AHFS at Indy? - Page 6

Frank Castros · 07-25-2025, 07:59 AM

In my very humble opinion the AHFS should not apply for the following;

Heads up runs during the eliminator at all races.
Class eliminations at races on the Super Stock/Stock Class Racing Schedule
National Opens.
Never at the U.S. Nationals!

Also, adjust the damned Indexes by .20!

Make Class Racing Great Again! (MCRGA)

Billy Nees · 07-25-2025, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

Make Class Racing Great Again! (MCRGA)

Make Tech Inspection mean something again! (MTIMSA) ;-)

Doug Hoven · 07-25-2025, 10:03 AM

All of these people across social media making long winded statements about how they aren't going to Indy, yet Stock is still overfull, and the entry list in Super Stock keeps increasing in size by the day. Interesting....

Maybe we should just get rid of the AHFS entirely and go back to when HP was given at NHRA's discretion like they did in the "good 'ole days." News flash, if they get rid of the AHFS entirely, and people start showing the numbers they worked/paid so dearly for, the NHRA still has the right to give them horsepower anyway... Back in the day at least they would usually make an effort to determine a car was legal before whacking an entire combo.

My opinion may be skewed because all of my stuff is "junk," but I really don't understand who everyone is "saving" these combos for anyway. Unless you come from a racing family, no one my age and younger is going to decide to run Stock or Super Stock, so you aren't saving it for the "youngsters." The median age of racers in our classes is probably somewhere in the 60s, with a decent number in their mid to late 70s and early 80s, and last I checked, HP factors don't matter much in the nursing home, so saving it for yourself is a battle that no one wins unless you're immortal. I just don't get it.

mitch kight · 07-25-2025, 11:49 AM

The Super Bowl of Drag Racing has been slammed! Now 1000 foot racing and lots of brake action, why to go NHRA! You ruined the Big Go!

Nick_Siebert · 07-25-2025, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by mitch kight

The Super Bowl of Drag Racing has been slammed! Now 1000 foot racing and lots of brake action, why to go NHRA! You ruined the Big Go!

Nah, they didn't ruin it. On Monday afternoon someone will be crowned 2025 US Nationals Champion, and that will mean 1000X more than some dude with Comp money in a Stocker or Super Stocker outrunning someone else for a trophy.

Fact of the matter is, Indy will have no problem filling up, AHFS or not.

James Perrone · 07-25-2025, 01:33 PM

Indy when I went the the 6 times starting in 2006 the ahfs was in effect people complained
But the racers still raced and either control there cars and won class
Sheeet I borrowed Joe Lisa car was 6 slowest in E/SA and won class
My reward was. PULL PISTON AND ROD
3 cars went in. And I WAS THE ONLY LEGAL CAR IN THE BARN
So you don?t have to be the fasted to win class.
But there was always a guy who built a Mr Softy combo to be #1
And them combos which went STUPID FAST GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED
HP
And you never saw that combo again
So go to Indy and try not to go 130 under
And if you can go 130 under you should get HP
Indy is like racing on the moon. No air. Good luck to all

Casey Miles · Yesterday, 01:58 PM

Indy to me is a place to go, I don't want someday to be saying to myself "I should've gone". Life is too short to worry about HP to your combo. I'm always spending money on the car trying to go faster. One year I won a tool box because I was at Indy, go if you can. Look at all the past years and you'd see me at the bottom of qualifying. Do I care, very little. But I can say I was there, HP or not.

Casey Miles
248H Stock

07-25-2025, 07:59 AM	#51
Frank Castros VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Lowcountry. Posts: 2,969 Likes: 2,584 Liked 2,718 Times in 958 Posts	Re: AHFS at Indy? In my very humble opinion the AHFS should not apply for the following; Heads up runs during the eliminator at all races. Class eliminations at races on the Super Stock/Stock Class Racing Schedule National Opens. Never at the U.S. Nationals! Also, adjust the damned Indexes by .20! Make Class Racing Great Again! (MCRGA)

07-25-2025, 10:03 AM	#53
Doug Hoven Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Jersey Posts: 212 Likes: 191 Liked 843 Times in 164 Posts	Re: AHFS at Indy? All of these people across social media making long winded statements about how they aren't going to Indy, yet Stock is still overfull, and the entry list in Super Stock keeps increasing in size by the day. Interesting.... Maybe we should just get rid of the AHFS entirely and go back to when HP was given at NHRA's discretion like they did in the "good 'ole days." News flash, if they get rid of the AHFS entirely, and people start showing the numbers they worked/paid so dearly for, the NHRA still has the right to give them horsepower anyway... Back in the day at least they would usually make an effort to determine a car was legal before whacking an entire combo. My opinion may be skewed because all of my stuff is "junk," but I really don't understand who everyone is "saving" these combos for anyway. Unless you come from a racing family, no one my age and younger is going to decide to run Stock or Super Stock, so you aren't saving it for the "youngsters." The median age of racers in our classes is probably somewhere in the 60s, with a decent number in their mid to late 70s and early 80s, and last I checked, HP factors don't matter much in the nursing home, so saving it for yourself is a battle that no one wins unless you're immortal. I just don't get it. __________________ 1189 F/SA Defunzalo Racing Enterprises

07-25-2025, 11:49 AM	#54
mitch kight Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: North Carolina, Ohio Posts: 97 Likes: 18 Liked 44 Times in 15 Posts	Re: AHFS at Indy? The Super Bowl of Drag Racing has been slammed! Now 1000 foot racing and lots of brake action, why to go NHRA! You ruined the Big Go!

07-25-2025, 01:33 PM	#56
James Perrone VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: LONG ISLAND N.Y. Posts: 1,676 Likes: 3,373 Liked 1,816 Times in 425 Posts	Re: AHFS at Indy? Indy when I went the the 6 times starting in 2006 the ahfs was in effect people complained But the racers still raced and either control there cars and won class Sheeet I borrowed Joe Lisa car was 6 slowest in E/SA and won class My reward was. PULL PISTON AND ROD 3 cars went in. And I WAS THE ONLY LEGAL CAR IN THE BARN So you don?t have to be the fasted to win class. But there was always a guy who built a Mr Softy combo to be #1 And them combos which went STUPID FAST GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED HP And you never saw that combo again So go to Indy and try not to go 130 under And if you can go 130 under you should get HP Indy is like racing on the moon. No air. Good luck to all __________________ james perrone 1290 STK

Yesterday, 01:58 PM	#57
Casey Miles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 704 Likes: 128 Liked 495 Times in 91 Posts	Re: AHFS at Indy? Indy to me is a place to go, I don't want someday to be saying to myself "I should've gone". Life is too short to worry about HP to your combo. I'm always spending money on the car trying to go faster. One year I won a tool box because I was at Indy, go if you can. Look at all the past years and you'd see me at the bottom of qualifying. Do I care, very little. But I can say I was there, HP or not. Casey Miles 248H Stock