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I somewhat agree with this. My son mentioned this at indy when he said we run about the same as the GT/CA cars but qualify much lower. I told him, the only way we could run with them now is the difference in the horsepower factor. It seems like 3 years ago they stopped hitting the horsepower on the sticks when an automatic car triggered it. I'm glad for that. With torque multiplication, trans brakes and radials, autos have taken the lead. If you look at indy qualifing sheets this year, we are near the top in GT stick. The same guy built all the engines in my cars and the class winner in GT/CA I say back off the GT stick indexes .1 and see if we stack up any better. Joining stick and autos will do away with sticks. Why do you think a regular superstock runs GT? Answer: GT index helps them protect their horsepower factor, because it's lower. Ernie Neal SS 354 |
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This post has some great comments, both pro and con. After reading, I do have one question...............How much of this really matters on Sunday for the real race, for the little gold man that says "Stock Winner", the purse and the decal money and the points (if you care about points)??
The class winner will be the racer who drives the softest combo or who has the most money in his car. Thats not a race, thats a tax bracket. |
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As I remember the stick AH cars now are the same
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My bad. They must have changed it, as I just looked on the NHRA site and both are 505 @ 5.98
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