Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes (Post 220765)

Bill, read very carefully what I am writing here.

1) i, and most others, believe what you are saying about it being fair, its right there if you do the math. SO give that argument up.

2) Things have been this way for a very long time. People have built their cars to these fundamental rules, whether bracket, class, or otherwise for decades, knowing the inherent advantages and disadvantages of faster or slower cars. And YES there are advantages and disadvantages to both.

3) stock and SS is not lagging behind the times here. If bracket racing and all other forms of handicapped racing were already doing the WORST redlight rule then i think you would have a lot more support. I would seriously suggest you speak to some track owners and division directors about trying this in their bracket program. If it becomes widely adopted, then you may have a case for S/SS going to it. Until then work on it somewhere else.

I personally feel like there are much bigger issues in stock/ss to be dealt with at this time (the DP/CJ cars, Payouts, and figuring out a way to get more younger racers involved, etc) than trying to be the mavericks of drag racing by changing one of the fundamentals of how we run a race.

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy (Post 220781)

the redlight rule is probably UNFAIR.

i spend .10% of what ken meile spends racing
i ALWAYS hook perfectly
i solo for class quite often, pick up my $400, a wally and into the beer by noon at indy
i get the same enjoyment out of winning (maybe MORE!) than the fast guys

would any of you disagree that these too are UNFAIR ?

we all pick what we want (and afford) to race ...

see ya racing, and by the way i hope the track sucks !
captain jack

Originally Posted by John Kelley (Post 220782)

Another LAME reply......seems to be the norm.... :-(

Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy (Post 220784)

and by the way i just used ken as an example, he is another guy with a 50 year old classic car but his is a tad faster... im sure he is not even close to a leader in $$$$$ spent per pass in the eliminator !!!!!!!!!!!!!

jack

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes (Post 220799)

Care to counterpoint anything that I said? Or are you jus going to be LAME?

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes (Post 220765)

2) Things have been this way for a very long time. People have built their cars to these fundamental rules, whether bracket, class, or otherwise for decades, knowing the inherent advantages and disadvantages of faster or slower cars.