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Originally Posted by Kevin McKenna
No malice intended. Personally have nothing against FWD cars (or tow bars for that matter). Merely pointing out something that Bob Frey used to say, "one man's ceiling is another man's floor"
I do, however, remember the year my father-in-law's car "qualified" about 125th but didn't get to race after the bump-ins (mostly single car class winners) were added. Needless to say he was quite frustrated.
I don't get a vote but if I did, my preference would be that the quickest 128 cars qualify.
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Kevin ,This could be debated for a week here. Just like politics, you won't change anyone's mind either.
Little background here:
First thing happened, Class win cash and goodies declined significantly since the 70's.
2, A new generation of racers , raised on bracket racing, decided the Eliminator was where the money was at. They figured out it was easier to win with the faster car.
2A, Another sub- group decided that, if they were going to spend all that money for travel and entries, they might as well have a 10 second car and do big wheelies, and try to emulate the consistent winners' come from behind strategy.
3 , Now the low 11 and10 second cars held a majority, but a bunch of them couldn't get in the eliminator at Indy.
They asked for a rule change that tossed out a 50 + year tradition ...and they got it.
So,
Does NHRA ever have a long range vision on this stuff , or do they just sit by and watch it happen and just wing it, after the fact?
Maybe you could tell us. Glad to have you here.