Shoot; just give the sticks clutchless shifting, and some sort of electronic clutch release, and to "level the playing field," give the automatics transbrakes, and lockup convertors...
I'm talking Stock Eliminator, here...
That ought to keep the contingency sponsors happy for awhile... and, everybody will be happier, except the guys who have to quit racing because the increased cost of funding the new-order (read: QUICKER), is impossible, in this down economy....
OH, and NHRA can lay-off even more tech people since they won't have to be policing clutchless 4-speeds and looking for transbrakes and lockup converters (they DO do that, don't they???)