Terry's run tossed? (1 Viewer)

[LasVegas87]

Was Terry Haddocks Q4 run tossed? He ran 4.124.

 

[Chili]

Was Terry Haddocks Q4 run tossed? He ran 4.124.

I talked to McKailen in Vegas on Sunday morning. One of the body latches came loose prior the car prior to staging. They removed it so it would not fall off during the run causing a hazard. An NHRA official saw in the shutdown that one was missing causing the run to be DQ’d.

 

[mick]

McKailen handled it with class too, in his latest youtube video following the DQ'd pass........i believe he is still scheduled to test their nostalgia funny car today?

 

[*******]

Ticky Tacky infraction. Guarantee they wouldn't have tossed Capps or Hagan if that had been Q4 and they weren't in the show yet. They seem to go out of their way to look for a reason to toss one of the lower funded teams. Almost like they don't want them there. Kinda like our last division director we had.

 

[Lyle]

Really bad deal all around. This article on Competition Plus tells Terry's side. And is exactly what he told me Sunday morning. Very similar to the Densham story last year. If an NHRA official sees how you have handled a problemin the lanes or on the line and they agree to send you to spend the $$$ to make the run, it isn't right to then DQ the run and also cost the team the qualifying money. Terry's point about how they treat the smaller teams is extremely valid. Using the logic used here, they should have DQ'ed Schumacher earlier this year when he ran with the safety systems entirely non-functional. Everyone knew they were bypassed, yet NHRA not only let him run, but allowed him to keep the round win then assessed him a fine. Every time I lose my mind and think about doing a big show car (which I do occasionally, just ask my team), I just need to remind myself how it works when you are a little guy in the big show.

FUNNY CAR’S HADDOCK UPSET THAT STARTER GIVES TEAM THUMBS UP TO RUN, THEN DQ’S PASS | Competition Plus

It’s a Catch-22 situation. And the politest thing NHRA Funny Car racer and two-car nitro team owner Terry Haddock can say about it is it’s absurd. He made the cut Saturday for the Nevada Nationals at Las Vegas in his fourth and final qualifying opportunity. But after the day’s activity was...

www.competitionplus.com

 

[mick]

what if there were only 16 cars and everyone only qualified for position. would a non-full-tour car be asked to sit on sidelines
on sunday for an infraction such as this? where officials let them make the pass? and then only eliminate 15 cars on sunday with a bye? or do calmer heads prevail for the sake
of the show and run a full field on sunday?

 

[z28]

what if there were only 16 cars and everyone only qualified for position. would a non-full-tour car be asked to sit on sidelines
on sunday for an infraction such as this? where officials let them make the pass? and then only eliminate 15 cars on sunday with a bye? or do calmer heads prevail for the sake
of the show and run a full field on sunday?

if only 16 cars he would have been qualified based on previous run

 

[mick]

if only 16 cars he would have been qualified based on previous run

where is my head. thanks ken.

 

[BOO BOO]

Really bad deal all around. This article on Competition Plus tells Terry's side. And is exactly what he told me Sunday morning. Very similar to the Densham story last year. If an NHRA official sees how you have handled a problemin the lanes or on the line and they agree to send you to spend the $$$ to make the run, it isn't right to then DQ the run and also cost the team the qualifying money. Terry's point about how they treat the smaller teams is extremely valid. Using the logic used here, they should have DQ'ed Schumacher earlier this year when he ran with the safety systems entirely non-functional. Everyone knew they were bypassed, yet NHRA not only let him run, but allowed him to keep the round win then assessed him a fine. Every time I lose my mind and think about doing a big show car (which I do occasionally, just ask my team), I just need to remind myself how it works when you are a little guy in the big show.

FUNNY CAR’S HADDOCK UPSET THAT STARTER GIVES TEAM THUMBS UP TO RUN, THEN DQ’S PASS | Competition Plus

It’s a Catch-22 situation. And the politest thing NHRA Funny Car racer and two-car nitro team owner Terry Haddock can say about it is it’s absurd. He made the cut Saturday for the Nevada Nationals at Las Vegas in his fourth and final qualifying opportunity. But after the day’s activity was...

www.competitionplus.com

And just like with Densham you'll here crickets from Josh Peterson and any other NHRA official

 

[Dragracer]

The starter has the final say whether a car is safe to run, he knew one of the body hold down pieces had come off and should not have allowed the run. He should know the rule book perfectly, inside and out, upside down and sideways. Every page memorized. What if Terry's car had had a major explosion and the whole body came off and people got hurt, whose fault would that have been if the accident had been caused because there was only 1 front hold down and Terry or others hurt? Of course not NHRA.
Where do they find these idiots, the 2nd grade? Sorry, 2nd graders are smarter than that.

 

[BOO BOO]

The starter has the final say whether a car is safe to run, he knew one of the body hold down pieces had come off and should not have allowed the run. He should know the rule book perfectly, inside and out, upside down and sideways. Every page memorized. What if Terry's car had had a major explosion and the whole body came off and people got hurt, whose fault would that have been if the accident had been caused because there was only 1 front hold down and Terry or others hurt? Of course not NHRA.
Where do they find these idiots, the 2nd grade? Sorry, 2nd graders are smarter than thaHas the NHRA gone back to a full time starter

The starter has the final say whether a car is safe to run, he knew one of the body hold down pieces had come off and should not have allowed the run. He should know the rule book perfectly, inside and out, upside down and sideways. Every page memorized. What if Terry's car had had a major explosion and the whole body came off and people got hurt, whose fault would that have been if the accident had been caused because there was only 1 front hold down and Terry or others hurt? Of course not NHRA.
Where do they find these idiots, the 2nd grade? Sorry, 2nd graders are smarter than that.

Has the NHRA gone back to a full time starter or not. I don't remember

 

[Dragracer]

No, I have seen different starters at numerous races. They should go back to a permanent starter. It works well because the starter gets a relationship with each team and has more knowledge of the cars/drivers.