It's Time to combine

[Ernie Neal]

Originally Posted by rx dealer

It's time for NHRA to combine the index for Auto and Stick classes in both stock and super stock. I'm running a stick car in super stock and i ran against an auto car in time trials, we both run in GTE. my index is 10.50 and his is 10.65 !! fair? Hell no and i have seen worse!

1. combine both auto and stick index
2. no weight breaks or penalty for auto or stick
3. keep it simple and fair

Thanks...Luke SS 311

Luke,
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