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Originally posted by David_D.:
Pretty much anyone who's raced at my home track Firebird Raceway in Boise knows they have a zero tolerance for excessive braking. They've policed it fairly well over the years and yes, there have been mistakes made in the enforcement. That being said, anytime a human is the deciding factor, there will be errors made.

I drive the stripe like many do, and I've been bitten by this rule. In fact, I lost a Wally due to it. I learned my lesson, but that doesn't mean I don't use the brake pedal as part of one of the many strategies when driving the stripe.

I applaud SFG taking the lead by electing to follow the NHRA rule with regards to excessive braking. I may be challenging to enforce it, however, ultimately, I believe they will be successful.

I'm sure there will be several racers who don't care for the rule and elect not to attend, but I'm guessing the numbers will be minimal.

With the kind of money on the line at races like the Flings, Millions, etc. racers will adapt their driving styles or take their chances to be able to have a shot at winning this kind of money.

I'm also not in favor of re entry in a different car after a wreck. Breakage due to natural wear and tear is one thing, crashing and re-entry in different car is another.

I've never chosen NOT to attend a race based on rules in general, and I bet most other racers won't either.

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Originally posted by TOP38:

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Originally posted by 235582:
No way to consistently police this rule. So is the same non-bias person gonna sit there and watch every vehicle come down the track and determine what is and what’s not excessive braking? What metric or tool does this said person use to make that determination? Sure that tire smoke and sliding is easy to recognize but a nice clean drop without any of those visual effects, what’s the rule on that? This is gonna be a totally subjective opinion without a standardized tool to measure what is and what’s not an excessive brake job. The mention of red lights and crossing the center line is a cut and dry rule, there is a standard to measure against, it’s not an opinionative call or rule. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a rule to address this problem but it’s just gonna be hard to consistently enforce it. JMO

Yes you have some valid points but so you want to just burry your head in the sand!!!!

Whomp's idea is good but that isn't going to be an option at every race. Bottom line is pretty simple, something needs to be done before someone gets seriously hurt or worse! No getting around that fact. The race director has the final say and needs to step up to the plate and make some both easy and hard decisions when needed! That person may even make some bad ones, no one is perfect, but this problem needs attention and you have to start somewhere! Maybe someone like Bryan Balducci can way in here, he got T boned by a racer crashing from excessive breaking! I am sure he wasn't happy about it,,, and he could have easily been seriously hurt or worse in that mess. He was dinged up pretty good from that crash which had no business occurring and lost his car to boot!

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Originally posted by David_D.:
Pretty much anyone who's raced at my home track Firebird Raceway in Boise knows they have a zero tolerance for excessive braking. They've policed it fairly well over the years and yes, there have been mistakes made in the enforcement.

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Originally posted by shooter66:
Dead on tq...

Could we call it the SmokeFlake rule....LMAO

I always find it funny the ones who ***** the most about this are the ones who dont understand package racing and most times are driving cars that are way over their pay grade talent wise....Horsepower is cheap these days....Motorsports are dangerous folks...there is always golf.

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Originally posted by Tim Mitchell:
Shooter and Boucher Jr said it best so far. Like I said earlier, show me a bracket racer that drives it out the back door every round and I'll show you a racer that's probably never won a race ! jmo

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Originally posted by TORQIN:


My sons crash was his fault, no one else's. This rule always existed, way too many chose not to enforce it. If he did NOT crash, this would not be a discussion.