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Originally Posted by Chuck Beach
There is no such thing as a level playing field in this sport. Never has been. First example would be the SS/AHemi's at Indy this year, they all are pretty much the same, right, wrong ... Westscott Jr. had the field coverd by a ten and 1/2 until he broke. Now must good drivers feel they can make up a tenth on the tree but a ten and 1/2 is a stretch especially because Jr. is a good driver. Second example would be the fact that 3 DP's did not make the cut at Indy. Seems to me that there are people on this forum that think these cars are so underrated all you have to do is show up and your 1.10 under. Lets face it, if you lose you lose, whether it be by a tenth and 1/2, 2 tenths or six tenths, the time slip says the same thing. Same thing with a red light, if you are -.001 red it might as well be - .500 red, you still lose. Here is another example I will use because I know this combo, these cars all use the same engine combination ... James Findell qualifies #28 with his 340 at -.956 under, Bob Ackers is #134 at -.733 under, Dale Findell is #142 at - .716 under, Paula Cotten is number #150 at - .702 under. Now all of these cars can fit the same class even though they were in different classes at Indy. James has them covered by over 2 tenths. Doesn't seem level to me. Does this mean that the slower cars had problems, didn't work hard enough on their combos, didn't spend enough money, James has an unfair advantage, is he underfactored, no wait, they all run the same combo. I am sure there are other examples.
Just sayin' .... stock and super stock is not a socialist class, it is a performance class ... period. Some have it, some don't ...
The 350 went from 275 NHRA hp in 1993 to 346 hp in April 2010. hmmmm 17 yrs.
The 350 went from 285 NHRA hp in 1997 to 346 hp in January 2010. hummm 13 yrs.
The 346 went from 305 NHRA hp in 2001 to 373 hp in January 2010. hummm 9 yrs.
The 6.1 hemi went from 385 NHRA hp in 2009 to 399 hp in July of 2010. These cars have only been raced over the last 2 years.
The 5.7 hemi went from 305 NHRA hp in 2009 to 326 hp in September of 2010. This combo has only been raced for less than a year.
The 360 went from 275 NHRA hp in 2009 to 284 hp in September of 2010. This combo has only been raced this year.
Looks like the new combo still has a few years to go to be equal with their counter part as far as getting to their 'real hp' ...
Just sayin ...
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You've got to be kidding me!!
These combos you have refered to have changed a whopping 70hp during this time period to get in line with the old iron!!
Also these cars were moved to there own class for the majority of time that you refered to until the NHRA fixed the HP!!
No impacted on the class for the most part!!
Now, these new cars were all at the very least 100 hp short from where they should have started! From this point the system should start!!
Now they had there fun and it is time to put them in an FX class until the hp catches up to them!!
just sayin