Class win

buzzinhalfdozen · 12-30-2009, 11:32 AM

It's obvious from most of these posts that many are debating their own agendas, has anyone offered up the answer to the post? Single car class wins are and as far back as I can remember always have been a part of it. The .5 under stipulation seems to be the "catch" that has everyone up in arms. So what are you gonna do different if say they lower it .3 for class win? And while we're at it what will be your response if it's still .5 under? Are you going to go spend some money, rework your combo, quit? I really don't see the point to all this banter, especially until there is some sort of official word from NHRA. Do we need fewer classes....maybe, however this most likely will lead to less participation...fewer classes = fewer "fast cars" in the class= more guys giving up. This is just my opinion of course yours may vary. Joe

Dick Butler · 12-30-2009, 12:03 PM

Please check the Poll on S and SS changes.... People should be rewarded for winning class, Setting records to again reward hard work and competitive work as well as being able to Dial in a car. That was the part that Started Racing and maybe if rewarded again more class interest could be generated from the racers.. A S or SS champion should be based on ALL facets of racing. Decreasing the numbers of classes by multiple methods could help also encourage the competitive work on the combo attitude.

buzzinhalfdozen · 12-30-2009, 01:00 PM

Dick I do agree with most of your post however for the most part these days the word "work" stands for spending large amounts of money. Lets face it for any combo to be "fast" these days you need the latest "trick" parts of the week which equals $. In years gone by there just weren't that many trick parts to buy, so most of the gains were due to the racer working on his combo, now they mostly scratch off a check. So we're back to how deep are our pockets, and how much are we willing to spend?IMO. Joe

art leong · 12-30-2009, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by buzzinhalfdozen

Dick I do agree with most of your post however for the most part these days the word "work" stands for spending large amounts of money. Lets face it for any combo to be "fast" these days you need the latest "trick" parts of the week which equals $. In years gone by there just weren't that many trick parts to buy, so most of the gains were due to the racer working on his combo, now they mostly scratch off a check. So we're back to how deep are our pockets, and how much are we willing to spend?IMO. Joe

Exactly

12-30-2009, 11:32 AM	#1
buzzinhalfdozen Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bellevue Ohio Posts: 984 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Class win It's obvious from most of these posts that many are debating their own agendas, has anyone offered up the answer to the post? Single car class wins are and as far back as I can remember always have been a part of it. The .5 under stipulation seems to be the "catch" that has everyone up in arms. So what are you gonna do different if say they lower it .3 for class win? And while we're at it what will be your response if it's still .5 under? Are you going to go spend some money, rework your combo, quit? I really don't see the point to all this banter, especially until there is some sort of official word from NHRA. Do we need fewer classes....maybe, however this most likely will lead to less participation...fewer classes = fewer "fast cars" in the class= more guys giving up. This is just my opinion of course yours may vary. Joe __________________ Joe Buchanan SS/BX 3117

12-30-2009, 12:03 PM	#2
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Class win Please check the Poll on S and SS changes.... People should be rewarded for winning class, Setting records to again reward hard work and competitive work as well as being able to Dial in a car. That was the part that Started Racing and maybe if rewarded again more class interest could be generated from the racers.. A S or SS champion should be based on ALL facets of racing. Decreasing the numbers of classes by multiple methods could help also encourage the competitive work on the combo attitude.

12-30-2009, 01:00 PM	#3
buzzinhalfdozen Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bellevue Ohio Posts: 984 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Class win Dick I do agree with most of your post however for the most part these days the word "work" stands for spending large amounts of money. Lets face it for any combo to be "fast" these days you need the latest "trick" parts of the week which equals $. In years gone by there just weren't that many trick parts to buy, so most of the gains were due to the racer working on his combo, now they mostly scratch off a check. So we're back to how deep are our pockets, and how much are we willing to spend?IMO. Joe __________________ Joe Buchanan SS/BX 3117