Whats official Rules for lane choice?

[beefcake]

The way i've always understood an open comp format is that lane choice is based on Reaction time previous round.

I believe first round fastest gets lane choice because no time is established but after that isn't lane choice based off best r/t previous round.

the purpose of an open comp class is to "even" out the field.

i'm asking because 1st round i cut a .527 and the guy i was running 2nd round cut a .700 something first round. i was given lane choice because i had the better r/t.

after the guy bitched and complained, he got them to give him lane choice because the sheets didn't have "r/t's" on them and he claimed since he was faster, he got the choice, they changed it and gave it to him.

i'd just like clarification as to the official rules

thanks

i wouldn't have cared soo much, but the guy was an a$$, first off, he lied and claimed to have a .510, when the nmra official asked for his slip he said it was at his pit area and told me to go get it, then he told the nmra official the same thing

[Shawn Johnson]

As far as what I've read (this comes up a lot at the track) is that RT time is the lane choice. It use to be the better qualified car but everyone wonted RT...but there is nothing written in the rule book yet..
Everyone I know said they were going to bring they're previous slip up for each round.
I think the NMRA said that if no agreement between the two drivers could be made and there was not time slips it would be a flip of the coin..
I could be wrong..
Shawn

[fordman]

They told us at fla that if the drivers can't come to a agreement then it is coin toss.I think that r/t is the fair way to do this.That is something the driver earns.But for now i guess it is coin toss.Because a driver with a bad r/t won't agree to use the r/t so it will have to be coin toss. :( Later John

[beefcake]

Originally posted by fordman
They told us at fla that if the drivers can't come to a agreement then it is coin toss.I think that r/t is the fair way to do this.That is something the driver earns.But for now i guess it is coin toss.Because a driver with a bad r/t won't agree to use the r/t so it will have to be coin toss. :( Later John

this is where the problem lies is no consistency

my r/t lane choice that was already picked and staged was taken away and given to the other guy becuase he cried, on top of lying to the official that he had a better r/t but forgot the ticket. a coin toss option wasn't even offered

the first official told him if he couldn't present his ticket, then he can't contest lane choice, then whine after whine finally got him his way

[powerjames]

Terry - the new NMRA rulebook for 2003 actually for the first time addressed the lane choice issues for the Open Comp classes. You should be able to find it under the Rules and Regulations section.

If you have any questions regarding an interpreation of this, give Alan Miller an e-mail and he can help you. He's come on board full time with NMRA/ProMedia to try to help out with this stuff. It sounds like it didn't go by the book out there and Alan is the Race Director so it would mean a great deal to us if you could help Alan fix the problem for next event.

Alan's e-mail is amiller@promediapub.com

Thanks for coming out,
James

[Shawn Johnson]

Thank you for the reply on this subject.
Shawn

I haven't recieved the new rule book as of yet.

[beefcake]

me either,

do you mind posting what the rulebook says?

[NMRA Race Staff]

This is a cut & paste from the on line Rule Book, You should be getting your Rule Book soon, if you don't get one before Reynolds check with a staff member and ask for one.


Lane Choice (O/C, M/M, Truck & Lightning, True Street, & Bracket Classes)

Lane choice is to be self-determined by each pair of competitors during eliminations. If the competitors cannot agree on lane choice, an NMRA official will make the lane choice decision.

I hope this clears this up.

[Edawg]

As is almost always the case the NMRA did not stand by the rule book or the last post by James. The official in the lanes used ET for lane choice. It was not discussed between the drivers.

Thanks for the integrity, NMRA.

[beefcake]

Originally posted by Edawg
As is almost always the case the NMRA did not stand by the rule book or the last post by James. The official in the lanes used ET for lane choice. It was not discussed between the drivers.

Thanks for the integrity, NMRA.

time to break out the rulebook in the lanes

[Edawg]

My post regarding how lane choice was decided this past weekend in Reynolds was an after thought. I did not bring it up to the official in the lanes or Mr. Miller at the time. Also, James was not at the race, so I could not have brought it up with him.

However, I will stand by the fact that lane choice was not decided by the rules the NMRA has written in their own book. How can we correct this?

As a side note, I did notice that RT was printed on the ladder after the first round. Would this not be an easy tool to use to determine lane choice for the following round?

Thanks for your time and my apologies to anyone I may have offended by this post.