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Ed Wright · 08-04-2010, 04:22 PM

[QUOTE]One last comment. I also believe, unless your car is broken, and you can prove it, then running to a 1000' should be a DQ. It wasn't allowed back in the day and it shouldn't be encouraged or tolerated. [QUOTE]

I don't know how far back "in the day" you are talking about, but in the mid/late '60s (cant say before 1964) really fast guys didn't always run all the way to the finish line. Since we didn't have these dumbed-down too-soft indexes back then, fast guys couldn't run flat out in eliminations (we were only allowed 1/10th under the national record) in good air. Had to leave the record to where we could still run them in the heat. Couldn't just dial further under in good air. Many guys would not run flat out during time trials at national events, since sub record passes were considered record runs. "Dumping at 1000" is nothng new at all. Heck, Jack Mullins was the best at that.

Bobby Z, I agree with you 100%.

08-04-2010, 04:22 PM	#29
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Do you believe that the NHRA techs are doing their job? [QUOTE]One last comment. I also believe, unless your car is broken, and you can prove it, then running to a 1000' should be a DQ. It wasn't allowed back in the day and it shouldn't be encouraged or tolerated. [QUOTE] I don't know how far back "in the day" you are talking about, but in the mid/late '60s (cant say before 1964) really fast guys didn't always run all the way to the finish line. Since we didn't have these dumbed-down too-soft indexes back then, fast guys couldn't run flat out in eliminations (we were only allowed 1/10th under the national record) in good air. Had to leave the record to where we could still run them in the heat. Couldn't just dial further under in good air. Many guys would not run flat out during time trials at national events, since sub record passes were considered record runs. "Dumping at 1000" is nothng new at all. Heck, Jack Mullins was the best at that. Bobby Z, I agree with you 100%. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA Last edited by Ed Wright; 08-04-2010 at 04:26 PM.