I agreed with John Medlen.....Why would it even cross your mind to run the car after everything that team has gone through?
On the other hand...I know it gets intense out there and you just want to keep going and knowing the reaction that Robert Hight had to skipping Houston..he probably wouldnt have wanted to not go for it...
I dont believe they were going to run it, just pull up and stage and hope Head screwed up. They were just trying to get lucky and idle down the track for the win if possible.
Didn't want this to have to be my first post, but what the heck...
Safety must be a priority, but it does compromise the integrity of drag racing if someone can just pull out another chassis and race. This totally goes against the smaller budget teams. Here is what I would propose if I were NHRA:
In RH's scenerio, NHRA now says you can pull out a back up chassis and run the next round, but you will have to forfeit the points you were awarded for the previous round win. This way, you obviously won the previous round but because of switch you will be penalized. Safety would not be compromised, you would just sacrifice some precious points. Points may not seem like a big deal at Topeka-but wait til Indy.