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12-24-2009, 10:04 PM | #21 | |
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If you "have" to have the arbitrary -.050 under rule, then apply it to EVERYONE. H*ll, when they have a short field in Top Fuel, and someone gets a bye, he'd better run within .050 of the slowest qualified time! Doesn't make sense? Good, because this doesn't either. Hmm... I want to go NHRA racing... License fees doubled, need grade points and pre-entries, chopped Indexes .030, have to go -.080 under the old Indexes to be considered "worthy" of a Class win, etc.... Boy, let's go! No offense, but anybody really *excited* except the CJ and Chally owners? Merry Christmas!
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I am the only car in SS/L when I race at a national event. Listen if I'm the only car in my class it only means one thing, I'm the only one dumb enough to build a horrible combination so I think I deserve to be rewarded for my efforts and get paid for my bye run in class, cause let's face it, I'm not going to qualify at the top of any Super Stock ladder with a small block Ford, 480cfm carburetor, and a rulebook. I also think these bye run class winners (and all class winners) should earn a qualifying spot so the field is diversified (and fans get their moneys worth), as opposed to a field consisting of air shifted Comp cars. |
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12-25-2009, 04:41 PM | #23 |
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Re: Class win
SSTOCK 1373 do you run a different combo than Kip Martin?
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12-25-2009, 08:17 PM | #24 |
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No we probably run the same combo. He is on the west coast though I am on the east coast so I never see him unless I decide to take a trip to Indy some day, which won't happen anytime soon.
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12-26-2009, 04:36 AM | #25 |
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Bobby, do you have the white Mustang? Jim
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12-26-2009, 06:44 AM | #26 |
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Sometimes it is easier to point the finger at others than ourself. We always refer to the old days, in the old days there was just super stock. No GT, modified, trucks and so on. Now with all the single runs, class is a joke. I have seen cars come to a class race and move to a different class just because no one was there in a particular class and they could make a bye run. I have even done this myself, it did not feel real good holding my little WALLY. That is why everyone watches classes with the most car counts, GT/AA-SS/AH-SS/JA there are many more you get my meaning. Instead of adding or removing weight to run from other class cars, now we can do the opposite. We can all move to a class where we have to run heads up for the WALLY, maybe they should not give out class wins for a single bye run period. That would bring back the old days in a hurry, take your licking go home and work on your stuff. Now for the blind fold, ready aim FIRE!!!
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12-26-2009, 08:55 AM | #28 | |
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Maybe just make cars stick to the class they pre-registered in, no changing class at the track. |
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12-26-2009, 09:13 AM | #29 |
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Combine stick and autos dont screw the few REAL MEN that choose to not wear a dress and shift for themselves the stick classes are not heavily populated because its harder and takes more time to get it right so why screw the stick guy cause he has a bye. combine classes very few bye runs
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