this is absolutlely none of my business, but I'm just curious should such a situation arise again in the future.
The rulebook states "contestant protests must be filled with the proper officials the day prior to eliminations of that category or as outlined in writing before a protest will be accepted."
I don't read anything about the contestant being given a reasonable and fair amount of time to perform the tear down...I guess one would simply assume that to be the case. Like someone said earlier, we all work at a different pace. Not everyone is the Country Dog and can have the rod and piston out in 50 minutes...LOL.
To me, reasonable is being served with papers on one day and having to race the next. At the very least, being served first thing in the morning and racing late that afternoon. If, in fact, this person only had four hours start to finish, then that - in my humble opinion - wasn't very fair. And frankly, I don't believe NHRA would do that to someone.
Not to involve you Travis, and I'm not asking for any commentary, but could you - without compromising your position - give us some sort of time line on how this unfolded?
I'd just like to know if some form of precedant has been set...
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