Gary Hampton said, "That's ok about your not wanting to take the credit for this idea."
Gary, I'd love to take credit for it, but it was never my idea.... as I said, I participated in (for awhile) and watched racing with the "first red light" system (that's now in place) for many, many years before some guy explained the one-sided nature of the system to me in a way that I could understand it.
I would ~never~ have figured it out on my own....
It's not through a sense of humility that I deny any involvement in figuring out a fair way to fix this; it's facts. I had to have it explained to me repeatedly, before I understood what was wrong and how to fix it.
Appparently, I have a very thick skull....
BTW, I don't know how old you might be, but I am 70, and went to my first race in 1955.... and, was hooked. Can't imagine my life without drag racing... Don't want to, anyway...
Thanks for your interest and comments; you make a lot of sense to me!
Bill