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Originally Posted by Ty Webb
Looking at the class results, and a 11.46 ET, it looks like it was Rick Oakes in SS/CX and had a single. I'm guessing, he was thinking that he didn't run more that 0.5 under his current index and therefore, was not a class winner and he ran slower than his earlier run and didn't think he needed to stop at the scales. Being towed back didn't help the situation.
Has the "New Rule" of just running beneath your index in order for a class win on a single been posted in the National Dragster? Is NHRA assuming that everyone has a computer?
Age is no excuse!
Now rumor has it that if he would have listened to his crew LAST year, the offending parts would have been replaced and he would have run MUCH quicker that 0.5 under his index. Testing at Atco may have helped also.... or so I've been told.
I'm just speculating. Your results may vary.
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The rule now is qualify on or under the index and you get the class win.