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bill dedman · 11-02-2010, 12:16 PM

Some things to ponder...

1. The worse red light rule would hardly ever come into play, as that is a rare situation (worse red light by the second car to leave,) Most of the time, it would go totally unnoticed.

2. This rule change is NOT necessarily about slow vs. fast cars. It applies to EVERY race that is not a heads-up run. Any dissimilar classed cars, such as an A Stocker vs. a B Stocker, or a K Stocker vs. an L Stocker.... The tendency is to think that it's just a benefit for lower-classed cars, but it would benefit virtually EVERYONE who runs a handicapped race in that they could no longer lose to a car with a worse red-light infraction than thery had.

3. No "driving adjustments" would be necessary because no red light would come on before the second car had left the line.

In short, there's no logical reason NOT to change it that I can see. The contention that if you have a higher-classed car, and you are racing against. say, a T Stock car, and the T Stocker red lit, you'd be on the converter, waiting for the green a longer time, is a pretty weak argument against this rule change, considering the benefits. The only competitor who could NOT ever benefit from this rule change would be any car in the top class. He'd lose the built-in advantage of the present situation, wherein EVERY CAR HE RACES in a handicapped race is faced with redlight jeopardy before he is. He'd lose that unfair advantage.

Don't you think that everyone racing should have an equal chance to redlight?

This system would provide that. What we have now doesn't work that way; the second car to leave never has a chance to redlight if the first car turns on the bukb. That sucks.

It's sucked since 1963, when they didn't have the software to fix it, like they fixed the original first car to breakout rule.

Time to get rid of this antiquated unfair system.

Ed,if you can't understand that, you simply need to think about it a while longer... you'll get it, eventually... like you did with the "worst breakout" rule that you're okay with. Same deal... I know you don't want to return to the original "First car breakout loses."

11-02-2010, 12:16 PM	#150
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: 2011 Stock/Super Stock Rule Changes Some things to ponder... 1. The worse red light rule would hardly ever come into play, as that is a rare situation (worse red light by the second car to leave,) Most of the time, it would go totally unnoticed. 2. This rule change is NOT necessarily about slow vs. fast cars. It applies to EVERY race that is not a heads-up run. Any dissimilar classed cars, such as an A Stocker vs. a B Stocker, or a K Stocker vs. an L Stocker.... The tendency is to think that it's just a benefit for lower-classed cars, but it would benefit virtually EVERYONE who runs a handicapped race in that they could no longer lose to a car with a worse red-light infraction than thery had. 3. No "driving adjustments" would be necessary because no red light would come on before the second car had left the line. In short, there's no logical reason NOT to change it that I can see. The contention that if you have a higher-classed car, and you are racing against. say, a T Stock car, and the T Stocker red lit, you'd be on the converter, waiting for the green a longer time, is a pretty weak argument against this rule change, considering the benefits. The only competitor who could NOT ever benefit from this rule change would be any car in the top class. He'd lose the built-in advantage of the present situation, wherein EVERY CAR HE RACES in a handicapped race is faced with redlight jeopardy before he is. He'd lose that unfair advantage. Don't you think that everyone racing should have an equal chance to redlight? This system would provide that. What we have now doesn't work that way; the second car to leave never has a chance to redlight if the first car turns on the bukb. That sucks. It's sucked since 1963, when they didn't have the software to fix it, like they fixed the original first car to breakout rule. Time to get rid of this antiquated unfair system. Ed,if you can't understand that, you simply need to think about it a while longer... you'll get it, eventually... like you did with the "worst breakout" rule that you're okay with. Same deal... I know you don't want to return to the original "First car breakout loses." __________________ Bill Last edited by bill dedman; 11-02-2010 at 12:28 PM.