NHRA Levied Actions Against Don Davidson

[JRyan]

Right Randall,

Fred didn't look right when I wrote it, but then I'm old.

Jerry

[Ed Wright]

It gets worse.

[farmco r/sa]

Originally Posted by ed wright

it gets worse.

lol !

[Adger Smith]

What gets worse Ed? LOL
Don't we know it....Living proof here.
It is bad when I can't remember & have to ask my Alzheimer ailing Father ;~)

[K Stubbs]

I love how NHRA wants to act like they are "supporting" the sportsman racer then place a $1000.00 fine on an honest racer who has made an unintentional mistake that most of us have made, but without a fine. As stated, there should be a "pre warning" or a post of the available fines for such actions. Even then, the argument will be, "why the fines now and not before". .007 is a very small amount and like Mark Lewis stated, could be a number of small things. I talked with Don the day this happened and encouraged him to have them check this with his lifter or check it himself so he could have an argument about "their" system not being fair to the racer (being there could be variances in their lifter and ours) NHRA should be ashamed of themselves for posting this fine on a web sight and not notifying the driver first. He should at least have been told this at the track right after the DQ. And you wonder why your car count keeps decreasing......

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Adger Smith

What gets worse Ed? LOL
Don't we know it....Living proof here.
It is bad when I can't remember & have to ask my Alzheimer ailing Father ;~)

I'm right there with you. LOL

I hope they re-think that fine. It makes no sense at all.

[FireSale]

I went back through the race results and can't quite figure out when the DQ happened. Don shows in the qualifying list for Ennis but is gone from the elimination ladder at DragRaceCentral. At what point in the race did the teardown occur?

Dale

[Mike Brogniez]

The fine seems excessive, especially for those who do not have deep pockets and the communication could certainly be better so all can understand the cause/logic and learn from the experience.
NHRA and racers should find and agree to a more structured way to handle such situations and communication.
To this day I always found the NHRA field representatives to be fair and dedicated and I only wish the same could be said about the higher levels of the organization which ultimately call the shots.
MB

[Tom Moock]

If NHRA is going to use their adjustable lifter to check lift in tear down, they should list a place to buy the same lifter. Tom

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Tom Moock

If NHRA is going to use their adjustable lifter to check lift in tear down, they should list a place to buy the same lifter. Tom

I'll tell you this back in the mid 90's I gave NHRA a solid lifter for my turbo dodge. They didn't have one. Well about 4 years later I go through teardown with my car. I ask them to give me the lifter so I could set it up for them to roll the cam. And they were indignant telling me only they could handle the lifter (the one I gave them).
BTW. I was running the stock, from the assembly line cam. LOL