ok well i understand everything about it but i wanted to clarify something.
So u red light a run...you lose the race.
but red lighting doesnt affect your et...you still get the same time because the timing system doesnt start to time et until your car moves.


but if u red light a race and post a very good time..say a record breaking time.
does it count as a record breaking time and will it be recorded?
or just because you redlighted , it doesnt count...?

i think it shouldnt matter because all u have done by redlighting is lost the race.

 

redlighting only matters in comnpetition. like backet racing, and heads up. But if it's test and tune, it doesnt matter.

 

That is a good question, because the only time I went to the strip with the car, I got a redlight and they still gave me the "slip" at the end of the runway. It is a good question. EvilDylan, did you run 12.09 with ONLY the mods you have listed? And another question, even though 11secevo7 red lighted during a test and tune, his time CAN, or Cannot go in the record books? if lets say he broke a record.

 

^good..glad to see u understand what i'm trying to figure out.
reason i asked is because apparently the 'sport promotions' people here(the ones who hold events and set up the timing system etc) say that if you break a record on a redlighted run, it doesnt count.
i for one dont agree as well as alot of other people here.

so i was wondering how things like this are handled in the USA. if it's the same way or not.

 

I say it would count, unless you are in a competition event. but who knows. lets use the Austrailian rules, or make up our own. I say Congrats!

 

It should count because you are racing the clock in that situation not somebody else. If you are worried just get a ****ty reaction time and then it will count for sure

 

Concur. Redlighting has nothing to do with ET and should not determine whether or not a "record" run be recorded. If it's in a competition, then you obviously lose, but a record ET or MPH should not be erased just because of a redlight.

 

In a competition drag racing a record is considered a record even when red lighting.

 

there was some other stuff like the 10.5 hotside, and race gas. But that was it.

 

You crazy driver! I would like you to drive my car at Lassiter when you have time
My normal time there is about 1.8-1.9 60', 7.8 sec at 93MPH. I spin like a crazy cat if I launch any harder. maybe it's because of my all-season rubber? :}

 

You nailed the concept. Redlight doesn't matter. Even in NHRA, in qualifying red lighting means nothing and they still accept the ET. However, I think record times have to be backed up by a second run within the event? Not sure i this one but I think it has to be backed up within a certain time period. Keeps fluke runs out of the record books???

 

It would count since the redlight means you left before the green light. But again, remember, the timer only starts when you trip the beam and not when the light goes green. Therefore, redlighting does not affect your ET.

You need to back up the run though just to keep every one happy. If you did it once, you sure can do it again.

 

Seems like it used to be from the same evnet and within 1% but I have drank to much beer to remember a rule book from 23 years ago

 

You will still hold the record but you need to back up the pass within a 1% time/mph difference within an alotted time for it to be an actual record. This is from the IHRA rulebook, not sure about other sanctioned bodies.

 

I think NHRA is from the same event. Also, if I remember right some classes have different sets of criteria for validating a record et/mph pass.