Trustart Debate

[John Tabak]

Hello all, thought I would add this for the sake of discussion. First I'll introduce myself as a longtime reader on this forum who just recently registered. I do some announcing at Mission Raceway as well as racing two Summit classes (slow car in one, fast in the other). I've found this forum to be a great help in learning the ins and outs of Class racing especially in my early years of announcing before I started racing. I've come to really admire what you guys do and have a great amount of respect for it. For the record I would view the introduction of Trustart as a "correction" of the current system as apposed to a "evolvement" of it. Imagine you had a clean slate. You are in the process of inventing handicap drag racing. All other decisions have been made and the only thing left to decide is what to do in the case of two red lights. Again a COMPLETELY clean slate, no history (ie: this is way we've always done it) and no limitations of a timing system that was designed for Heads Up starts. Would the current system even be considered?

[Jeff Stout]

Go to the search bar and type in tru start. You will get such an education on what people in here feel about it and then get crucified for bringing the taboo subject up again.

[Bob Don]

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[Mark Markow]

good one Bob .

[Ed Fernandez]

OK let's start from scratch. AMC cars should be given a mulligan on red lights since there's so few of them and they don't have the advantage of a million superseded parts.
Who's next.

[Joe Martens]

Can we please put this to rest already???

[Jon Sarrett]

Originally Posted by Joe Martens

Can we please put this to rest already???

Totally agree.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by John Tabak

Hello all, thought I would add this for the sake of discussion. First I'll introduce myself as a longtime reader on this forum who just recently registered. I do some announcing at Mission Raceway as well as racing two Summit classes (slow car in one, fast in the other). I've found this forum to be a great help in learning the ins and outs of Class racing especially in my early years of announcing before I started racing. I've come to really admire what you guys do and have a great amount of respect for it. For the record I would view the introduction of Trustart as a "correction" of the current system as apposed to a "evolvement" of it. Imagine you had a clean slate. You are in the process of inventing handicap drag racing. All other decisions have been made and the only thing left to decide is what to do in the case of two red lights. Again a COMPLETELY clean slate, no history (ie: this is way we've always done it) and no limitations of a timing system that was designed for Heads Up starts. Would the current system even be considered?

Welcome to the forum, John.
Good question.
It's hard to even imagine the system we have now being designed from scratch.
What we have now evolved over a period of about 60 years ...just like Stock Eliminator has "evolved" over a 45 year period.
I believe both will continue to do so..personal agendas aside.

[Mike Gray]

This may get me in trouble ---- (It's just a thought!)
Both cars cross center line, DQ
Both cars underweight, DQ
Both fail fuel DQ
and what ever else you can both get DQ'd for. It's not who crossed the farthest, who was lightest or who's fuel was closer. Add to the list if both cars red light, DQ.
Your normally go home when you red light so what's the problem with sending them both home?
(I guess that would end the race in a tie in a final)

[RobbieRacer]

I'm all for both red lights go home.
And no 1st or worst.