At the Millennium Million at Rockingham on Memorial Day, Bobby Leonard was paired to run Jonathan Clay with seven cars left.
He was 0.499 and Clay was 0.496 or 0.497 and won the race.
I know what the rules are, but is it fair that Bobby Leonard lost with the lesser foul start because he was dialed three-tenths of a second slower with a door car.
Should dragsters enjoy this advantage over door cars?
Racers need to realized that if they don't have the quickest car in the eliminator, they will lose with the first red rule whenever they are paired with a quicker opponent whenever there is a dual foul infraction.
I would prefer the worse redlight option even if I owned and raced a four-second dragster. Troy Williams Jr. does and so does several other dragster drivers. It's only a fairness issue