Just a hypothetical....next year in the 500K, a racer, who has been warned earlier in the race of his "excessive braking", wins the race, but also smokes the tires in the final for the win. Does R/U get all of the money? Just curious. Pot stirred! LOL!

Hmmm, interesting situation. My 2 cents call on that would be that if warned earlier about "excessive braking" and then this person did it again in the final run to decide winner and runner-up, then that person would be disqualified for that run and the rest of the race (just like he would be any other round). However, since it was the final run and he was disqualified, he would receive the runner-up position and runner-up purse (however it was split). Same as if he had red-lighted, broke out, crossed center line, etc.

As we play the game now braking is part of it.

Now if it was changed so it is best package wins, who ever runs closest to dial wins like the deal someone here was promoting years ago. That would make hard braking almost a thing if he past. Basically get rid of red lights and break outs put your dial up and who hits closest to number. .002 package beats .013 package. I guess you would still have to watch your opponent but it would be more racing against the clock.

I am not saying I would like to do that just saying it should cut out most of the hard braking.

They should just outlaw bracket racing before somebody gets hurt its far too dangerous.

Curly, wouldn't a .002 package beat a .013 now with the current system anyway?

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Originally posted by Wooley:
Curly, wouldn't a .002 package beat a .013 now with the current system anyway?

Well yes and No, I am talking about eliminating redlights and breakouts and just best package deal. That .002 if it is .001 red or breakout it is a loss.

I am not really for that plan but I am saying it should eliminate most of the heavy braking if red lights and break outs are eliminated and just closest to dial. Just a "What if?" question or statement.

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Originally posted by Boucher Jr:
They should just outlaw bracket racing before somebody gets hurt its far too dangerous.

I agree, all bracket racing should be competed in the the safety of your Barcalounger at home at the very least!

Ps: Boucher is on a roll today!

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Originally posted by Curly1:
As we play the game now braking is part of it.

Now if it was changed so it is best package wins, who ever runs closest to dial wins like the deal someone here was promoting years ago. That would make hard braking almost a thing if he past. Basically get rid of red lights and break outs put your dial up and who hits closest to number. .002 package beats .013 package. I guess you would still have to watch your opponent but it would be more racing against the clock.

I am not saying I would like to do that just saying it should cut out most of the hard braking.

It would eliminate a lot of things. Strategy. Any kind of challenge at the finish line. Fun. If the problem is excessive braking, address the excessive braking....like they are talking about in this thread.

It's scary out there this time of year.

Sunday, I hit the brakes second round and thought "here we go, I'm crashing." My car went into a violent shake in the steering wheel/front end but I regained control and stopped safely. The rest of the day I refused to touch the brakes and just changed my strategy. I still don't feel like I hit the brakes that hard but it was pretty cold out when it happened, around 50 degrees.

The very next round a 4.60 dragster went by me a foot in the air and sideways. He bounced on the center line and the rear end kicked out toward the wall. He had his hands full for sure but got it stopped safely as well.

Be safe everyone.

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Originally posted by Boucher Jr:
They should just outlaw bracket racing before somebody gets hurt its far too dangerous.

I still think no prep brackets should be a thing.

But since nobody seems to be jumping on that band wagon, we could at least go no prep from 594 on.

Just think, if they did what curly mentioned you might have to spend time making your car run a predictable ET every time and you would have to learn to cut a good light every time. I once won a run for the money like that. I ran dead on but was .001 red. That would be a loser most places.