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But Larry when you buy the Tech Card you don't know if you will be leaving first or last......

Same-o same-o.....

Sometimes I chase and sometime I am chased....

As far as being a Heads-Up class racer TruStart doesn't come into play..

In a heads-up the first red light is always the worst red light...

Bob

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The higher class guys just don't want to lose the freebe rounds they have gotten used to. Percentages mean nothing also. I like it when a slower car goes red against me too. Doesn't make it more fair than the worst red light.

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Larry you stated that you love heads up racing. When you do race a heads up and both redlight do you except the worst redlight as the loser whether its you or your competition? If yes then your first statement about worst red light has no place for NHRA Championship racing contradicts your action in a heads up scenario.

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I think it would be a lot more fair if it was done like we did a long, long time ago. You had a pre stage and a stage. One yellow and a green. Yellow is .5 from the green. Throw those stinking reaction timers away, too. That is right, run races without them. Then use the "new" first or worst system. Peter, That should be a system you could figure out something to sell for driving aids.

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I REALLY dont get why you fast guys are upset about leveling this out. What is unfair about a slow car with an -.02 light winning against a fast car with an -.025 light ? Is that its been the old way so long that you feel an advantage is being stolen from you ? Is it because your the FAST cars ? I'm asking, OK ?? I know its been that way a long time. I kinda like reaction timers myself.

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I don't understand why it is so wrong to some that both drivers have to cut a light to make it a race? Instead of the race being over when the first driver red lights. I guess it is suppose to be a perk for building a fast car. Not everyone can afford to be a fast car. This change is looooong over due.

Jeff

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Does NHRA use Crosstalk when its runs top dragster and top sportsman?

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Yes they do Larry.

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It may happen sooner than later.

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Biondo+Compulink+Electronics= Money. I applaud their ingenuity. TruStart is simply a new product launch and it has all the lower class car racers thinking it's the greatest thing since sliced bread. But the bottom line it is all about business, that is, making money. Again, I applaud making money. But, please don't think this was done out of the kindness of somebody's heart. It will likely stifle their competitors which is the all American way of doing business.

The slow car racers should have to give a 5 or 6 second spot to feel the experience on an A car sitting at the line. Billy had some line about "waiting is the hardest part" on the back of his car. So you know...don't you Billy? Just so none of us are under any illusion, this Trustart product is red light protection while the faster cars have to wait to chase them down. I suppose that's fair to them.

For the record, this is an old debate and I did not want it changed when I ran J-N. With all the new cars at the track, an A/SA car will be leaving first more often than in the past. Yes, an A car will still leave last in most cases but try to figure out a fair compromise to this wonderful red light protection.