Is there any hope of NHRA separating traditional Stockers...

[DYER]

I have now raced both type cars a 1985 mustang and now a 2010 cobra jet with a push rod engine .not all fs cars are blower cars if you look for a class in fs cars there are a lot of different combos to pick from just as there is in the old car combos .and if you buy a wreck or a flood car as I did it does not cost any more to build than an older combo it is the time we live in 2018 !!

[6130]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

A '98 LT1 Camaro and Firebird is a paper car. Just sayin'. Jim

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I just got that. The '98 cars were LS1s, weren't they? What's NHRA's explanation for the '98 LT1?

[tpoh815]

Originally Posted by Charley Downing

6130 keep observing. In you observations you should have noticed national event quotes are between 55-65 per class and keep getting a little lower each year. What is your hope of separation going to accomplish? Just be thankful NHRA still lets cars pre 1980 still race. Because if these quotes keep getting lower there not going to need a bunch of 40 plus year old cars to full 32 or so spots for stock and SS at a national event.

Not sure why some of you feel its more rewarding to bet a newer car. A round win is a round win no matter what year car is in the other lane.

"Just be thankful NHRA still lets cars pre 1980 still race"

"Because if these quotes keep getting lower there not going to need a bunch of 40 plus year old cars to full 32 or so spots for stock and SS at a national event".
Think about this statement.......Just think about it!

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by tpoh815

"Just be thankful NHRA still lets cars pre 1980 still race"

"Because if these quotes keep getting lower there not going to need a bunch of 40 plus year old cars to full 32 or so spots for stock and SS at a national event".
Think about this statement.......Just think about it!

What's to think about? For once, Charlie Bob is right!

[ALMACK]

IMO, everything is fine now.

The FS cars have their own classes and the FS Showdown cars are totally separate from the other Stockers ( that are subject to AHFS) on the qualifying sheets.

Took several years to get there, but it's finally done.

Just my opinion...

[tpoh815]

Originally Posted by billy nees

what's to think about? For once, charlie bob is right!

bingo!

[D.Johns]

Why do they need to be now? They are separated within stk/SS under the FS designation so they won’t be ran against heads-up against an older car. Under the AHFS their index and HP factors will be adjusted accordingly. What’s the advantage on the bracket side?

[Chris Barnes]

I'm not sure that it's a fair fight for an older stocker (I race a '64 Plymouth C/SA wagon). All that computer controlled fly by wire stuff makes me paranoid. They should probably just race against each other. I've beat them before and it did feel good but last year I just felt like a beaten bitch against a couple of different COPOs. Maybe if I'd had a lower .00 light and run right on my dial...

[nwebber]

I agree with Mr. Wong, no more dilution and more tech. Funny story on my only conversation with him. I was the only one running a combo that had been abandoned because of Hp hits. I finally put some $$ into mine to run class at Vegas and he tells me “if you run slow at this race we will get Hp off the combo”. May not be an exact quote but close. We got the Hp lowered the neit year.

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Charley Downing

6130 keep observing. In you observations you should have noticed national event quotes are between 55-65 per class and keep getting a little lower each year. What is your hope of separation going to accomplish? Just be thankful NHRA still lets cars pre 1980 still race. Because if these quotes keep getting lower there not going to need a bunch of 40 plus year old cars to full 32 or so spots for stock and SS at a national event.

Not sure why some of you feel its more rewarding to bet a newer car. A round win is a round win no matter what year car is in the other lane.

^^ good point