poor excuse for tech at NHRA National

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by freddie tyson

you are correct sir, it was a heads up run both same class, one car was up to date on all the safety requirements but the other was not, thus making the winner illegal for the round, he should had been DQed at the scales, just as if his fuel didnt check....Bottom line he broke the rules and should be DQed for the event, and others till he and his car are correct....Why have rules if they are not going to be enforced?

There have been times where you are given ONE warning in situations like this.

Sometimes a cop gives you a warning for 5 mph over the speed limit and some actually write the ticket.

Not sure what the situation is here,but not all A/SA cars can run in the 9's .MANY can,but not all of them.

[freddie tyson]

not gonna argue with you about how many can run in the 9, Grey doesnt have a proble neither does about 6 more in the country, but hey have moved into AA/s, and all of them have the required safety equiptment,, they moved to protect the index and combos, if you are going to warn someone, you do it then ,not later and you discipline them now, not later, the rule book clearly states what is required, ...Let me ask you , if you were eliminated but someone who was wrong, would you be happy going home, knowing he was warned, ?I THINK NOT.....The rules are printed for everyone to abide by, IF YOU ARE WRONG YOU ARE WRONG, YOU SHOULD NOT GET A FREE PASS......

[James Perrone]

So why didn’t offend driver stop at the scales and point it out to tech?
It’s too late now

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by freddie tyson

IF YOU ARE WRONG YOU ARE WRONG, YOU SHOULD NOT GET A FREE PASS......

Although I agree with you completely, we are dealing with the 21ST Century NHRA.

[Rich Biebel]

I'm just a bored casual observer....BUT as Billy says this is the modern version of NHRA racing and for the most part has been for quite some time

They do have a rule book but not much in the way of desire or personnel to enforce every infraction

They just want their "show" to go on and move on to the next one....

Entertaining the paying customers is at the top of the list.....Sportsman racing is nothing more than time filler.....

[freddie tyson]

Face it, many of the real racers have supported the NHRA for years thru the Sportsman Classes, but the governing body aka NHRA could care less, it is all about the JOHN FORCES- DON SCHUMACHER- of the sport now...it as become a sport where the Sportsman classes pay for the others , you get forced into poor pits, maybe 2 time runs in terrible conditions, etc, but most still love the sportand that is a good thing, but if you let someone get away with a warning at a National Event, where it is suppose to be the premier race with a warning is just stupid, if it happened at a Divisional , the driver was warned, put on notice to get corrected before his next event is one thing, but not at a National event, we can dispute this all day but wrong is wrong, he broke the rules, same as being light at scales , fuel not checking etc, the tech guys should have got him on the topend......

[1347]

Originally Posted by freddie tyson

not gonna argue with you about how many can run in the 9, Grey doesnt have a proble neither does about 6 more in the country, but hey have moved into AA/s, and all of them have the required safety equiptment,, they moved to protect the index and combos, if you are going to warn someone, you do it then ,not later and you discipline them now, not later, the rule book clearly states what is required, ...Let me ask you , if you were eliminated but someone who was wrong, would you be happy going home, knowing he was warned, ?I THINK NOT.....The rules are printed for everyone to abide by, IF YOU ARE WRONG YOU ARE WRONG, YOU SHOULD NOT GET A FREE PASS......

I sense some anger here, not really sure if I believe the "Horse in the race" quote lol

[Bob Bender]

When you don't have all the facts you should not cry. This happens from time to time and is always handled. To say poor tech you have no clue what you are saying. Stay on your keyboard and we all will race. Have a great day!