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This is all further complicated by the onset of the district systems and point values for the placings at district events. In the later Quals, some teams will be looking at possibly their last chances to get points for DCMPs. If a single team's performance were so significant as to be able to control the outcome of one match, they would risk additional loss of reputation by their sub-par performance. I don't recall why it's called sand-bagging, but I think the NHRA has rules about dragster running times that deal with too large a variation.