2011 ahfs

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

x2!

What some people seem to forget is that HP factors are representative of a car's true potential. WELLLL... guess what? If you hit the HP trigger, then you have shown that your combination makes more HP, and it SHOULD be factored appropriately! What's the point in having *any* HP factoring is someone is always going to say "You're punishing me for all my hard work!". I'm sorry, but there is no entitlement. Either your car is factored correctly or its not. If you surpass a certain threshold with all of your "hard work", then you've shown that it is not factored correctly. Just because you get hit with HP and have to carry more weight or run the next faster class does not mean you're being punished. Quite the contrary, it's an outstanding accomplishment. Just because you might get hit with HP doesn't mean you stop working. Add the weight or move to the next class, and keep working! It's all relative. There is no limit to what you can accomplish.

On a separate note, once again, I am shocked by the lack of discussion about reducing the number of classes, whether it be wider weight breaks, sticks n' autos, or what have you -- any of which would generate more heads-up racing (which working in concert with the AHFS would help bring combos into line much quicker). Any so-called "performance guy" against this should be embarrased that it takes a bracket racer to bring it up.

OR, we could just use the 15 years of data that have already been compiled, do simple run completion to make up for the 1000' dumpers, utilize McCarty's bell curve, reset ALL of the classes, indexes, and HP factors ONCE right now, and then everybody could run with no trigger for another 5 years! Bang, we're back to real racing, everybody can do "hard work" on their combination without fear, and everybody can race to the finish line without fear. Or does that make too much sense?

X 2 AND 3. Good post Michael. The fast guys want thier cake and eat it to !