Pomona Starter Comp Eliminator

[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 🤷*♂️

[herbjr]

Originally Posted by tommy d

I think the crew guys shoes sticking to the track also had something to do with the fall. What he was doing wasn't safe and a major distraction for the driver as well. Maybe the door wasn't closed tight?

Exactly it's amazing how many racers don't consider the glue as being the main problem.

[BG56]

WOW. Totally ah, "unprofessional". Whatever that's worth...... Found it at 1:57:20 of Sat. am on NHRA.TV. After watching all I can think is...everybody's right and everybody's wrong.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by tommy d

I think the crew guys shoes sticking to the track also had something to do with the fall. What he was doing wasn't safe and a major distraction for the driver as well. Maybe the door wasn't closed tight?

A couple of points here, after watching the video.

The crew man went back and opened the door. He didn't just try to latch it..During this action the truck was pre-staged.

Once the tree is "armed", the stage sequence begins. If the second car doesn't stage in a pre-set amount of time, he goes red. If he does make it in, then the tree starts it's count down in a random about of time.
During this , I believe that the tower personnel are the only people who can turn on the panic lights and stop the tree , which they didn't do.
So we see the starter with two choices..
Pull the crew person back to where he might have used too much force, possibly causing the guy to to lose his balance on the glued surface.
Or two, let the guy stand there with the door open, as the truck launched on the third amber, possibly causing harm to him in that manor?
What would some of the commenters prefer?

We could see the crew guy get back up, and from what I hear, he realized he shouldn't have touched the truck at that time, and did, in fact, shake hands with the starter.

[Mike Gray]

Check again, the competitor didn’t light the 2nd stage light until the incident was over.
If they both sit in pre stage is the the tree “armed” as you say or does it take one car to go in and fully stage to start the count?
This is another good example of having no one near the starting line, even to set wheelie bars or help stage the car. Those street outlaw guys are an accident waiting to happen.

[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/