perfect reason to get tree fixed

[cody pollage]

I am ALWAYS the slower car. I'm not a classracer, just a bracket racer but still...Don't get me wrong if they changed the rule, it would help me out a lot, but why change. If I don't go red, I have nothing to worry about right? Red lights happen, its part of drag racing. I like the ruling as it is.

I'm more worried about gas being 3.37/gallon at my house right now then whether or not they're gonna change the rule or me being red tomrrow. Got more stuff to worry about. Like Mr. Hulquist said, practice more, complain less.

Chad Rhodes, you owe me a new computer chair. I literally fell over from laughing at your post so hard.

Let's see if lady luck is on my side today when I go bracket racing. Hopefully, I don't go red, but who knows.

[RULER]

Dont fix this now , I have my AA/sa car about done!
Dan
Well unless it's a Cobra Jet your in for a real head ache. if it's an older combo you could be 4 to 8 tens behind, if it's a drag pak you will be alittle closer but not close enough the scare them.

[cad]

Leave it the way it is. You dont have to be fast to win in a bracket race .
You have to be lucky first, and good second.

Clark Doukas

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Casey Miles

I bracket race as does everone else, but this isn't the old days any longer, the software could easily be put into the tree and it would make for better racing. Think about your cell phones now, you can monitor your house and know where your loved ones are by just pushing an app on the device. The first or worst rule is old style thinking. I would prefer to know that I won a race and that the wasn;t given to me because the other driver fouled in front of me. The faster car isn't an issue, the faster car may become a handicap. Also, look at the field in Pomona, 15% of the field are A/SA, how many fast cars can there be at one race, that would also change with more of a diversed field.

Casey Miles
248H Stock?

The same people that think the U.S. Constitution was written by a bunch of old guys that doesn't pertain to life as we know it today?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Pvt Parts

Someone who can remember, please comment on this but as I recall (long, long ago) there was a time when the first red light locked out the other side and two red lights were not possible??

Scott, that is how it used to be on the old Crondek tree. I was "retired" when it changed. Both could red light when I "came back".

If your gonna cry about something, make it something you can't do anything about, like bogus hp factors. Those aren't your fault. Going red is.

[The Hawk]

Originally Posted by Bunkster

Let me understand this correctly: You actually like the fact, that your opponent may not have to to take a shot at the tree?

I would then presume you would not like it at all if your opponent always had to take a shot at the tree? You would feel guilty if a faster car lost, only because they had a worst foul start than your own?

I guess you`d have a point if I red lit alot,but I don`t. I go red in elims about 2 times a year and my average R/T is around a .030 for the entire season,T.O. and elims. Like I said,the rules made me become a better racer on the tree because a slow car varies so bad in ET,at times you need to make up for it on the starting line.

Do I feel bad when someone red lights against me? Hell no! I`m kind of fond of it,and when they break out against me too!

[Dave Ribeiro]

Cody,

Good luck @ the races & you are dead - on about changing the rules ... Did you ever notice, it's the people who don't race much that want to change the rules .... Worry, about HP factors & gas prices and improving your racing program and you may Win more.. Yes, I race a slower car & leave things alone & let's race more .... Sorry , Life is not FAIR , build a faster Car.....

[Sam Murray]

Originally Posted by chad rhodes

not this **** again

x3

[Ed Wright]

If we were to be democratic about it, and took a vote among actually active racers ( and since most actually active racers have the faster cars, or cars in the middle that see it from both sides) the vote likely would be to leave the rules alone. Mostly the guys wanting it changed don't even race that much, or run a slow enough car that they most always leave first. If you read light, it's your fault. Did you not know the rules when you chose what car to race?

[Duane Eiskant II]

I dont recall reading anything about the tree being broken...is this at the winternationals or your home track?