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I love the fact that after Q2, 3 of the top 5 are U/SA cars. Even if they are FFFords.
I wonder where my 307 could have qualified at it's factory rating of 130 HP?

Go B.J.!!!!

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Us slow guys stick together....

Go BJ !!!!!!!

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Two FFFords and A Mercury in the top five. Nice work with the pen NHRA. This is not to take away from BJ, Gary or Brian, just shows how oblivious NHRA's HP Committee is.

Now, lets get back to major problems like intakes, hoods and grills.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA never could have qualified.

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Sure glad you didn't mention an inline, 1 bbl. 230 six cylinder @ 140 hp,
with V8 2 bbls in the 130's .

(not directed at my friends who play the hand they are dealt)

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:):):) Ron...c'mon now "hoss"...the pen scenario...has been in "place" for years with NHRA...!!!...it just comes & goes with variable combinations...no matter what the nameplate is...imagine that...was a victim years ago...penciled out of Modified Eliminator...when erased...and...just a REMINDER...it's only qualifying/class...@ moment...YOU still have to put a number on the windshield...create a "package" to go with that...to win...for sure not a ez task...no matter how far under one might be...how 'bout we all just acknowledge...some awesome performances...not sorta' put a asterisk...on or near 'em...lol...me...just a rootin'-tootin' cowboy for BJ & Mike...for personal reasons...don't really care...if...they accomplished #1...with a '58 Edsel...posture...the beauty of America 'eh...just my 2 cents...'nuff said !!! :):):) Drake p.s...yup I know...Marty,Brian,Gary,Bill (top5) all just fell into "gifts"...too...had nothing at all do with...EFFORT...;):D

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It wasn't directed at my friends either Mark. It was directed at those making poor decisions in the NHRA Tech Dept.. I'm so happy for BJ and Mike!
Sorry Capt. Jack but how can you root against a lovely young lady who works on her own stuff and has the scars on her hands to prove it! AND in her spare time writes children's books.

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Drake, if you read the previous post I stated."This is not to take away from BJ, Gary or Brian". They all worked hard to get them FFFords to run fast, no doubt about it. But, when you handed a killer combo with the stoke of a pen, it sure makes it easier. Three of the top five were given favorable factors. And you saw how far they can go under.

As you said this has been happening for years, but some of this stuff is just blatantly obvious. Gary & BJ have already been hit more than once with HP since last year, and they still qualify in the top five. BJ has brutalized the HP ratings and still flies. They work hard on their stuff and reaped the benefits. They got a good hand and played it well.

Just seems that U/SA is just a happy pen place, ie. The Banana Olds, McKays Regal, Shaw's Caddy & Capri, C-6 truck, Senia's Cimmaron, and the FFFord/Comet. They all were #1 qualifiers everywhere. Tell me another class where this has happened so frequently. But, hey, that is why I don't go to Indy, I cannot run 1.40 under.

Still, congratulations to BJ and Mike on your class win. Nice try Jack.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA think I'll try something easy like Comp.

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Not so amazing or impressive when a combo gets 21 hp taken away in one big chunk a few years ago. Could be 30 or more. May have it mixed up with another combo that received a big gift from NHRA.

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I believe those 302 2-barrel Fords were rated at 170 just before the NHRA pen struck. Can anyone remember if that's what they were?

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I was thinking it was 164.

RB