Driver ejection,NHRA cover up at St. Louis

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Now wait a minute, if you are past the finish line and cross the "center line out of control" in a fuel car, you still win the race. And that also goes for hitting the guard wall, exploding your car apart, hitting the driver in the other lane or, oh yeah, smoking the tires.

Nothing that you have stated here is incorrect. However, Section 2 Page 9 of the 2018 NHRA Rulebook specifically notes that boundary infractions past the finish line will be enforced if they determine that excessive braking was the cause of the infraction. Capitalization is in the rulebook; not mine:

Anytime it has been judged that excessive braking has resulted in loss of control that results in contact with the guardwall and/or light fixtures or crossing the center boundary lines, INCLUDING PAST THE FINISH LINE, the contestant will be disqualified.