Trustart Debate

[Alan Roehrich]

[Mark Yacavone]

Alan ,You think it's bad now ?
Wait until Trustart comes to S/SS and a faster car loses on a double red light!

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Alan ,You think it's bad now ?
Wait until Trustart comes to S/SS and a faster car loses on a double red light!

Mark,
I honestly don't care at this point. Seriously. The red light thing is the least of the worries for class racing. I suppose it makes for a great distraction. Never mind everything else that is wrong, let's worry about a red light rule that has been the same for about 50 years. I'm over it. We can move on to the next whine fest.

Wind effects fast cars, so does track prep.

It's just a different set of drawbacks, depending on what choices you make. If you're making excuses, you'll never fix your program.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Mark,
I honestly don't care at this point. Seriously. The red light thing is the least of the worries for class racing. I suppose it makes for a great distraction. Never mind everything else that is wrong, let's worry about a red light rule that has been the same for about 50 years. I'm over it. We can move on to the next whine fest.

Wind effects fast cars, so does track prep.

It's just a different set of drawbacks, depending on what choices you make. If you're making excuses, you'll never fix your program.

I agree. Many of the slower class guys seem to think they have all the disadvantages. Faster cars just have a different set of issues. I most always leave first, and am not interested I changing over. I can not remember one round when it would have effected the outcome for me. It has been First or Worst since I started racing in the early 1960s. If I go red, I'm kicking myself, not hoping the other guy is redder. I'm not looking for a participant trophy.

[Mickey Whaley]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Its all about money with a move are they gonna change the amount of a dollar also?

[Mickey Whaley]

[QUOTE=Mickey Whaley;524453]This is funny

[Michael Compton]

I truly do not care which way it goes. I have to cut a light and run the number. Isn't that what we all have to do anyway? Being a faster car is not the ultimate advantage. In 2016, I think I left first 1 time. Being the second to leave takes serious concentration because of the slower car moving first. Track prep, wind, lanes, etc all have an effect on faster and slower cars.

Having grown up in this sport, we should be more concerned with the direction NHRA is going. Reduced car counts, less tech, terrible division directors, sub-par tracks, and so on should be what we are concerned about. Not whether or not Tru-Start is in effect or not. The same guys that win now, will win even if Tru-Start is in effect. Mainly because those guys are working on becoming better drivers year in and year out. Not asking for rules to be changed to accommodate their personal agenda.

Just my .02
Michael

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Michael Compton

Having grown up in this sport, we should be more concerned with the direction NHRA is going. Reduced car counts, less tech, terrible division directors, sub-par tracks, and so on should be what we are concerned about. Not whether or not Tru-Start is in effect or not.Michael

Now, I'll hoist a double-shot of Cuervo to that! good words. I've said enough about this subject.

[Bunkster]

"I have to cut a light and run the number. Isn't that what we all have to do anyway?"

No, and that's the the point. Cutting a light and running the number are two fundamentals that every person involved in a handicapped race should be subjected to.

[Michael Compton]

Originally Posted by Bunkster

"I have to cut a light and run the number. Isn't that what we all have to do anyway?"

No, and that's the the point. Cutting a light and running the number are two fundamentals that every person involved in a handicapped race should be subjected to.

First car has a clean tree and has to go green. Am I missing something? If you leave first and go green, you have done your job. Isn't that what we should be striving for in racing? Doing our job and not requesting the rules to be changed? It has been this way since the beginning and seems to get liberalized more and more every year.

And yes Billy - a toast of Cuervo to you also!