Jerry Emmons speaks his mind

ken robinson · 03-11-2017, 11:07 AM

The video shows he rolled down the window in the shutdown area and waved his hand out the window (safety no no). Thats something I got the never do that again speech for ... Any how good driving , maybe hold alittle less ...

Mark Yacavone · 03-11-2017, 11:44 AM

Again, not putting forth my opinion, because I wasn't there.
Video? I've had two people say it looks like Emmons' back wheel comes off the ground.
I did see the video of round two. I wonder if some of you did?

We know that he received a warning after that one.
We know that ,in the fourth round, he was down 10 mph and still ran .02 under the dial.

The starter says he saw an unsafe movement of the car , from his vantage point.
They have to be able to make a discretionary call when it comes to safety issues, in MY opinion.
Should NHRA have said..well, he didn't hit the wall, or the other car, so let's wait until maybe he does? Can you imagine the liability on that one?

Yes, I like the IHRA rule much better.

No, I don't think there was a vast West Coast conspiracy here.

voltdr · 03-11-2017, 12:41 PM

There is one thing we all can agree on, "Excessive" braking is a bad thing. We have all seen crashes resulting from excessive braking.
I have spent quite a bit of time researching this story. I've looked at the NHRA All-Access video. This is truly a case of an official making up for a missed call on an earlier incident. Just like in baseball, where the umpire calls a ball instead of a strike on one pitch, then evens up the count on the next pitch, regardless of where the ball is thrown.
In R1 Jerry smoked the front tires at the stripe. In R2 he got the car turned sideways so hard the announcer comments about seeing both sides of the car at the stripe. R3 there was no mention or clear video evidence of anything unusual happening at the stripe. In R4 Jerry is DQ'ed. This is really a bad decision (for R4) because it probably should've happened in R1 or R2. I say a bad decision because it changes how eliminations continue with the wrong person not being able to continue. Everything is messed up, points, money etc.
Now Jerry says that he won't let NHRA dictate how to drive his race car. Now we have a challenge, NHRA says one thing, Jerry says another. I wonder who will prevail? I believe NHRA will begin a big push to enforce their rule about "unsafe driving. It needs to be done, and done equally.

Dan Foley
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03-11-2017, 11:07 AM	#1
ken robinson Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: tomsriver nj Posts: 482 Likes: 75 Liked 225 Times in 88 Posts	Re: Jerry Emmons speaks his mind The video shows he rolled down the window in the shutdown area and waved his hand out the window (safety no no). Thats something I got the never do that again speech for ... Any how good driving , maybe hold alittle less ...

03-11-2017, 11:44 AM	#2
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,840 Likes: 2,934 Liked 5,152 Times in 1,966 Posts	Re: Jerry Emmons speaks his mind Again, not putting forth my opinion, because I wasn't there. Video? I've had two people say it looks like Emmons' back wheel comes off the ground. I did see the video of round two. I wonder if some of you did? We know that he received a warning after that one. We know that ,in the fourth round, he was down 10 mph and still ran .02 under the dial. The starter says he saw an unsafe movement of the car , from his vantage point. They have to be able to make a discretionary call when it comes to safety issues, in MY opinion. Should NHRA have said..well, he didn't hit the wall, or the other car, so let's wait until maybe he does? Can you imagine the liability on that one? Yes, I like the IHRA rule much better. No, I don't think there was a vast West Coast conspiracy here. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

03-11-2017, 12:41 PM	#3
voltdr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 706 Likes: 77 Liked 100 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Jerry Emmons speaks his mind There is one thing we all can agree on, "Excessive" braking is a bad thing. We have all seen crashes resulting from excessive braking. I have spent quite a bit of time researching this story. I've looked at the NHRA All-Access video. This is truly a case of an official making up for a missed call on an earlier incident. Just like in baseball, where the umpire calls a ball instead of a strike on one pitch, then evens up the count on the next pitch, regardless of where the ball is thrown. In R1 Jerry smoked the front tires at the stripe. In R2 he got the car turned sideways so hard the announcer comments about seeing both sides of the car at the stripe. R3 there was no mention or clear video evidence of anything unusual happening at the stripe. In R4 Jerry is DQ'ed. This is really a bad decision (for R4) because it probably should've happened in R1 or R2. I say a bad decision because it changes how eliminations continue with the wrong person not being able to continue. Everything is messed up, points, money etc. Now Jerry says that he won't let NHRA dictate how to drive his race car. Now we have a challenge, NHRA says one thing, Jerry says another. I wonder who will prevail? I believe NHRA will begin a big push to enforce their rule about "unsafe driving. It needs to be done, and done equally. Dan Foley SC4698