[Mike Carr]

[QUOTE=X-TECH MAN;106187][QUOTE=goinbroke2;

"...and the inclusion of the FWD cars with the RWD cars in thier coresponding wt class..." [/QUOTE]

I think NHRA would be better off to add the FWD cars into the corresponding Index, instead of weight break. Some, if not most, FWD cars would be severly hurt by this. Taking my car/class for example. DF/S, 19 pound class, 15.90 Index. T/SA, 19 pound class, 14.70 Index. The DF/S record is currently 14.72, by Nichole Stephenson, set in good air at Indy in April. Had Nichole been in T/SA, she wouldn't have even been under the Index, and she has the baddest car in our class!

AF/S, 13 pound class, 14.15 Index. K/SA, 13 pound class, 12.95 Index
Record: 13.62 Record: 11.38
BF/S, 16 pound class, 14.95 Index. P/SA, 16 pound class, 13.75 Index
Record: 13.87 Record: 12.17
CF/S, 17.50 pound class, 15.45 Index. Q-R/SA, 17-18 pound class, 14.10-14.35 Index
Record: 14.40 Record: 12.82 and 13.01
DF/S, 19 pound class, 15.90 Index. T/SA, 19 pound class, 14.70 Index
Record: 14.72 Record:13.27
EF/S, 25 pound class, 17.75 Index. W/SA, 24 pound class (no 25 pound RWD class), 16.95 Index.
Record: 16.25 Record: 15.83 (stick); 16.45 minimum (automatic)

Other than Steve Polhill with his stick EF/S, no other FWD class has a record close, let alone under, the RWD Index. And Steve has maybe one of the quickest FWD cars around anywhere, regardless of Class.

Anyone see the problem(s) here?