It hasn't worked? Well, I'll be damned. We haven't been racing for decades, because of the red light rule? Boy, I sure am glad all you guys came along to tell us all drag racing hasn't worked for 40 years, the rest of us would never have figured that one out.
I raced a slower car last year, a G/S Camaro and at least two rounds I lost to a faster car because I redlighted. I didn't feel the slightest bit cheated by the system or the rule. I felt like I screwed up. Because I screwed up, no one screwed me.
If you built a slower car after the christmas tree and the first to go red rule came along, you made a conscious decision to do so knowing the rules. No one forced you to do it, and no one came along and changed the rules on you.
How about we change the rules so that if the fast car spins, you have to rerun the race? Or, if the track is marginal, the slower car has to put WD-40 all over his slicks?
If I get lucky and get another ride next year, you can bet I won't whine if it isn't a fast car, and I'll do the same thing if I go red as I did last year. Ask Fred Suiter, I pulled up and told him he ran a great race and he kicked my red lighting ***. I took my loss like a man, and like a racer, and tried to do better the next time.