worst red light debate, again!

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Casey Miles

Jeff Lee, I will tell you that when I started racing, I only went racing with the idea of racing, not who left first by some rule book, it was set that way because the lack of technology. When I started ET racing, the left lane always got the head start because the 5 bulb Xmas tree couldn't have any other type of handicap and "one" dial in for the day. If you were the slower car you went to the left lane and if you were the faster car you went to the right lane. That's how it was. Now with the onset of the newer technology, that has been corrected so that you can now pick your lane and change your dial from round to round. The first or worst rule was only put in place because they couldn't police it like they can now. Think about it, we didn't have red light traffic cameras back then either, but now they send you tickets in the mail, technology has moved on and we are still dealing with an old out of place rule. I'm not whinning, I'm stating the facts that all handicap racing should be even and fair no matter what your speed is.
I also didn't get a car to pick how fast or what class I was going to run, I got one that I could afford at the time, I'm still racing the same car.

Casey Miles
248H Stock?

OK,since we want to rationalize about this.If they change the red light rule to even the
so called playing field then maybe the fast cars should be allowed a mulligan if they spin the tire on a $hitty track.But wait,who told them to build such a hi horsepower car.They
should have built a car like mine that 60's 1.74-1.80 and they wouldn't be at a disadvantage..But wait again.Maybe if I don't like the first foul rule maybe I should build a
higer classed car.
Let's get NHRA to raise the payouts.Now that's doable.