And the penalties are???

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I believe the the last decade of penalties handed out have not been harsh enough. The penalties must be directly related to future participation of a competitor and not monetary. We are not pros, we do not get paid to show up; therefore imposing a monetary fine on a sportsman competitor is absurd. The general population of sportsman competitors do this as a hobby and for fun. An extended period off from competition will definitely be more of a deterrent from cheating than getting a single race suspension and/or fine. All Bryan was trying to explain is that the NHRA's penalty spectrum has shrunk down to a "one size fits all" penalty for every infraction. You cannot actually believe that a competitor who inaccurately fills in their tech card, not resulting in any sort of competitive advantage can be compared to or given the same penalty as an illegal driveline component? NHRA needs to sit down, draw out all the infractions/penalties in black & white and stick to it. There will always be people over penalized and under penalized; however, if everyone involved knows they are all being treated equally, that is the end result, I believe, most of us would be willing to accept.