Sorenson 1.408 under at Boise

[Chuck Porter]

Originally Posted by John Mason

Kinda fell into a buzz saw, right Chuck?
As to weight adjustment prior to scales, let me give you a scenerio. You have a B/SA and run another B/SA in eliminations. They beat you by .01 (ignore reaction times) and, just before the scales, someone hands them a 25 lb. bar which they put under the seat. They are OK by 5 lbs.
Is that legal?
Of course not.
Adjusting weight after a run for any reason is not in keeping with the spirit of the rules. That being said, I've got a lot of respect for the Sorensons, and I understand why they did it. The AHFS makes little sense. It would take little effort to write a computer program that converts ET to match actual DA at the time of the run rather than to an arbitrary factor. We do it all the time with our weather stations.

John
I understand and agree with what you are saying. I understand NHRA has been approached in the past to develop and implement a program similar to what you are describing. I haven't anything more about it for a long time.
I want to think there is still some sprit left in the interpretation of the rules. However "we" in this sport have deviated so far from the way it was 30+ years ago when I started, that it's hard to define the boundaries of the rules anymore.
I still haven't found the rule in the rule book.
Chuck

RE: Buzz saw - I suppose I did. I guess Dave & I were on a collision course this morning. I hold no grudges.