Originally Posted by Indyracer (Post 203222)

Although throttle stops weren't allowed, people were using timers for nitrous, which is like a throttle stop in reverse. Just progam in the right number of thousanths for your shot until you run the number.

I ran no throttle stop, delay box out of car, rpm switch for shifter disabled. I launched .400 pro tree, had two .001 lights, and shifted by hand at a pre-tested spot on the track. Run slower - shift earlier. Run quicker - shift later.

But it throttle stops aren't allowed, nitrous timers shouldn't be either. They accomplish the same thing - ultra-tuneable computer--controlled e.t.'s.

Originally Posted by cicero819 (Post 203236)

i would really enjoy seeing more heads up class in nhra divisional and national races without incorporating them into competion eliminator, they should stand alone. Look at the olympics, they introduce new sport every four years to see if they will have a following and remove sports that people have no interest, we could do the same with alcohol f/c and a/d removing them to give room to an emerging new categories.

Originally Posted by cicero819 (Post 203424)

Congratulation to both of you and thank you representing Stockers. I just read about Don Bowles winning Hot Street(name is even hot) at Allstars National. Well if you don't know who Don Bowles is, just Google him, one of the most impressive resumé a racer could have. The only drag racer that many Presidents have called on his expertise on long term renewable energy solutions, and one fine drag racer. I remember one year at Indy Don Bowles used his helicopter to dry the track. He loves NMRA and all the young blood that is around him, he compares it to the beggining of Modified Production.