Setting records Nhra needs to step up

Jim Caughlin · 06-18-2015, 11:53 AM

I think one of the reasons that NHRA quit giving points for records was that back in the good old days, people would try to drop the record by .01 at a time in order to reset the record as many times as possible. Just like today where you have people slamming on the brakes at the finish line trying to get a spot on the ladder, back then you would see a lot of records set on the brakes. It looked equally goofy to anyone in the stands trying to figure out why someone would be attempting to set a record on the brakes. I am sure the tech guys got pretty tired of tearing down the same car race after race for a .01 improvement.

On a separate note, I think the 2 year rule on retiring records is pretty dumb, a record is a record. I don't know of any other sport where a record only counts for 2 years.

Jim Caughlin
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06-18-2015, 11:53 AM	#28
Jim Caughlin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Woodburn, Or Posts: 685 Likes: 82 Liked 805 Times in 245 Posts	Re: Setting records Nhra needs to step up I think one of the reasons that NHRA quit giving points for records was that back in the good old days, people would try to drop the record by .01 at a time in order to reset the record as many times as possible. Just like today where you have people slamming on the brakes at the finish line trying to get a spot on the ladder, back then you would see a lot of records set on the brakes. It looked equally goofy to anyone in the stands trying to figure out why someone would be attempting to set a record on the brakes. I am sure the tech guys got pretty tired of tearing down the same car race after race for a .01 improvement. On a separate note, I think the 2 year rule on retiring records is pretty dumb, a record is a record. I don't know of any other sport where a record only counts for 2 years. Jim Caughlin SS 6019