Protests

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Why as the protester should you have to tear down?
They are paying for the info
And how is it possible to protest someone without being on the property
Don’t you have to put up the $ and complaint?

I agree. I do think some of the protests are just to aggravate the other racer. As a person that has gone through numerous teardowns for free, I would be happy to get paid.

One thing of note here. NHRA is not supporting their own governance when it comes to teardown.

This lands squarely on the non racer bean counter mentality of NHRA leadership.

It is possible that we see a few more protests only because some competitors know NHRA will not impose teardown and the incentive to set records is greatly reduced.

I predict that NHRA won’t want to do protest teardowns either so they will suppress this with a rule change.

Soon, the only tech allowed by leadership will be akin to handing out parking tickets and fines In the staging lanes.

There is no succession planning for the tech crews at a divisional level when it comes to stock and Superstock. The capable crews they have are stifled by poor management at NHRA. On top of that, at some point they will retire with no trained replacements.

If we at least had the significant teardowns at Indy and some random teardown light events, there would be more compliance overall.

[Nick Heath]

Originally Posted by james schaechter

I agree. I do think some of the protests are just to aggravate the other racer. As a person that has gone through numerous teardowns for free, I would be happy to get paid.

One thing of note here. NHRA is not supporting their own governance when it comes to teardown.

This lands squarely on the non racer bean counter mentality of NHRA leadership.

It is possible that we see a few more protests only because some competitors know NHRA will not impose teardown and the incentive to set records is greatly reduced.

I predict that NHRA won’t want to do protest teardowns either so they will suppress this with a rule change.

Soon, the only tech allowed by leadership will be akin to handing out parking tickets and fines In the staging lanes.

There is no succession planning for the tech crews at a divisional level when it comes to stock and Superstock. The capable crews they have are stifled by poor management at NHRA. On top of that, at some point they will retire with no trained replacements.

If we at least had the significant teardowns at Indy and some random teardown light events, there would be more compliance overall.

Once again, Mr. Schaechter absolutely nails it, to the point where the "Like" button doesn't do it justice.

[Casey Miles]

I have been taken apart myself with nothing more than hand tools. My fastest tool was my spinner, now with electric impact tools taking a head off a car is a snap. I'm surprised that there aren't more tear downs since the process is so much faster with the improved tooling.
Just my look at it.
Casey Miles
248H Stock

[4543]

From the NHRA Rulebook. I don’t have any respect for someone who doesn’t have the guts to say they protested someone. Mike McMahan 2543 G/SA

Contestant protests may only be filed by a driver or registered vehicle owner competing in the same event and in the same eliminator category, as the vehicle being protested.

[Brett C]

Who protested who and for what?

[Angelo DiTocco]

Originally Posted by Brett C

Who protested who and for what?

https://classracer.com/classforum/sh...ad.php?t=85657

[Tim Barrett]

I went through this,no teardown but through very good sources be ready at the Baby Gators after the Divisional at Belle Rose in February. I learned alot from Mr. Wesley from Division 4!!! First,,get a rule book and read the guidelines for a legal protest and from the sounds of this one,,it wasn't done by the rule book.

[Lyn Smith]

Originally Posted by 4543

From the NHRA Rulebook. I don’t have any respect for someone who doesn’t have the guts to say they protested someone. Mike McMahan 2543 G/SA

Contestant protests may only be filed by a driver or registered vehicle owner competing in the same event and in the same eliminator category, as the vehicle being protested.

I thought the protest had to be filed before any eliminations had started. Also heard the teardown was slow to start because NHRA crew was waiting on a printout of Chuck's engine specs.