How would you SAVE CLASS RACING ???

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

To be honest, I don't understand the concern over HP hits. You either build something to go fast or not. If you get hit with HP, running just as fast with more weight is STILL an accomplishment, or you go to another class. Performance is all relative, and it's really power to weight, not the ET/mph on the scoreboard. Hey, don't want the contingency money and bragging rights? -=shrug=- Don't set a record. So... why build a fast car in the first place then?

If HP hits are truly a concern, then why the fuss over Class? Same deal. Go fast, get hit. It should be a badge of honor.

$.02,

Mike,
The problem is, if we were to decide to take a hit, it makes us less competitive with the combinations in the class that decide not to take a hit.

If you get hit, and the other combinations don't, guess what happens when you meet them heads up in final eliminations? You got hit, they didn't, now they hold the winning hand. Especially if they are already faster than you. Records don't pay points or money, and they'll never pay nearly as much of either as you can win for winning a race.

So, set a record, get hit, don't get paid anything, or very little, at best, and then get beat heads up during final eliminations by the guy who didn't set the record and get hit.

Sure, the record sounds great, especially from the engine builder/crew chief point of view. But from the owner/driver point of view, winning a race sounds better.