Brian Chaney wins SS @ Tulsa LODRS!

[gmeyer]

Sounds like a good match race at the next race for some cash!!!!!!! i will send some money to be put down i the blue car

[Ed Wright]

This is an email I recieved this morning from a guy working the lanes:

Ed,

I was talking to the tower and Doug (Operations Manager) when this incident occurred.

The guy in the red car (John) came running up to me after I pulled three or four sets of cars to the lanes.

Chaney was the forth or fifth set in line that was going to race John. He said that he is not ready and still had to get buckled up. I told him to get in his car and get buckled up and get up here. After the water incident in the third or forth pair I thought he would have plenty of time to get up to the lane. He still did not move at all. Once the water incident was cleaned up the tower and Doug was wondering what the delay is. I explained to them that John was still in the lanes getting buckled up. The cleanup took about 5 minutes to get cleaned up. Chaney was setting at the gate at least 4 minutes prior before the water incident. The tower then declared since the car did not get into line to run against Chaney it was determined by the tower that he was broke. Chaney did not want to go forward without John but was told to pull forward to take a single run. Chaney was told by the tower that John was broke, that’s the only way to get him to go forward. Cars then started to pull around John. Chaney took the single and other cars started to pull up then John showed up expecting to run. He was told that the run has already occurred. He was ticked off.

It took him close to 15 minutes to pull forward to the starting line from the time he told me that he was not buckled up. My TAD and TAF cars do not take that long to get buckled up. Most TD dragsters can get buckled up in 3-4 minutes.

All he had to do was to start the car and pull up to the gate, chances are he would have run against Chaney (Assuming that he would not take long). Since he stayed back in the lane and delayed the event they had no choice but to disqualify his run. When you have Craig Hutchinson and Doug Wright wondering why no cars are going down the track they will rectify the issue quickly.

I just wanted to share you what really happened. Strange thing is that when he came up running to me I did not see him running from his car to me. Not sure where he was?

Don’t want to talk about what his wife did when she came up to me and Doug, that was intense. She was pizzed.
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The "water incident" mentioned was rain water falling from under another car in line ahead of them. We had sideways rain for a while, and some cars were dripping. I hate John had problems getting ready in time. I really like him. However, Bryan says he didn't try to avoid racing him. I don't think Bryan sweats racing many of us.

[cleggster]

Guess important lessons were learned. Fellow racers do not wait long and NHRA officials will not give people chances to get ready either. So hurry up everyone when getting ready to make a pass.

[Ed Wright]

John, I really hate that it all happened. The guy working the lanes said Bryan would not move until they told him you were broke.

[PONTIAC'S REVENGE]

Racers,
Look,
Anytime I've been paired with a car I wait until the guy suites up give the thumbs up and hit the key so we dont get out of order. This is the only way to act, weather or no weather coming. How did the two cars get separated in the first place? You dont just run off and leave, it is only gentlemanly to wait, no excuses people.

Now if there a single cars going down the track ahead of paired cars, how could you explain that? THERE WAS TIME!!! Of course the officials are gonna think the other guy is broke because most people dont run off and leave!!

Like I said this lacks integrity and sportsmanship, but most of all It still doesnt pass the smell test.

Stacy McCarty

[Don Kennedy]

Something to think about it seems that NHRA is always waiting for the sandbaggers to run, to getting to the staging lanes ,everyone knows who they are of course ,so why did nhra not wait for Clegg to get ready to run there were cars still behind him waiting to run as the sandbaggers were not there yet ??? I am confused about this whole deal >

[Mike Voth]

Congrats, Brian!! Great job driving, as usual.

[Scott Creed]

Originally Posted by cleggster

Guess important lessons were learned. Fellow racers do not wait long and NHRA officials will not give people chances to get ready either. So hurry up everyone when getting ready to make a pass.

How long does it take to put on a fire jacket, put your belts on, click up the net and strap on your helmet?

Were you getting ready or swapping engines?

[Ed Wright]

John was evidently having some issues with something. I don't think anybody knew what. He has always been ready in plenty of time before. It was a bad deal and I hate it for him.

[Walker4108]

Great Job Brian! I was there and at 1st I too thought it was a chicken sh!t move by Brian untill I talked to several people involved including Brian and someone that was trying to help John correct is issue. I realized that Brian was out options and between orders from NHRA and Track officials he was at risk of being DQ'd also. Congrats on a well deserved win.