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During class run offs, 4 wide and a wall just high enough so you may not see the other 3 cars until after the finish line. So now you dont know if you should run it all out to win class or lift and may be lose class. AHFS will get a work out.

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Ed F.
Still remember my father racing at New York National Speedway.
4-wide in 1970. Ran some bizarre AHRA class. Took us nearly 3 hours to get there from Putnam County.
Ran one Time Trial at 11:00 AM. 4 cars for class at 2:00 PM.
Won class (some odd thing called G/Comp, NHRA class was K/S). with one race 4-wide, got trophy (a cheap thing at that), and went home.
Center Moriches, way out there!!
4-wide,, OK with the stockers, but everything else...Got to think?
Paul

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Ed, obviously it would only be done at 4 lane race tracks!!

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Exactly,Bryan.And how many do we now and probably ever in the near future have?

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Herb,

Not to stir up the heads up in elimnations "discussion", but what would happen at four wide (what did Wilkerson call it...) where lane 1 is B/SA, lane 2 is W/S, lane 3 is B/SA, and lane 4 is I/SA? Do the 2 B/SA cars have to run each other flat out yet not break out?
Hey, maybe I could get a job with NHRA as Sportsman Czar.....

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Once a few more major issues arise w/4 wide, or a huge accident, I'm betting it'll fade away....just like wide whitewalls did...The original "save time when oil-downs occur theory" by swapping over to the spare 2 lanes was great, though....just my .02......WJ

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I've got the solution for 4 wide racing! If you like it, go to Charlotte and/or Vegas (once it's converted)! If you don't like it.......stay away from those two tracks!

I just think it would be cool to try to run class 4 wide at those tracks! My class (7 cars) would have been decided on the track, not on paper!

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i would like 4 wide for class but not elim.
and i have done 4 wide in 1966 at york, pa

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I can't imagine what could be wrong with 4 wide class run-offs. It would save time and equipment.

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VIC,
Your absolutely correct.
If done, for 'Class Only'.
Can you just imagine an old style eliminator.
A/S; Lane 1
O/SA; Lane 2
F/SA; Lane 3
H/S; Lane 4
Imagine the racers panicking,, what Lane did he say???
Or how about, 'How Many Four-Letter words can you spell?
Oh Well,,,'at least they tried'.
Double-Wide x 2.