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From the slow guys point of view it's called not having to spend more money to remain competitive.

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Hemiparts, this is something pop is not going to be able to tell you how to do. Didn't ever have a break pedal that would worked until I crossed the finish line.

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Thanks for the info and the invite !@!@ I will stop by Sunday and see you !@@@!

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Guess we'll just have to learn together Pop's or you and Mr Watson will have to cover your ears when i get to the top end !! LOL LOL LOL LOL

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Alan if you are reffering to me.
I qualified number 1 at 4 nhra races in the last 2 years. Got an instant hit during that time, set 2 nhra records.
I have opted to wait and see this year so far. Still haven't heard a word about the "overall class champion" nonsense. So far one race and one major rule change.
I joke about people in protect mode. Because I doubt they can be having much fun, worrying about every run.
You can call me a lot of things but "hypocrite" isn't one of them.

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Art, its kinda funny that you automatically assumed he was talking about you...........guilty conscience?

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No guilt. Just tired of arrows in the back.
You were on the bandwagon, for doing away with singles. Bernie stated that there would be double the payouts and a class win would be worth something.
Well the scooter bros didn't change there payout one bit. Most of the companies reduced their payouts for class wins.
But a lot of "jealous" folks are happy that a bunch of other cars won't be coming home with a trophy and a few dollars.

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I assure you if Alan was launching arrows, they wouldn't be in your back. He's a pretty straight forward dude

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That's right Mr. Ortiz,
I said it once before as I am sure someone else has...Solution to the problem is..Everyone run all out...Balls to the wall,get put where the car goes and race on from there. Just my .02 cents.

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Arrows in the back? Really?

Anyone will tell you, Art, I won't say anything behind your back, I'll say it to you.

Jealous? Really? We've got a couple of class Wally's, thanks.

I have a considerable amount of respect for you and your accomplishments. I actually like you, Art, but on this subject, I disagree with you, and I have zero tolerance for you talking down to the rest of us while you don't face what we do. Go out and build yourself another AA, A, or B car, Art, an older, traditional combination, and then come out and kill it, then maybe I'll give some measure of credibility to what you have to say about those of us who have to protect our combinations. Until then, I ain't buyin any of it, and I ain't takin the flack you want to toss around without speaking up.

However, you seem to want to talk down to guys like us, who have to race the new cars, and need to protect our combinations, telling us we're not racing, not having fun, and should show our hand. And then you go bragging about how far you can bomb your index, while admitting there is ONE other car in your class, in the whole country.

Well guess what, you don't face ANY of the new cars heads up. We, on the other hand, face MOST of them in the three classes we can run in Stock, and plenty of them in whatever classes we can run in Super Stock, with either car. Not only that, if we go out and get HP, we not only hurt ourselves, but also all of our friends who have the same combinations, and face the new cars heads up, just like we do.

So, yeah, I call it irony and hypocrisy, whether you like it or not. When you face good odds of losing an entire weekend to a heads up race you have no hope of winning, and you go out, run way under, and kill your combination anyway, then come back and talk down to the rest of us Art. But then, you only have ONE car in the nation to worry about heads up, according to you. So, I'm not seeing where you EVER face what we face.