stock Truck owned by Tom Mettler. I said the starter should have turned the red bulbs on the tree and dq the truck and let the other car go down. Throwing an 70-80 year old man down is not the answer but I was crucified for saying this on FB 🤷*♂️

[Brett C]

Originally Posted by Ed Carpenter

Kurt Hugger was driving the Pro Stock Truck owned by Tom Mettler. I said the starter should have turned the red bulbs on the tree and dq the truck and let the other car go down. Throwing an 70-80 year old man down is not the answer but I was crucified for saying this on FB ��*♂️

100% agree...totally uncalled for. Turn on the flashing bulbs, red-light the guy, something.
That certainly was not in the spirit of what we do out there!

[SBillinson]

Originally Posted by Ed Carpenter

Kurt Hugger was driving the Pro Stock Truck owned by Tom Mettler. I said the starter should have turned the red bulbs on the tree and dq the truck and let the other car go down. Throwing an 70-80 year old man down is not the answer but I was crucified for saying this on FB ��*♂️

There is no justification for what the starter did. None. He has no right to put his hands on anyone, especially a senior. Anyone who thinks otherwise is an idiot.

It is clear from the video that the starter was not trying to pull the guy away for his safety. That's a strawman argument.

His behavior was outrageous and needs to be dealt with sternly by NHRA.

If the reverse situation had occurred and a member of the crew even grabbed the starter, that crew member would have been arrested and barred for life by NHRA.

[Mike Schwartz]

It also looked like he never went back to check to see if the open door was latched after pulling the crewman away.

[63corvette]

Originally Posted by Ed Carpenter

Kurt Hugger was driving the Pro Stock Truck owned by Tom Mettler. I said the starter should have turned the red bulbs on the tree and dq the truck and let the other car go down. Throwing an 70-80 year old man down is not the answer but I was crucified for saying this on FB 🤷*♂️

On of the best examples of why I do not have Fake Book and never will.
The jr high girls always show up to show their ignorance and arrogance.
My 10 Cents
Rick Cates
Canyon TX

[David Lee]

the man who was thrown down should contact law enforcement. this is clearly an assult

[Jon Sarrett]

What ever happened to the blue line? Can't interact with the vehicle when it was past that line. Not condoning what happened but the car was prestaged and his competitor was staged.

[Tom Meyer]

Go to competition on the top of this page. Tim Wilkerson was fined 5000. for his crewman shoving a official. Did the starter continue on the starting line? Was this the regular starter? Will he have to go to anger management class? We will see if this shows up tomorrow on the same page. Tom