You have to admit Nathan, that Smoky Yunick would have a field day with this rulebook.
And it seems that lots of new guys think they're Smokey Yunick.
But if it doesn't say you cant, then why would anyone think you couldn't?
But if it doesn't say you CAN then why would anyone think you COULD? Your argument is very weak because the inverse statement is equally valid.
I think more and more people are getting tired of guys saying how something is illegal, but there is nothing to the effect in the rule book. With time, comes more and more people with minds, reading between the lines.
You're right. The more and more new guys that show up that don't know or have any appreciation for how things have been done historically will only go off of the black and white wording in the rule book while the experienced guys will know a bit differently because they have boots-on-ground, ass-in-seat experience. This is why there's an opportunity to
fix what some might find to be
wrong or
lacking in the rule book every year. It's not a perfect system, it's not NHRA, it's not NASCAR or anything else. It IS what it IS. If there's a problem, an attempt should be made to fix it which is what JL is trying to do and countless others have done in the past.
Watch out or you might actually get what you want. The more it's bitch'd about it the more it's going to get fixed and those grey areas that people like to exploit will have a line drawn through them and those who were in the grey will have to see which side of the new line they're on.