Black Tuesday?

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Dick Butler

I had an interesting Phone call to straighten out the rule change. We are correct now a car can run further under before getting hit. Further under the OLD index too.
The topic turned to "what about the guy who wants to run who cannot afford an AH car like me( no I cannot and do not have one). What about the guy who wants to or by lack of money HAS TO do his own porting, assembly etc.. ? Shouldnt he be able to enter and race in Stk and SS?

Like all sports there are qualifying criteria to play. I cannot get on the court with Micheal Jordan. I cannot play with Favre next week. Why? I cannot make the cut, physically. You play your sport by making an entry level of competitiveness.either physically, mentally or financially.

It is my opinion Stk and SS are not a Welfare eliminator.
.. Work on your stuff and reach a level of competitiveness in our rules to EARN the right to compete. I think if you can do it yourself to run on NHRA Index in Stk and SS more power to you. If not ,you should be proud of what you CAN do skill wise and money wise and accept others can exceed your levels just like I accept Favre and Jordan as above my level of skills and respect them...

Dick, I'm sure that you weren't addressing the post that I made. You don't want to argue with my facts. I'm not trying to run a AH car. I do however do as much of my own "stuff" as I can. I think that my personal accomplishments (of which I'm very proud) should allow me to enter and race in S and SS.
I have for years played with the "Favres and Jordans" of my sport with a fair amount of success physically, mentally and financially!
No, S and SS should NOT be a "Welfare" eliminator but it also shouldn't be an eliminator for "Pompuss Asses" either.
I and the great numbers of other racers out there that DO work on their stuff have more than earned the "right to compete".
What YOU don't get is through the years certain racers have gone to NHRA and gotten replacement and superceded parts made legal because they what, "can't find the right parts"! Well if they can't find the right parts to build a "Stocker" then shouldn't THEY be excluded from racing Stock and be made to run Brackets? There's nothing wrong with Brackets, maybe they just don't have the time, the money or the knowledge to get them. Maybe they should have picked a different combo that they had the time, money or knowledge to race instead of asking for HP back.
Are you starting to see a pattern developing here? " Hey, I can't physically, mentally, financially, be competitive"! "Could you please (NHRA) give me all of the things that I need to be"? "Hey, I'm going real fast now and I don't want to get my combo factored could you change things for me again"? "Oh, screw the guys that have been doing this by the rules all of their lives, they probably are too senile, unfirm or broke to do it anymore anyway"!
Ya know Dick, when I write this down this way it kind of looks like the Democrats have infiltrated my sport and YOU are sticking up for them!