Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

Then "the committee" doesn't have a clue what it's doing.
No reduction here,..... then giving back some to the 273 record holder?

Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

Sorry....I double posted.

Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

Steve....when I worked with IHRA I pulled the 1955 180 HP combo BACK to 180 HP. I used all of the factors from the OLD NHRA "RED" class guide. Check with Hank Blankenship or Danny Waters. If it went back to 205 HP (S/S factor) I dont know when or why it was done. In my opinion that was the WRONG thing to do. We had a couple of '55 Chebies running with IHRA in stock and pure stock about 10-12 years ago.

Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

Sounds like this is a bad combo for winning class,winning heads ups,and setting records.

(Welcome to my world)

Aside from that,isn't it possible to build one to run the index at the current horsepower rating?

As we are always reminded on Classracer....its just a bracket race.(Providing you can run the index)

Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

Just play the HP game it's not that hard if you can read and follow rules. The 273ci mopar combo ran -.40 something under the index twice at one national event. These were the only two runs for this half of the season.
According to the NHRA posted HP reduction rules it received a 1.25% hp reduction. End of story just like my 281ci SS combo in the first half.

Did the 1955 265ci combo run index?

The combo MUST at least run the index to be eligible for a HP reduction.

If any car makes one run over -.85 under the index that combo is ineligible for a HP reduction.

Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

Doug , I ran 13.80`s with this combo in 1971 . Set the National Record at 13.90 .

Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

Charley, it is -.85 under for one run and two runs of .65 under you go to the average`s. Tom

Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

Also dropping the indexes .3 did nothing to help this situation.

Is it true you must at least run the index to get the horsepower lowered?

Allan

Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

Here is the class page from the red book with the date 1975

Re: Where are the pre 1960 stockers?
 

I believe they made that rule in the interest of saving time.

Right now,cars are shutting off at 1000ft to get horsepower off.

If you didn't need to at least run the index to get horsepower off,then cars would be lifting after the 60 ft clocks!