Re: Drag racing rules
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10/25/18 07:48 PM
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It's always been first or worst ...red light was first, and worst in my opinion! 6.50 index. let's say racer A red lights. racer B sees this, and decides to run all out. racer B goes 5.90. is that the same as racer B running 6.499? at what point does breaking out, after your opponent red lights, become the worse infraction?
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Re: Drag racing rules
[Re: Spaceman Spiff]
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10/25/18 07:55 PM
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It's always been first or worst ...red light was first, and worst in my opinion! 6.50 index. let's say racer A red lights. racer B sees this, and decides to run all out. racer B goes 5.90. is that the same as racer B running 6.499? at what point does breaking out, after your opponent red lights, become the worse infraction? Never. Any sane race director will give you a warning if you go faster than you are supposed to with your cert, equipment, etc.. Especially in the semis of a money race. He got bent over. Did the person who redlighted get put back in? Who's kid or buddy was it?
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Re: Drag racing rules
[Re: bigdad]
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10/25/18 10:19 PM
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first or worst ...red light was first
I agree, the race was decided before the "slow" car left the line. Otherwise, it's just 2 cars running parallel.
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Re: Drag racing rules
[Re: bigdad]
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10/25/18 10:44 PM
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Soooo, if you both went red or broke out would both of you have been tossed?
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Re: Drag racing rules
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10/25/18 10:51 PM
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Soooo, if you both went red or broke out would both of you have been tossed? Nope. Not unless both cars cross a boundary line. First car to red light or if on Trustart, the worst red light is the loser. The rece is over when either car redlights. Both cars go green and breakout, the one farthest under is the loser, regardless who gets there first.
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Re: Drag racing rules
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10/25/18 11:07 PM
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Yep 100% your win, FULL STOP.
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Re: Drag racing rules
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10/25/18 11:18 PM
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Is crossing the line (after the other car RL) a safety violation even with no wall contact? He didn't hit anything, or interfere with the other car.
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Re: Drag racing rules
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10/26/18 12:16 AM
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Can’t believe this actually happened. Most tracks run true-start these days, I’ve benefitted from it once so far, winning on a double red-light. But giving someone who redlit the win over a free-pass breakout?!?!?! No way. If it actually happened, OP got hosed. If it were me, I’d have laughed at the official at first, told him the get a clue, and completely lost my cool if he persisted. Probably never go back.
Here’s a question: anyone ever see a double centerline cross? First to cross is out???? What if one car tags the wall, then the other crosses the centerline?
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Re: Drag racing rules
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10/26/18 12:23 AM
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Cross the centerline or hit anything, you're out. Both cross, both out. Red lights don't matter at that point.
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Re: Drag racing rules
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10/26/18 12:52 AM
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Big Dad you got hosed, light that mans house on fire Halloween night ![devil devil](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/devil.gif) JUST KIDDING about his house ![realcrazy realcrazy](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/realcrazy.gif) I do hate being cheated by race officials or any on else ![runaway runaway](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/runaway.gif)
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Re: Drag racing rules
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Is crossing the line (after the other car RL) a safety violation even with no wall contact? He didn't hit anything, or interfere with the other car. I don't know if it's a safety violation, but it's an automatic DQ. I've seen Pro races on TV where they had to go back to the replay because the exhaust has blown over the cones, but tires were running the stripe, so no DQ.
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Re: Drag racing rules
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Re: Drag racing rules
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10/26/18 12:50 PM
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We have some local track favorites that let's just say get special attention also. Example: This so called track favorite individual had to work & showed up late & missed qualifying. He shows up while going into eliminations. 16 cars have raced to be in the field. He gets to line up as a 17th car and gets a bye run. Next round, still uneven number of cars, he gets another bye run and again all the way up to the finals & guess what he wins the race in the finals!!!! A lot of unhappy people that day.
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