One rule that was mentioned was; "You could clean your lane up to the tree witch is about the first 8 to 10 feet."
As Dennis Hill (Foamy) pointed out at most tracks wiping up glue is at racer option and only limited by how much time is allowed. A sixty second clock is normal for staging.
The order of running the classes is also open for debate as some run based on how many entries are in a class, others rely on how much glue the cars require and run the classes that require less glue to be run after the faster cars run and then clean the track for the slower cars or do it in the reverse order.
Another thing that was mentioned in the other post was an allowed practice run that was given to a racer running a different class before the final in an index class. In an index class you are trying to run to a preset ET. If your car is set up to run a .990 ET with current track conditions and another car runs on your lane adding or deleting glue it could cause problems. I've never heard of a track interrupting a normal race class to do this but this highlights the need for consistent rules.
On another board there has been a long running complaint about illegal armatures and how to catch them. The problem is the solution is often as bad as the problem by mandating testing that would require more expensive and sophisticated testing equipment that raceways don't want to buy or end up using inferior equipment that can't reliably measure to the required standard.
If we don't want to put up with a lot of local rules coming up with a national standard would help. Now if the factories could work together to come up with these ...
