I hate to beat a dead horse here, but out of curiosity (cause I didn't actually know the protocol for such a situation), I followed the link on this forum to rules for IHRA tracks. Regarding the luv truck......
The race starter not switching to a pro-tree, I would assume this would have been considered an electrical glitch with the tree, in which case the luv truck would have to re-run his round only. Assuming he would have won, I would have faced him in a final. Freddy needs to brush up on his rules.