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Question on SS/AH & AH/SM
Why is the AH/SM index at 8.75 in Comp. Elim. and
Super Stock it is a 9.60 ?? Are their more modifications allowed if you run it in Comp ? To be competitive in Comp you have to run at least 5 under. I haven’t seen any hemi cars running 8.25. Maybe raise the index to 9.00 and see what happens. Just my .02 cents.
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Re: Question on SS/AH & AH/SM
Pete, you answered it.
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Re: Question on SS/AH & AH/SM
Super Stock got .30 this year. I need to find out how they did it so I can get it too. The comp index is stupid should be 9.00-9.10
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Re: Question on SS/AH & AH/SM
Raising the index in comp has/is being discussed.
This is cut and pasted from the Comp Elim racer website: Wescott ran a 8.38 & 8.39 at Indy in 2012. Wescott ran an 8.22 at Div 2 NO race in 2010 Daniels ran an 8.28 at Reading in 2011 Hard ran an 8.26 at the Dutch in 2012 Wolkwitz ran an 8.31 at a Div 1 race in 2013 Wolkwitz ran an 8.28 at the Dutch in 2014 Wolkwitz ran an 8.21 at a Div. 1 race in 2015 Hess ran an 8.28 at a Div. 1 race in 2016 Daniels ran an 8.22 at the Gators in 2017 Wolkwitz ran an 8.30 at the Gators in 2018 |
08-20-2019, 08:04 AM | #6 |
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Re: Question on SS/AH & AH/SM
Using Wolkwitz's 8.30 pass at Gainesville in 2018...9.0 would have made him #10 qualifier, and 9.10 would have put him at the top of the Comp field. The purpose of adding AH to Comp was to let the fast cars run...without the worry of hitting the combo for weight/hp in S/S.
Yeah, 8.75 is a bit steep. If you would have wrote these guys into Comp at the top part of the field at a 9.0-9.10 index...I'm sure what's left of the Comp racers who show up to the events would have been none too pleased with all the Hemi cars that would show up for what could be an easy win. |
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Re: Question on SS/AH & AH/SM
just my 2 cents but, I agree the Comp classes index is too steep. But with the added modifications allowed I don't think we should make the index so soft that a SS/AH car can just switch to comp and be an immediate 60 under player without any other modifications.I'd say 8:90 is fair. At 8:90 many AH cars would be 40-50 under without changing a thing.
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All these runs are at sea level tracks in good air, not to take anything away from these guys but I doubt you will see them run these numbers at Indy even if the air is really good. If the air is good the fast comp cars will be 7 tenths + under. Wescott's, unless they come out of 'retirement' are currently not a factor. The index should be 9.00 to 9.05.
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That’s what interests me. I like the old iron.
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Re: Question on SS/AH & AH/SM
Everybody knows that the Comp index of 8.75 is at least 1.5 tenths too tough, everybody but NHRA. With NHRA favoring the FI cars in SS it won't be long before you won't see a conventional carb combo make the show at Indy.
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