Excessive Breaking?

[curtis hieb]

Originally Posted by HR9121

Agree

If there is smoke your out pretty simple but NHRA needs to put it in rules.

[Brett C]

Right or wrong; agree or disagree; hit or miss on this call; like NHRA or don't; like Jerry or don't (can't see how one couldn't)...smashing the brakes at the big end is just straight up dangerous! Ask anyone who has slammed the wall on the top end or anyone that has watched their fellow racer being air lifted out of the track how it feels.

[SStockDart]

Jerry, his brothers and family are great people, so this is not intended against him. It is just that Jerry was DQ-d.

IMO excessive braking needs to be eliminated somehow. We have all been dumped or dumped someone but the history of drag racing indicates that it is an acceleration contest not a acceleration / braking contest. I for one was racing a soft dialed 155 MPH Modified car with my 131 MPH car. I was in the right lane and watched him brake/smoke twice. I won, he still broke out. Point is...150 mph and locking up brakes can not resemble being safe.

I am in favor of racing that takes slamming the brakes out of the equation. Enter 60, qualify 48 and run dial within 5 hun perhaps.

[Pistol Pete]

Originally Posted by SStockDart

Jerry, his brothers and family are great people, so this is not intended against him. It is just that Jerry was DQ-d.

IMO excessive braking needs to be eliminated somehow. We have all been dumped or dumped someone but the history of drag racing indicates that it is an acceleration contest not a acceleration / braking contest. I for one was racing a soft dialed 155 MPH Modified car with my 131 MPH car. I was in the right lane and watched him brake/smoke twice. I won, he still broke out. Point is...150 mph and locking up brakes can not resemble being safe.

I am in favor of racing that takes slamming the brakes out of the equation. Enter 60, qualify 48 and run dial within 5 hun perhaps.

I'd say give a .03 hun Cushion. NO BRAKES PERIOD !!!! NO letting off either. Or your DQ'd. Unless the other car broke our spun during the run. If it's a close race YOU must STAY at FULL Throttle.

[Bob Mulry]

This is so easy, that my head is starting to hurt......

NHRA.....DO YOUR JOB and issue a written policy.....


PS:
Do you think it would help if I sent them a banner from the New England Patriots????

PPS:
There is also that famous quote from Blazing Saddles "Are we doing any good or are we just jerking off????"

Those could be words to live by??????

[Jon Sarrett]

Originally Posted by Brett C

Right or wrong; agree or disagree; hit or miss on this call; like NHRA or don't; like Jerry or don't (can't see how one couldn't)...smashing the brakes at the big end is just straight up dangerous! Ask anyone who has slammed the wall on the top end or anyone that has watched their fellow racer being air lifted out of the track how it feels.

This! I am a causality of braking at the stripe and trading paint with the guard rail. I always thought, I can handle it if it gets out of shape. The right front tire blew and that was it. Car made a right turn into the wall before I could correct.