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08-01-2011, 06:04 PM
Record Runs: It is the racers responsibility to claim a record run at the scale area. Each racer must report to the scales immediately following the run to be weighed after a record or back up run. It is the responsibility of the racer to see that his time slip is signed by scale personnel stating minimum weight & scale weight. It is the racers responsibility to next report to the fuel station to have a sample of fuel checked. It is the racers responsibility to see that the time slip is signed by fuel station personnel stating fuel values as checked. It is the racers responsibility to next report to the Tech Director or his appointee to have the run logged into the “official” record sheet. The Tech Director or his appointee shall log the run (ET, MPH, SCALE WEIGHT, FUEL VALUE, DATE, & WHEN RUN WAS MADE (Ex: TT #2, Elim #3) It is the racers responsibility to verify the logged values, sign the time slip, with the Tech Director or his appointee and then claim the time slip and retain it for the duration of the season.
It is the racers responsibility to follow the procedures stated above and in the rulebook to claim a record.
Record Procedures:
Owning a NMCA National Class Record is a high honor awarded to the fastest and quickest drivers. Record runs may only be made under official qualifying or elimination conditions. In order to set a NMCA National Class Record, a contestant must run either quicker or faster than the previous record. The elapsed time and speed records may be set independently or simultaneously. In order to re-set a record, the contestant must provide the NMCA Technical Director or his appointee with the record setting & back-up time slips immediately after each run. A back up run within 1% of the record breaking run is required to set an official NMCA National Record. In the event that two runs exceed the existing record but are not within 1% of each other, the quicker time or faster speed will be acceptable as the backup for the slower time, which will stand as the record.
Once a vehicle has set a NMCA National Record it may be inspected for compliance with the rules, including possible teardown, as the NMCA Technical Director or his appointee sees fit. If two or more contestants tie for the same elapsed time record to the thousands of a second at the event, the faster speed will be the tiebreaker. If two or more contestants tie for the speed record to the hundredth of a mph at the same event, the quicker elapsed time will be the tiebreaker. In the event a tie still exists, the contestant accomplishing the record run earlier in the event will be awarded the record. A contestant that resets & then loses the record at the same event will not get credit or points for breaking the record.
All ET and MPH Records will be recorded out to the third decimal (i.e. 0.000).
Contestants in all categories must first break the exiting record before attempting a backup. A contestant cannot set records with one vehicle, and then compete in eliminations with another vehicle.
It is the racers responsibility to follow the procedures stated above and in the rulebook to claim a record.
Record Procedures:
Owning a NMCA National Class Record is a high honor awarded to the fastest and quickest drivers. Record runs may only be made under official qualifying or elimination conditions. In order to set a NMCA National Class Record, a contestant must run either quicker or faster than the previous record. The elapsed time and speed records may be set independently or simultaneously. In order to re-set a record, the contestant must provide the NMCA Technical Director or his appointee with the record setting & back-up time slips immediately after each run. A back up run within 1% of the record breaking run is required to set an official NMCA National Record. In the event that two runs exceed the existing record but are not within 1% of each other, the quicker time or faster speed will be acceptable as the backup for the slower time, which will stand as the record.
Once a vehicle has set a NMCA National Record it may be inspected for compliance with the rules, including possible teardown, as the NMCA Technical Director or his appointee sees fit. If two or more contestants tie for the same elapsed time record to the thousands of a second at the event, the faster speed will be the tiebreaker. If two or more contestants tie for the speed record to the hundredth of a mph at the same event, the quicker elapsed time will be the tiebreaker. In the event a tie still exists, the contestant accomplishing the record run earlier in the event will be awarded the record. A contestant that resets & then loses the record at the same event will not get credit or points for breaking the record.
All ET and MPH Records will be recorded out to the third decimal (i.e. 0.000).
Contestants in all categories must first break the exiting record before attempting a backup. A contestant cannot set records with one vehicle, and then compete in eliminations with another vehicle.