Alan, Mike, and Ed, I'll give it up when any one of the three of you can give me a logical reason why it should NOT be changed.
I have never heard one... and, I'm waiting.
Is the best you can do, when asked by the novice, to tell the kid, "READ THE RULEBOOK," when he asks, "What's the reason for this "First redight ALWAYS loses," BUT, "First Breakout doesn't lose; 'Worse' breakout loses."
The rulebook doesn't address the reason for that basic difference in protocol.
We all know that that "First red light" procedure was born of necessity; they didn't know how to fix it...
THAT'S NO LONGER TRUE. Easy software adjustment/fix, now....
So, I'd say that if you are really as sick of reading that fact as you seem to be, just tell me ONE legitimate and logical reason why NHRA should NOT spend the small amount of money to change this current procedure to a worse red light system, I promise the three of you, who don't seem to care much about fairness in this sport (it's a foregone conclusion that a first red light is an advantage for the faster car, even if it's a V/S over a W/S) that I will never, EVER post another word about it on this forum. NEVER.
That's something that nobody has ever done.... give me a legitimate reason not to change it. In place of reasons not to do it, I am subject to character assassination, regarded as a motor-mouthed KOOK, and generally ridiculed, in a transparent effort to divert attention away from the inability of anyone to show me ONE SOLID REASON not to change it.
I'll make good on my promise, I promise. You'll never find another post on this forum about that subject from ME, if any of you can tell me what reason exists NOT to change it.
Don't tell me you run a AA/S car and are always the chaser; that doesn't count...
Happy Holidays!