Excessive Breaking?

[Bryan Worner]

Originally Posted by Chuck Westcott

Maybe you need to re-think your comment !
Either Race the rules or park it !
Slamming the brakes at the stripe is a no no -- no matter what class !
I can't tell you how many crashes I've seen at the stripe because of Idiot's slamming the brakes ! Or don;t race in NHRA !

And you NEVER hit the brakes at the finish line Chuck? Come on now...

[Ed Carpenter]

Ask my good friend Ashton Hudson about his life flight trip to a trauma center in Dallas after hitting the brakes. Car was totaled. Now he holds it wide open and rides the brake if necessary. No slamming the brakes. I've seen two cars cross lanes at the finish line slamming the brakes against each other. All I know is if someone slams the brakes against me and wipes my car out they better hope I die in the crash.......thats all ill say...

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Ed Carpenter

Ask my good friend Ashton Hudson about his life flight trip to a trauma center in Dallas after hitting the brakes. Car was totaled. Now he holds it wide open and rides the brake if necessary. No slamming the brakes. I've seen two cars cross lanes at the finish line slamming the brakes against each other. All I know is if someone slams the brakes against me and wipes my car out they better hope I die in the crash.......thats all ill say...

Why if a Person wants to Know the rest of the story ask Emmons what happened ,Then no hearsay Just saying

[Carguy49]

There has been a mention of NHRA putting it in writing.

NHRA 2015 Rulebook - - Race Procedures - Section 2 page 8 Disqualifications states - Anytime it has been judged that excessive braking has resulted in loss of control that resullts in contact with the guardwall and/or light fixtures or crossing the center boundary line, INCLUDING PAST THE FINISH LINE, the contestant will be disqualified.

There is a little more, but this pretty much sums it up.

[Jeff Stout]

Originally Posted by Carguy49

There has been a mention of NHRA putting it in writing.

NHRA 2015 Rulebook - - Race Procedures - Section 2 page 8 Disqualifications states - Anytime it has been judged that excessive braking has resulted in loss of control that resullts in contact with the guardwall and/or light fixtures or crossing the center boundary line, INCLUDING PAST THE FINISH LINE, the contestant will be disqualified.

There is a little more, but this pretty much sums it up.

Hopefully the rest of the rule addresses smoking of tires.

[Bob Mulry]

Originally Posted by Carguy49

There has been a mention of NHRA putting it in writing.

NHRA 2015 Rulebook - - Race Procedures - Section 2 page 8 Disqualifications states - Anytime it has been judged that excessive braking has resulted in loss of control that resullts in contact with the guardwall and/or light fixtures or crossing the center boundary line, INCLUDING PAST THE FINISH LINE, the contestant will be disqualified.

There is a little more, but this pretty much sums it up.

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This is a cut & paste from the 2017 NHRA Rulebook:

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
Contact with guardwall, barriers, or any other track fixture
(rubber cones, when used, are considered visual aids, not
fixtures) is grounds for disqualification and/or other actions.
Intentional crossing of boundary lines to leave track or avoid
depositing debris on track is not grounds for disqualification

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Did he violate any provision of this rule??????

I watched the video and he doesn't appear to have....

Write a rule and enforce that rule....

and if you notice there is no mention of smoke from the tires being a disqualification....

I don't believe that this rule sums up anything with regard to the Emmons D/Q

[Carguy49]

Jeff - Nothing about smoking the tires.

Bob - By summing it up I meant that the rule is pretty plain and should be enforced equally.

As far as the Emmons incident, I wasn't there but sounds like he got screwed.

[Super Sport]

Maybe this incident will make racers rethink wanting to go race out west.