Once again a bogus combination

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by Superfan1

There is an old saying that "you can't be a victim if you volunteer". Ken is simply saying precisely that; if you don't like what the NHRA is doing, then don't participate.

Spoken like a real Super Fan.

Some people forget that this racing thing is about people. For many of us it is also about visiting with our friends and enjoying a good day of competition. It kinda sours the deal when you have to compete with cars that everyone on this earth knows makes 150 horsepower more than your car. Also, I don't think anyone should be so arrogant as to tell us to stay home if we don't like the cards we have been dealt. It takes away from the purpose of this site to issue such proclamations.Todate we have no say in this horsepower issue but that may change in the future.

[Ken Miele]

Never in eliminations, once in Class. Right now anyone that runs AA or A have the best chance at running these new combo's. Even then the chances are slim. Dave Ficacci lost heads to a DP in the fourth rd at Charlotte, but I do not know of anyone else losing in the eliminator to a new combo.

Dgal,

Give me some time, I can spin numbers with the best of them. Tomorrow I will show some numbers and lets see how you can turn them around. Some racers and none racers are hell bent in seeing NHRA fail, I'm not.

[Dgal]

Originally Posted by Ken Miele

Dgal,

Give me some time, I can spin numbers with the best of them. Tomorrow I will show some numbers and lets see how you can turn them around. Some racers and none racers are hell bent in seeing NHRA fail, I'm not.

There was no spin in my post. Just facts.

By the way, when a company files bankruptcy it doesn't mean that the pension evaporates. Pensions are covered by the PBGC (Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation) since 1974. The current maximum benefit guarantee is $4,500 per month for a 65 year old straight life annuity ($4,050 for a joint life and 50% survivor annuity) if certain conditions are met.

If it is a 401k, then the assets are separate and held in trust. Only the participants that hold company stock in their 401k are sunk to the amount in the company stock which has limitations.

[Ken Miele]

I did not know I was dealing with a lawyer. Lighten up Dgal, I was just trying to inject a little humor into a thread that's has none.

Thanks for your advice, but I was trying to make a point. And for the record, the companies I am talking about went bankrupt and out of business in the 40's and 50's not 1974.

Gees, your way to serious. Do you always just deal in facts, or is fun not an option.

[Dgal]

I think I had one of the few smiley faces in this entire thread a few posts up. Here is a bigger one.

[hemidup]

I'm glad that most are afraid of the new little Gen III Hemi's. Ford had to add a power booster to compete with the new Hemi.

[SS Engine Guy]

.....and both had to come up with bogus horsepower factors to compete with the stuff already out there.

[hemidup]

Originally Posted by SS Engine Guy

.....and both had to come up with bogus horsepower factors to compete with the stuff already out there.

Bogus HP factors or not, I still haven't seen where the new Challenger's or Mustang's have dominated anywhere. Have you?

[John Quinn]

Originally Posted by hemidup

I'm glad that most are afraid of the new little Gen III Hemi's. Ford had to add a power booster to compete with the new Hemi.

If you took a look outside of NHRA and IHRA racing you would see that most of the cars being racd by the younger crowd have power boosters. The younger crowd can't understand why you wouldn't want one. Ford is marketing to those guys.

[hemidup]

Originally Posted by John Quinn

If you took a look outside of NHRA and IHRA racing you would see that most of the cars being racd by the younger crowd have power boosters. The younger crowd can't understand why you wouldn't want one. Ford is marketing to those guys.

Your probably correct. Me, being a grampa of 12, the older grand kids get more of a kick from my 10 second boosted 2005 Ram 4x4 pickup than the 10 second 64 Race Hemi. I'm so old school that I don't even own a cell phone, however my grandkids know they could tune a boosted Honda Civic with a Play Station. Go figure. ???