[Andys dad]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Rock, they don't always use the .90 Super Class racers to test the track. They also use Stock, we don't call ourselves "alarm Stock" and "crash test dummies" for nothing. Hell, I've been on a track loose enough that a low HP stick car spun hard on all three gear changes.

You know that I have friends, including you, that race those classes. And we all know that what causes the problem for the .90 Super class guys is they go on the stop about 1 foot into the run, hold about 800-1000HP or more, and go wide open off the stop instantly. So they're already down track a ways, where there's less grip than on the starting line, and they're coasting along, then hit the looser section of the track, and an unloaded car, with well over 800HP in a tenth of a second. The fact is, the .90 Super Class guys know full well what they're asking of the track and the cars, and they are their own worst enemy. Using 700HP to run 10.90, or 850HP to run 9.90, or 1200HP to run 8.90, is going to create a nasty problem if the track isn't great.

Yes, there should be minimum standards for the track. We've all seen tracks that either weren't prepped, or couldn't be "brought around".

Let's not make this an issue of who they use as a track tester. It's no more fair to put a guy in a $50K Stock Eliminator car on a loose track than it is to put a guy in a $50K Super Gas car on a loose track. The idea that a 9" tire Stock Eliminator car with 600HP should go down a track to see if it will work for .90 Super Class cars is just as absurd.

Man I don't often agree with you but this was "dead nuts", "spot on" really to the point.