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Tabitha Draughon · 08-28-2012, 10:31 AM

Now I get atop of my soap box!!! I agree with what most are saying that if the race had been run to completion, Lee would still be in the position that he is currently in. The fact of the matter is that the race wasn't ran & to my understanding, not all classes even made a pass. I don't understand IHRA's thinking by making this race a closed field based off the above. We were at Mooresville, had made 2 qualifying runs with a ladder generated, jr. dragsters were in the water box for first round somewhere around 10:30 p.m. when the plug was pulled on this event. If any race should have had a closed field, you would have thought that it would have been Mooresville. The Mooresville race was moved to another D9 track/event & most racers were happy with this decision. However, there were no reward to the racers that stayed at Mooresville all day & night. Not to mention, that some racers were at Mooresville, didn't go back to the rescheduled event at Farmington, but called IHRA & since they don't have the transfer rule this year, instead of just getting the 10 points for the Mooresville event; their $$$ is good at the Mooresville event next year. I think IHRA made a great move on opening the event up at the Farmington/Mooresville race because more racers came in. However, by opening the field; the ladder was done away with & random pairing was put into place. By handling the race in this situation, my husband won the event & points were not given based off of field size but instead they were awarding based of # of rounds of race since a car did not show back up for 3rd round of the race. Not only did it take a round out of the race, it also took out 3 bye runs. This can ultimately have an effect on if Robbie gets in the Top 3 & also the potential of winning the championship. By having dragstrip employment experience, I know that it it impossible to make a decision that will be effect all racers equally but I do feel that IHRA has made a quick decision on this call & it is not fair to all racers involved. I don't mean to step on anyone's toes here but IHRA needs to re-evaluate this decision & look at similar but somewhat different situations & how they handled those.

08-28-2012, 10:31 AM	#5
Tabitha Draughon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 530 Likes: 134 Liked 843 Times in 293 Posts	Re: Open Field or Not? Now I get atop of my soap box!!! I agree with what most are saying that if the race had been run to completion, Lee would still be in the position that he is currently in. The fact of the matter is that the race wasn't ran & to my understanding, not all classes even made a pass. I don't understand IHRA's thinking by making this race a closed field based off the above. We were at Mooresville, had made 2 qualifying runs with a ladder generated, jr. dragsters were in the water box for first round somewhere around 10:30 p.m. when the plug was pulled on this event. If any race should have had a closed field, you would have thought that it would have been Mooresville. The Mooresville race was moved to another D9 track/event & most racers were happy with this decision. However, there were no reward to the racers that stayed at Mooresville all day & night. Not to mention, that some racers were at Mooresville, didn't go back to the rescheduled event at Farmington, but called IHRA & since they don't have the transfer rule this year, instead of just getting the 10 points for the Mooresville event; their $$$ is good at the Mooresville event next year. I think IHRA made a great move on opening the event up at the Farmington/Mooresville race because more racers came in. However, by opening the field; the ladder was done away with & random pairing was put into place. By handling the race in this situation, my husband won the event & points were not given based off of field size but instead they were awarding based of # of rounds of race since a car did not show back up for 3rd round of the race. Not only did it take a round out of the race, it also took out 3 bye runs. This can ultimately have an effect on if Robbie gets in the Top 3 & also the potential of winning the championship. By having dragstrip employment experience, I know that it it impossible to make a decision that will be effect all racers equally but I do feel that IHRA has made a quick decision on this call & it is not fair to all racers involved. I don't mean to step on anyone's toes here but IHRA needs to re-evaluate this decision & look at similar but somewhat different situations & how they handled those.