Staging light error caught on film & Div. Director's respons

[MEXJOE]

MAN THAT IS JUST IS A BAD DEAL NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT!

NHRA had plenty of trouble with the 4 wide deal last week.
As well as the deal in pro stock... Jason Line had another bit of trouble in stock.
The dial was changed AFTER the cars were staged.
To top it all off...He had a .007 light!

It amazes
Most cars that pull up to race ( S/C S/G S/ST Etc.) have more technology in them that the starting and timing system has to offer.

DID YOU KNOW
The timing system NHRA uses is a DOS based system
without windows or any modern operating system.
It is slow old and cumbersome.
They need to use 2 systems at once just to keep thing moving along.

hummm...
How much is that "enhanced experience" costing again...
Maybe with all the money the guys are saving by not giving out Wally's for class singels
they can get a better timing system.
Just an idea..

[Carl Weisinger]

"DID YOU KNOW The timing system NHRA uses is a DOS based system
without windows or any modern operating system. It is slow old and cumbersome.
They need to use 2 systems at once just to keep thing moving along."

Hey, Hey! HEY! On behalf of all things slow, old and cumbesome I resemble
that remark!

Oh heck,... all in all the timing system works pretty well. We win by it and we lose by it. Doesn't seem like Biondo, Fletcher or Rampy have much trouble with it. LOL

[Don Kennedy]

Carl : You are correct Zimm had the tree come down two times to see if i red light and i did not move i even offered to move my car a little forward to see when the tree came down i would red light . I did win the rerun . this was at the track in wyoming where the track is in the middle of town a cool place to race

[Tom Goldman]

Wonder why Jeff Foster hasn't offered any insite into this.
You are right about the technology level, but mabe thats a good thing considering the skill level of the guy who "throws the switch" at National events.

[MEXJOE]

Amen!!!

Originally Posted by tom goldman

you are right about the technology level, but mabe thats a good thing considering the skill level of the guy who "throws the switch" at national events.

[Chuck Beach]

You have been NHRA enhanced .... free entry to the next National event is the right thing to do ..

[Bucky Hess]

Something like this happened to me at the gators about 10 years ago in the 4th round.I footbrake and push my car against converter to stage .i dont bump in .as my lite came down it redlit me. they said when i staged it was so shallow that my car backed upagainst the converter bull ****

[JRyan]

Don it was Douglas WY. Cool track and always a fun race.

People, I was there watching Don's run, and he's correct -- the car never moved, not even a little bit, and he wasn't shallow-staged. Sometimes things just happen.

For instance, the red and green can't both come on at the same time. Yet (hadtobethere can verify it), it happened to me in time trials at Cordova. I asked the head of staging whether it would be considered a red or a green, and he said it didn't happen -- I was dreaming. So on the next time trial, it happened again and he was watching. Now I know that's supposed to be impossible, but it did occur on two consecutive runs. The staging directors response after the run was, "We'd consider it a red-light since the red light was on". I said I'd consider it a green-light since the green was on. But that was 1978, and I've never seen it since.

ZK, rest his soul, got screwed at Brainerd with a .503 light (.500 perfect at the time) but the red came on. They wouldn't let him re-run it, but Buster did apologize to him later in the day saying that he screwed up and it should have been a re-run.

Then there's the Winternationals NATIONAL DRAGSTER Sportsman coverage issue of 1989 or '90 with the picture of Gene B's Nova leaving the line first with both wheels dangling two feet in the air and the last amber still on. This was the final which he won, but the light should have been SOOOOOO RED. Why wasn't it?

Life goes on!

Jerry

[Sean Cour]

Originally Posted by Bucky Hess

Something like this happened to me at the gators about 10 years ago in the 4th round.I footbrake and push my car against converter to stage .i dont bump in .as my lite came down it redlit me. they said when i staged it was so shallow that my car backed upagainst the converter bull ****

How the hell does a car "back up against the converter?". Sometimes I wonder.......

[Jim Wahl]

Originally Posted by Bucky Hess

Something like this happened to me at the gators about 10 years ago in the 4th round.I footbrake and push my car against converter to stage .i dont bump in .as my lite came down it redlit me. they said when i staged it was so shallow that my car backed upagainst the converter bull ****

The technical prowess of some of the higher-ups baffles me sometimes. He probably said it with a straight face also! Jim