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Old 03-01-2017, 12:56 PM   #101
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There is one thing we all can agree on, "Excessive" braking is a bad thing. We have all seen crashes resulting from excessive braking.
I have spent quite a bit of time researching this story. I've looked at the NHRA All-Access video. This is truly a case of an official making up for a missed call on an earlier incident. Just like in baseball, where the umpire calls a ball instead of a strike on one pitch, then evens up the count on the next pitch, regardless of where the ball is thrown. In R1 Jerry smoked the front tires at the stripe. In R2 he got the cars turned sideways so hard the announcer comments about seeing both sides of the car at the stripe. R3 there was no mention or clear video evidence of anything unusual happening at the stripe. In R4 Jerry is DQ'ed. This is really a bad decision (for R4) because it probably should've happened in R1 or R2. I say a bad decision because of it changes how eliminations continue with the wrong person not being able to continue. Everything is messed up, points, money etc.
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Old 03-01-2017, 08:27 PM   #102
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Wow with 100 replies and almost 25,000 views in three days you think NHRA is watching? Tom
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Old 03-01-2017, 08:46 PM   #103
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Wow with 100 replies and almost 25,000 views in three days you think NHRA is watching? Tom
I'm sure this forum is considered as daily entertainment is Glendora.
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Old 03-01-2017, 09:02 PM   #104
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No, it's not. Not according to the very rulebook passage you quoted.

Section 2, Page 8
Disqualifications:
Anytime it has been judged that excessive braking has resulted in loss of control that results in contact with the guardwall and/or light fixtures or crossing the center boundary lines, INCLUDING PAST THE FINISH LINE, the contestant will be disqualified.

Per the letter of NHRA's own rule, there was no contact, there should be no DQ. If NHRA's intent is to make a DQ call based on the starter, race director, or other official, then this rule needs to be rewritten. That's not what it says.

In my personal opinion, NHRA's rule doesn't go far enough, and NHRA's ruling went too far! There is a LOT of space inbetween the two. They either need to rewrite the rule and start DQ'ing a LOT of drivers this year, or apologize and make amends with Mr. Emmons (which of course they will never do).

Extremely well said, Michael.
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