NHRA, you're dead to me. Until you step up and admit you boffed it, that a photo finish is the only legit evidence of who arrived at the end of 1320 feet (or 1000) I got no more time for NHRA's bullshit

First, here's the story about the top photo:

Back in 2005 in the final round of the U.S. Nationals TV replay clearly showed Johnson ahead at the finish line – something NHRA officials couldn’t quite explain due to how Smith’s win light illuminated.

Later, it was concluded that the leading edge of Johnson’s ultra slim front wheel somehow went unnoticed by the pulsating finish line beam. Thus, on Tuesday night after the race, Johnson was declared the winner.

“That happened in the ESPN era with Steve Johnson and I had my time slip that said that I won, just like LE’s did (at Sonoma),” Smith said. “But, the photo finish showed Steve Johnson won. A day later they overturned that because of a photo finish and I accepted that. I didn’t argue about it because I saw the photo."

Bottom photo story:

"12 years later, and we have a photo of me winning the race, and we are going against that now and going back to the timing system, that they say never fails.”

And that is why when on July 30 2017, as LE Tonglet was crowned the Pro Stock Motorcycle champion at the NHRA Nationals over Matt Smith in contradiction to the photo finish (bottom photo) and NHRA trashed their opportunity to man up and take a hit, and show they had any integrity left, I cut them from any and all interest, coverage, publicity, etc.

They're dead to me. They have no spine, no legit management, and no future because they have no honesty. If you can trust them to call a winner in a tie, just what leg do they have to stand on when they are pulling a dance step you can't follow any more than you can see how the magician never loses at 3 card monte, or the shell game?

Can you trust anything they do when in this one example, they have decided against a guy who won by timing, and won by photo finish, but NHRA tosses the race to the other guy by claiming that the photo wasn't legit, or the timing wasn't legit, when ever the need arises to call a tie, but they use both!?

So, I'm out. Better things to enjoy that have integrity and honesty.

Read the load of horseshit about how they went with the timing system's judgement the 2nd time right here http://www.competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/pro-stock-motorcycles-smith-wants-clarification-about-sonoma