Chad Rhodes - lots of good posts.
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The new AHFS would have accelerated the newer cars, but a lot of older cars would get some adjustment also. I think more than most people would think. I don't have all of it in my computer at home, but there is a pattern of lots of older cars that steadily thrash all year that would get the semi annual adjustment where most of the adjustment for the newer cars is earned on instant adjustment.
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Okay. Then they should get horsepower. It's got nothing to do with old cars vs new cars. It's just numbers.
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Michael, it would take more than a bell curve to do what you want. Maybe a 'Gong" curve.
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Mmm, no. And it doesn't have anything to do with what I "want". I don't have a "want". It's math. Do run completion on years of data so that we have a clear picture of what cars would've actually been running that were actively "protecting their index", and automatically adjust HP, up or down, based on analysis of those numbers and an arbitrary trigger. No "well, that should apply to Neons and not Camaros, or that should apply to Firebirds and not GTOs".... Numbers. Period. Faster than trigger, get HP. Slower than some min. trigger, get HP back. Factor EVERYBODY once now, then let everybody get back to racing for a good long while.
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As far as the heads up racing, you know I am 300% for that, but I'm telling you, most Stock and Super Stock racers are not ready for a lot of heads up.
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Alright, y'all gonna have to explain that one to me... Combining classes based on weight breaks as I proposed earlier in this thread wouldn't have people running heads-up every other round, just a little more often than they do now. Not to mention Class Eliminations would get REALLY cool! (and potentially, worth more than currently). Who is it that isn't ready for a handful of heads-up in a season, that may or may not happen? Bracket racers?
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Look at SS/AH. Cost of doing that outran inflation by 2,676,438%, and most of the ultra fast can't run rounds any more.
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Different animal. You've got SS/AH guys that race like they're Pro Stockers (albeit cooler!), and you've got SS/AH guys (in your own stables) that can and do win "regular" races. You're always going to have both kinds.