Mike Cotten you are the MAN!

[Hagen Gary]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

In My opinion that when this happens The driver thinks he knows what happened , The crew Chief thinks he knows what happened , The Starting line crew is a little concerned but thinks they may know what happened , all this is emotions now > but the $50,000.00 timing system knows what happened it was a red light no emotion there

Now since no other racer has gotten a rerun when this has happened the rerun that happened to Mike Cotten was the wrong decision made based on the pass decisions > now we have a whole new Problem that "will " come up when this happens again ????
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Don Kennedy 7701 SS

Your right. Now if only we could get Germany to start killing Jews again. If only we could get slaves again, then the world would be better. Point is, terrible decisions in the past shouldn't be the standard going forward. NHRA has recognized their problem; now let’s move on with this decision for the future. I'm sorry if someone you know or you yourself got screwed by this in the past, doesn't mean we should keep this going.

[SuperStockDodge]

Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

Both NCIS and CIS and Bones and Law and Order and British Secret Service and CIA and FBI are on this case. No stone left unturned. Apparently these situations have happened in the past and seems remedy has been uneven. Dick Tracy, Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Robin, The Joker, and several others were also contacted.

Jeff, you forgot the "The Toxic Avenger"

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Hagen Gary

Your right. Now if only we could get Germany to start killing Jews again. If only we could get slaves again, then the world would be better. Point is, terrible decisions in the past shouldn't be the standard going forward. NHRA has recognized their problem; now let’s move on with this decision for the future. I'm sorry if someone you know or you yourself got screwed by this in the past, doesn't mean we should keep this going.

I have not seen that Since You have said that NHRA reconized this as a problem when did this Happened?

[Hagen Gary]

A rerun ordered on the basis of a malfunction of the timing system is an admission of a problem occurring. Pretty self-explanatory.

[Monte Howard]

I agree Hagen, problem is if it would have happened to anyone else there would not have been a re-run. It took Jimmy Defrank to have this problem for NHRA to basically admit there is a problem. No offense to Jimmy.

[Randall Klein]

At Topeka years ago, Rick Stewart leans into car and says get this POS outa here, same deal, no discussion. Mike Cotton vs Joe Smo = no rerun IMHO

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Monte Howard

I agree Hagen, problem is if it would have happened to anyone else there would not have been a re-run. It took Jimmy Defrank to have this problem for NHRA to basically admit there is a problem. No offense to Jimmy.

Your statement sounds like an oxymoron; it appears that you believe and implying there was favoritism towards Jimmy, nevertheless, you state that you are not offending him?

Mike and Jimmy are awesome drivers and competitors; it appears their is a problem with the electronics that NHRA knows it exists and they have not addressed and maybe the reason why they made the call.

[Randall Klein]

SSDIV6, I disagree, I read Howard's comments like this: certain racers have a degree of cachet with the decision makers...and DeFranks are WELL EARNED by their support and achievements, absolutely NO PROBLEM with them at all, the problem continues to be NHRA's uneven application of decisions across the board.

I have always been told, "you stage...you own it".....so reruns for all with "glitches" in EVERY ROUND or NO RERUNS....NHRA should make the call and enforce it.....no sitting on the line holding the race up lobbying....just back it out and accept it.

We all can come up with this scenario or that. The tree is our umpire or ref,,,they make bad calls, its part of the game....replays suck.....you stage, you own it...whatever happens...its not a perfect world....just let us know what to expect (ALL THE TIME)

[Troy Pourciau]

Originally Posted by Randall Klein

SSDIV6, I disagree, I read Howard's comments like this: certain racers have a degree of cachet with the decision makers...and DeFranks are WELL EARNED by their support and achievements, absolutely NO PROBLEM with them at all, the problem continues to be NHRA's uneven application of decisions across the board.

I have always been told, "you stage...you own it".....so reruns for all with "glitches" in EVERY ROUND or NO RERUNS....NHRA should make the call and enforce it.....no sitting on the line holding the race up lobbying....just back it out and accept it.

We all can come up with this scenario or that. The tree is our umpire or ref,,,they make bad calls, its part of the game....replays suck.....you stage, you own it...whatever happens...its not a perfect world....just let us know what to expect (ALL THE TIME)

Times 2 ^^^^^^

[Monte Howard]

X3 Randall said it better than I could have.