Bump Spot for Stock and Super Stock Without AHFS At Indy

[djm670]

Originally Posted by Marty Buth

I was broke and didn't make first round.

Marty, would you have been able to fix it if they started stock eliminator on Saturday like they did in the old days.

It certainly would have give Lawerance time to finish putting the car back together and possibly one or two others. Seems like modern vehicle are a hair more difficult to disassemble and reassemble than the old ones, and asking teardown guys to be after tearing down for inspection the night before to be ready to race at 8 am, is sort of ridiculous, a bit of sleep is always advisable so that one is fully aware of what he is doing before trying to compete at a high rate of speed. Seems the ability to compete and the safety issue would suggest their schedule is not workable the way it was run for the 2023 US Nationals.

Actually sounds like they did a pretty good job of getting the alternates in order until the end. Even if racers did not have a good qualifying sheet so they knew what was going on and all the alternates lined up and ready to go. Maybe if they had another day between teardown and eliminations NHRA and the racers both could have been ready!

All this could have been eliminated if they weren't so set on getting rid of what should be the real show by Saturday and Sunday leaving only two finalists for Monday in each non pro category so they could cater to television and money that brings in. Different objectives than the old days where the racing was for the racers to compete and show their talents to each other and the fans in an organized fashion. Seems like now it is repeating circus ever other weekend.

Wonder if NHRA is a learning organization without Mr. Parks and Mr. Gibbs?

[Marty Buth]

I had blown head gasket problems from a possible cracked head or block, so I probably wouldn't have raced even if we raced on Saturday.

[Pistol Pete]

Originally Posted by djm670

Marty, would you have been able to fix it if they started stock eliminator on Saturday like they did in the old days.

It certainly would have give Lawerance time to finish putting the car back together and possibly one or two others. Seems like modern vehicle are a hair more difficult to disassemble and reassemble than the old ones, and asking teardown guys to be after tearing down for inspection the night before to be ready to race at 8 am, is sort of ridiculous, a bit of sleep is always advisable so that one is fully aware of what he is doing before trying to compete at a high rate of speed. Seems the ability to compete and the safety issue would suggest their schedule is not workable the way it was run for the 2023 US Nationals.

Actually sounds like they did a pretty good job of getting the alternates in order until the end. Even if racers did not have a good qualifying sheet so they knew what was going on and all the alternates lined up and ready to go. Maybe if they had another day between teardown and eliminations NHRA and the racers both could have been ready!

All this could have been eliminated if they weren't so set on getting rid of what should be the real show by Saturday and Sunday leaving only two finalists for Monday in each non pro category so they could cater to television and money that brings in. Different objectives than the old days where the racing was for the racers to compete and show their talents to each other and the fans in an organized fashion. Seems like now it is repeating circus ever other weekend.

Wonder if NHRA is a learning organization without Mr. Parks and Mr. Gibbs?

Great points made on your post.
I agree teardown the night before & be ready for a 8:00 am start is a bit much.
Lots of Stock Elim guys are not 25-35 yrs old anymore.
Maybe start eliminations at Noon-1pm at least.
They have other categories that don’t get torn down so they can get the show started
the day after teardown.

[MR DERBY CITY]

So glad that Don McElroy has joined the conversation. For you youngsters out there, Don was Badazz . The man turned on many win lights and he was way ahead of the stocker game in his day….The problem with NHRA is that the suits don’t understand us. There was NOTHING wrong with the old schedule pre Covid. Tear down stockers on Friday and tear down superstockers on Saturday.. That gives everyone time to put their car back together . Is that too much to ask ???

[4406mopar]

Originally Posted by Chris1529

If you know that first round is 8:00 am the next morning, you should know whether you are going to make the call by 7:30 am.

If you make a qualifying pass the same day before the first round and have to fix something, that is one thing, but if you have all evening and the night before to get ready, I can't see that 30 min of notification to race control is not feasible.
If you are one of the designated pair, you would not have the extra time anyway.

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