Sorenson's 1.408 under decision

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by bill dedman

Junior Barnes said, "One went across the scale and one did not! The one that did not give up his rights to a fair trial (so to speak)"

A "fair trial" would be to prove his innocence.... on the contention that he was of legal weight.

When you give that up, the assumption becomes that you were "guilty".... LIGHT.

Your spin on this defies simple logic, Junior....

They're both "guil;ty (assumed light in Fred's case; PROVEN light in Sorensen's.)

Same result should be imposed on both. No way to prove that Fred's car was of the correct weight.

Henson's run was on a redlight 1st round at the D4 points race in Belle Rose. He was not required to go to the scales, he did not "AVOID" the scales. I was helping a friend that weekend and we were parked next to fred, I assure the car wasn't light and he didnt mean to do it

[bill dedman]

Chad,

If Fred didn't go to the scales after the run, he avoided them, whether intentionally, or not. He had no reason to go to them, having just lost that round.

This is not in any way shape, or form critical of what Fred did; it's just an effort to get the two situations (Sorensen and Henson) "on the same page" so some logical conclusions can be drawn.

Your contention that he wasn't light is probably correct, but because it's just YOUR OPINION, it's not the sort of thing that NHRA could hang a far-reaching decision on.

The fact is, nobody (but Fred) knows what his car weighed when he made that run.

Nobody will EVER know, for sure. Ballast (some of it) is easily removeable.

In that vein, the car POSSIBLY could have been light, in spite of your considered opinion. I'm certainly not saying it was, because there's no way for me to know FOR SURE.

If it was, (in this case, a distinct possibility), then how can they give him HP? Even if it were NOT, how can they give him HP since they don't REALLY know what the car weighed on that run? They can't just ASSUME it was of legal weight... nobody's crystal ball is accurate under those circumstances.

The circumstances and similarities between what happened at Boise and in Fred's case would seem to me to be very similar in view of the fact that one car was weighed and was light; the other car was NOT weighed so cannot be proven NOT to have been light at that time.

But then, that's just MY take on it... I'm sure NHRA is going to do whatever THEY want to do with this.
Nothing could matter less than what ~I~ think...

[Super Sport]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

Henson's run was on a redlight 1st round at the D4 points race in Belle Rose. He was not required to go to the scales, he did not "AVOID" the scales. I was helping a friend that weekend and we were parked next to fred, I assure the car wasn't light and he didnt mean to do it

How can anyone possibly think that Henson was light? He was in eliminations. He intended to win that round. It was correct for him to get horsepower.

Sorensen was light because he adjusted his weight after the run before coming to the scales. He left the starting line with the intention of qualifying. He has had that car long enough to know exactly what it weighs on every run. He should get horsepower and an extended vacation.

[Urraco]

Problem is there is no tech as we used to know it.

[Crew Chief]

Originally Posted by Urraco

Problem is there is no tech as we used to know it.

Not everywhere.....some places still believe in enforcing whats left of the rules.

[Urraco]

Problem is that they dont enforce the rules equally. There are cars out there that are way off and no one is looking at them.

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Urraco

Problem is that they dont enforce the rules equally. There are cars out there that are way off and no one is looking at them.

that would be solved if they all showed up at the Cajun Sports Nationals, Wesley would catch em

[s10stocker]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

that would be solved if they all showed up at the Cajun Sports Nationals, Wesley would catch em

This would have never happened on Mr. Wesleys watch period. He may be very strict but very fair.