[Doug Hoven]

Just a question from a lower portion of the sheet qualifier here. How is the AHFS ever supposed to work when those with what are the arguably soft combinations in question do everything in their power to keep the system from working? Before I get the response of "just work on your car," there are a lot of combinations that no matter how much time and money you throw at them, are still going to be sitting ducks when it comes time for a heads up. Personally, I gave up on the combo in the car I have been racing because no matter how hard I tried (Including changing camshafts weekend to weekend, changing cam timing between qualifying runs, and making countless torque converter changes) I found myself trying to gain back lost ET more often than actually making any progress. Oh well, I guess those that want to try and beat the system will just have to have fun trying to bracket race a car with no timing, lots of weight, restrictor plates, throttle limiters, etc. until enough people complain to NHRA that the AHFS needs to be changed again. Or we can try out probably the best way to deter new, less wealthy racers from building a stocker and lower the indexes a few tenths. Maybe raise the entry fee while we're at it too.