Very nice recap Nash and great photos.
Just to clarify and answer a question you raised within the ROAR section of your recap. You stated: "I though you the racer was responsible for your laps being missed if you had a personal and then again all protests need to be lodged 30 minutes after the finish of the heat or main that you have a disagreement with. Someone tell me where this is in the rule book so I don’t go miss quoting something like others have."
This is not 100% accurate. Under the ROAR guidlines, section 5.6.2. 2nd to last sentence: "The driver is responsible for ensuring that the correct transponder is fitted to the vechicle, or that the correct personal transponder number has been entered in the scoring program".
Earlier in the same section. "If a transponder fails the scorekeeper should make an effort to hand count as accurate lap record".
And Yes, the protest filed at the nationals was within the alloted period of time.