Part's crossing the center line?

Floyd Staggs · 10-08-2009, 02:15 PM

At the ET finals in Phoenix last weekend a part fell off of a car and distracted the driver in the other lane.
He lost and asked the Div 7 Director about it and was told there is no rule in the book about parts falling off.

ss3011 · 10-08-2009, 03:00 PM

Wasn't this a case of first or worst ? Didn't the other guy cross the centerline ?

dartman · 10-08-2009, 04:56 PM

We had a car lose a can of wax (must of been under the hood) and it cross the center line,the other car ,which was dialed 2sec. faster, lifted to avoid hitting it. so what would be the ruling on something like that?

ps Ed Fernandez is that your car on the left side of avatar?

Urraco · 10-08-2009, 05:21 PM

I had a guy lose his driveshaft and it came over in my lane. I had to hit the brakes to avoid it and they gave the win to him.

Ed Fernandez · 10-08-2009, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dartman

We had a car lose a can of wax (must of been under the hood) and it cross the center line,the other car ,which was dialed 2sec. faster, lifted to avoid hitting it. so what would be the ruling on something like that?

ps Ed Fernandez is that your car on the left side of avatar?

Yeah that's my little POS.

Terry Cain · 10-09-2009, 01:22 PM

Years ago. Saw a TAD blow a motor on top end. Crank was all the way out laying on track. Car was pushed to scales. Car comes up light, one of the crew members runs over where NHRA is cleaning track, grabs crank and debris sits it on scales. Car passes weight and qualifies. Scale guy didn't know what to think or say.

Michael Pliska · 10-09-2009, 02:46 PM

Although weight didn't matter, when I crashed my car at the ET finals (taking out several sections of top end guardrail) the track crew brought a couple of contractor trash bags full of parts from my car. I swear they managed to find everything but a small piece of the fiberglass frontend. There were connecting rod and engine block pieces, everything! I'll bet that we could have weighed my car remains and they would have been damn close to the correct weight (less all the oil and water which was sprayed on the track).

Regards,

10-08-2009, 02:15 PM	#1
Floyd Staggs VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,522 Likes: 156 Liked 229 Times in 99 Posts	Re: Part's crossing the center line? At the ET finals in Phoenix last weekend a part fell off of a car and distracted the driver in the other lane. He lost and asked the Div 7 Director about it and was told there is no rule in the book about parts falling off. __________________ Floyd Staggs 787 SST

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ss3011 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Southeast Michigan Posts: 909 Likes: 70 Liked 239 Times in 114 Posts	Re: Part's crossing the center line? Wasn't this a case of first or worst ? Didn't the other guy cross the centerline ?

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dartman Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: N.S. CANADA Posts: 498 Likes: 160 Liked 68 Times in 41 Posts	Re: Part's crossing the center line? We had a car lose a can of wax (must of been under the hood) and it cross the center line,the other car ,which was dialed 2sec. faster, lifted to avoid hitting it. so what would be the ruling on something like that? ps Ed Fernandez is that your car on the left side of avatar? __________________ 1231 FS/D Drag Pak 1231 E/SA 71 Demon Kelly MacKay Last edited by dartman; 10-08-2009 at 05:00 PM.

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Urraco Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Phoenix Posts: 66 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Part's crossing the center line? I had a guy lose his driveshaft and it came over in my lane. I had to hit the brakes to avoid it and they gave the win to him.

10-09-2009, 01:22 PM	#6
Terry Cain Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Georgetown, Indiana (close to Louisville, KY) Posts: 777 Likes: 530 Liked 231 Times in 107 Posts	Re: Part's crossing the center line? Years ago. Saw a TAD blow a motor on top end. Crank was all the way out laying on track. Car was pushed to scales. Car comes up light, one of the crew members runs over where NHRA is cleaning track, grabs crank and debris sits it on scales. Car passes weight and qualifies. Scale guy didn't know what to think or say. __________________ Terry Cain ???? STK tcain19689585@gmail.com

10-09-2009, 02:46 PM	#7
Michael Pliska Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Happy Valley, OR Posts: 260 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Part's crossing the center line? Although weight didn't matter, when I crashed my car at the ET finals (taking out several sections of top end guardrail) the track crew brought a couple of contractor trash bags full of parts from my car. I swear they managed to find everything but a small piece of the fiberglass frontend. There were connecting rod and engine block pieces, everything! I'll bet that we could have weighed my car remains and they would have been damn close to the correct weight (less all the oil and water which was sprayed on the track). Regards, __________________ Michael Pliska 643 S/G