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Originally Posted by Jack McCarthy
stock & superstock class winners no longer are reserved a spot in the eliminator.
after 50+ years the STANDARD which wally based all sportsman racing on... THE CLASS WIN is hereby relegated to the waste can. the wording from my 1980 rulebook states as it has (until monday)
"the eliminator will be comprised of the the class winners and then filled to 64 with the fastest cars qualifying and not winning thier class"... get it guys the class winners are not the "bump ins", the qualifiers are.
in 1972 there were 336 entries in stock at indy representing 36 classes...you wanna talk about 2005 being a tough qualifying field.
so now the sportsman committee who we asked for and elected to take care of our class and prevent ignorant rules from blindsiding us allows this to happen... looks like they took a clue from bush and the republican congress we elected...a committee with tueton and woodro on it... purists i thought ?
when i started in 1974 there were just three PILLARS of TRUTH that all stock eliminator was built upon..
1. There will be heads up runs whenever two cars of the same class stage against one another
2. Winning your class at a national event was special and guaranteed you to race the eliminator
3. There will be randon teardowns WHERE THE RULES WILL BE ENFORCED.
lets see... over last 4-6 years teardown has become a joke with numerous cars being reinstated at indy alone, so there goes # 3... now as of monday #2 is gone... well go ahead guys tell us when #1 will go by the wayside too.
well if you "powers to be & internet whiners" wanted to get rid of my fat *** you have succeeded.
this will be my last indy unless this rule is recinded. i will not nor will my sons renew thier numbers or membership to nhra. if and when i race it will be combo's at ohio valley and bowling green. i will no longer give my money to an organization who refuses to uphold the integrity of the rules and classes they offer. if the rest of you wanna pay to be part of the $50,000+ per car minimum bracket race ya'll go right ahead
jack mccarthy
and to think we were saving to build the old wagon into a SS/P car but...
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Well said Jack.If NHRA had the will and balls to impliment #3 alot of problems with runaway combos would be corrected.But their only concern seems to placate the prima dona Pros.
Ed