John Force rule ????
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The John Force Rule only applies in NHRA pro competition as far as I'm aware...
I seem to remember a situation occuring in FIA Pro-Stock where the rule would have applied and both drivers being DQ'ed, but I can't seem to find it among the timing data on ED (I'm sure Jan Muren was involved), I don't think the Force rule applied in FIA competition at the time and am uncertain as to whether it has been adopted since.
Basically, before the John Force Rule, if both drivers left before the tree was activated they were both DQ'ed. The John Force rule gives the win to the driver who leaves later, as the argument was presented that the driver leaving second would only be reacting to the 1st driver leaving, and that with a double DQ you end up with unneeded bye's in the ladder and possibly no winner or no runner-up which is not good for the sport/television.
You have to ask yourself if the situation had happened to any other driver, would we have the Ron Capps rule or the Bob Gilbertson Rule...I think not!
CP
I seem to remember a situation occuring in FIA Pro-Stock where the rule would have applied and both drivers being DQ'ed, but I can't seem to find it among the timing data on ED (I'm sure Jan Muren was involved), I don't think the Force rule applied in FIA competition at the time and am uncertain as to whether it has been adopted since.
Basically, before the John Force Rule, if both drivers left before the tree was activated they were both DQ'ed. The John Force rule gives the win to the driver who leaves later, as the argument was presented that the driver leaving second would only be reacting to the 1st driver leaving, and that with a double DQ you end up with unneeded bye's in the ladder and possibly no winner or no runner-up which is not good for the sport/television.
You have to ask yourself if the situation had happened to any other driver, would we have the Ron Capps rule or the Bob Gilbertson Rule...I think not!
CP
Edited by themighty on Friday 26th January 00:34
Yes, Eddie wrecked his car and could not race on Sunday, because the rules at the time did not allow the use of a replacement chassis, all the more frustrating as he had one in the trailer, soon after the rules were changed to allow a replacement chassis, hence the so called "Eddie Hill" rule.
Herb
Herb
The Eddie Hill rule allows a change of car between qualifying and eliminations in the case of the original car being totalled. The rule only comes into play if the driver makes his first run in the new car/chassis in the first round of eliminations.
The rule leaves it open for a team who crashes a car in qualifying to either qualify a new car in the remaining sessions, scrapping any qualifying runs already made, which obviously also gains track time for the setup before eliminations OR the team can choose to sit out any further sessions ( if any remain) and retain the best qualifying time run in the original car before the accident, running a new car for the first time in the first round of eliminations.
CP
The rule leaves it open for a team who crashes a car in qualifying to either qualify a new car in the remaining sessions, scrapping any qualifying runs already made, which obviously also gains track time for the setup before eliminations OR the team can choose to sit out any further sessions ( if any remain) and retain the best qualifying time run in the original car before the accident, running a new car for the first time in the first round of eliminations.
CP
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