Re: AHFS at Indy?
 

In my very humble opinion the AHFS should not apply for the following;

Heads up runs during the eliminator at all races.
Class eliminations at races on the Super Stock/Stock Class Racing Schedule
National Opens.
Never at the U.S. Nationals!

Also, adjust the damned Indexes by .20!

Make Class Racing Great Again! (MCRGA)

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Make Tech Inspection mean something again! (MTIMSA) ;-)

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All of these people across social media making long winded statements about how they aren't going to Indy, yet Stock is still overfull, and the entry list in Super Stock keeps increasing in size by the day. Interesting....

Maybe we should just get rid of the AHFS entirely and go back to when HP was given at NHRA's discretion like they did in the "good 'ole days." News flash, if they get rid of the AHFS entirely, and people start showing the numbers they worked/paid so dearly for, the NHRA still has the right to give them horsepower anyway... Back in the day at least they would usually make an effort to determine a car was legal before whacking an entire combo.

My opinion may be skewed because all of my stuff is "junk," but I really don't understand who everyone is "saving" these combos for anyway. Unless you come from a racing family, no one my age and younger is going to decide to run Stock or Super Stock, so you aren't saving it for the "youngsters." The median age of racers in our classes is probably somewhere in the 60s, with a decent number in their mid to late 70s and early 80s, and last I checked, HP factors don't matter much in the nursing home, so saving it for yourself is a battle that no one wins unless you're immortal. I just don't get it.

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The Super Bowl of Drag Racing has been slammed! Now 1000 foot racing and lots of brake action, why to go NHRA! You ruined the Big Go!

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Nah, they didn't ruin it. On Monday afternoon someone will be crowned 2025 US Nationals Champion, and that will mean 1000X more than some dude with Comp money in a Stocker or Super Stocker outrunning someone else for a trophy.

Fact of the matter is, Indy will have no problem filling up, AHFS or not.

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Indy when I went the the 6 times starting in 2006 the ahfs was in effect people complained
But the racers still raced and either control there cars and won class
Sheeet I borrowed Joe Lisa car was 6 slowest in E/SA and won class
My reward was. PULL PISTON AND ROD
3 cars went in. And I WAS THE ONLY LEGAL CAR IN THE BARN
So you don?t have to be the fasted to win class.
But there was always a guy who built a Mr Softy combo to be #1
And them combos which went STUPID FAST GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED
HP
And you never saw that combo again
So go to Indy and try not to go 130 under
And if you can go 130 under you should get HP
Indy is like racing on the moon. No air. Good luck to all

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Indy to me is a place to go, I don't want someday to be saying to myself "I should've gone". Life is too short to worry about HP to your combo. I'm always spending money on the car trying to go faster. One year I won a tool box because I was at Indy, go if you can. Look at all the past years and you'd see me at the bottom of qualifying. Do I care, very little. But I can say I was there, HP or not.

Casey Miles
248H Stock

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James
I had a front row seat on your class win with a legal car. I remember you celebrating all the way down the track. An Indy Class win is worth more than the work it took to get there plus you will be a Indy class winner for life.

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I wonder how well the '69 Camaro 255 cars will do in class? After all, it's a lifetime of work and investment, so it's their time to shine...

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And the same can be said for any popular 40-50 year old combo.