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Mark Yacavone · 09-01-2021, 09:52 PM

Some reasons why the bloom is off the rose, IMO...Some might be temporary..Some not.
Not necessarily in chronological order.

Class winners no longer automatically qualify.

Single class cars have to run Combo to win a trophy

Higher entry with less money to win..Class money down to peanuts, thanks to NHRA's bogus sponsor fleecing system.

ALL class winners used to have to tear down at Paul Harvey Ford..This separated the workers from the Wallets

Labor day finals..a tradition.

All Stars are a Sportsman program..They belong at Sportsnationals..Put them back where they belong.

No longer calling class in alphabetical order. ( I should have said "running") Another tradition,...gone for the sake of expedience

No Redman

AHFS...What did enforcing it just prove, when it's going to be mineshaft anyway? All it did was hide the fact that there are a few combos that their system can't deal with.

180 quota made for more variety and more effort to make the show. Icing, pushing cars to the water box etc. in order to make or stay in the show. Isn't that what Indy is supposed to be about?

I'm sure there's more...

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Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,815 Likes: 2,903 Liked 5,120 Times in 1,951 Posts	Re: Has INDY lost its luster ??? Some reasons why the bloom is off the rose, IMO...Some might be temporary..Some not. Not necessarily in chronological order. Class winners no longer automatically qualify. Single class cars have to run Combo to win a trophy Higher entry with less money to win..Class money down to peanuts, thanks to NHRA's bogus sponsor fleecing system. ALL class winners used to have to tear down at Paul Harvey Ford..This separated the workers from the Wallets Labor day finals..a tradition. All Stars are a Sportsman program..They belong at Sportsnationals..Put them back where they belong. No longer calling class in alphabetical order. ( I should have said "running") Another tradition,...gone for the sake of expedience No Redman AHFS...What did enforcing it just prove, when it's going to be mineshaft anyway? All it did was hide the fact that there are a few combos that their system can't deal with. 180 quota made for more variety and more effort to make the show. Icing, pushing cars to the water box etc. in order to make or stay in the show. Isn't that what Indy is supposed to be about? I'm sure there's more... __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers Last edited by Mark Yacavone; 09-01-2021 at 11:21 PM.