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I voted in s/c to lower index to 8.50. my opinion is nhra is just trying to feel this out and make sure it's gathering driver's interest and i commend them for that no matter what happens.

I do think we need to keep up w/ the times. Technology in tires, engines, chassis, etc. have all contributed to cars going faster and safer. A change to the super class indexes every 20 years should at least be considered as long as technology and cost continue to support it (which i believe it will).

In fact, I believe, you will occassionally get a few new racers into the super classes because of index changes. Right now a racer considering competing in the super classes w/ no data on the .90 index has to compete against racers w/ potentially years and years of data for their set up on the .90 index. To me, that's the biggest disadvantage, not mph. There's always going to be an advantage for anyone that can afford to go to more races and gather more data, as it should be. However, we all like parity in sports. A slight change to the index every 15-20 years would help level the playing field for everyone, no matter how many races they've attended, especially for anyone considering it for the first time.

Even though my car would easily handle the change to 7.90 I think that would be too drastic of a change all at once. Although, I would have voted for a change to 8.00 just to make explaining the breakout rule easier to explain

Happy Holidays all!