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Originally Posted by Dick Butler
Some here discuss the excitement of running off records... Obviously many do not remember the EAST coast WEST coast Stocker record battles. We in the midwest were killed by record dial in at a 1000 ft track at 90degrees and 90% humidity. If you raced a popular combo in Ohio versus a combo not hitting records every weekend you were in the hole before the light changed. Only good part was most of us were learning and fighting the weather together....Kind of evened it up.
Index system created to make it so ALL racers could dial in and become a big Bracket race even if you had a class car you drove to the track. Good and Bad things about it.
I rarely saw any form of Class racing outside a NHRA Nationals. That made it a MUST to attend. Then with explosion of numbers OF classes the cars werent plentiful enough to populate many. classes and due to time NHRA cut the entrants which made Class bye runs ....sad...
Want to have fun again. Cut classes to 12 Stick and auto classes and see 20 cars per class EVERYWHERE to have fun and entertain spectators.Gives back the drive to run fast and still can race eliminations if 64 car fields...
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Another point Dick. Under this old system. How many cars were turned into junk overnite, when your record got bombed? Unlike today when you can move a combination around to at least take advantage of the class to make the car run. Back then, the car factored where it lit. If a combo didn't at least get close to the class minimum. You might (more often than not) have a real hard time getting a car to run, much less be competitive.
Yes, the index system, at least allows us all to come and play. The system as it is today, lets you work with a car to make it run the class minimum. Just like my boss says, "no matter what you do, somebody's not gonna be happy"!