Mid-year horsepower posted @ nhra.com

[Jared Jordan]

Can someone enlighten me as to the advantages of a 1 lb. weight break? I fail to see how that fixes anything. Sounds DECENT for a lower horsepower car that might have to add 200-300 lbs to move between classes, but what about the high horsepower stuff?

Example:

'10 Super Cobra Jet rated @ 500 hp.

6.00 lb. class = 3170 lbs
7.00 lb. class = 3670 lbs

I for one would not like having to find/remove 500 lbs. of weight to change classes. Is that the idea? To keep people in one class?

I'll say this much: that'd keep the Belvedere locked away for the rest of its life. I can't get to 3170 and I don't feel like turning it into a lead sled.

[fredjohnston]

Originally Posted by countrypuppy4865

That would be the smart thing that way all A-E cars can just stay home unless you have a drag pak or cobra jet. As bad as the economy is this would end stock/ss racing. We are in 2010 not 1978. Things will change over time. This will never happen.

That says it all right there.

x-tech needs to get out of the 70s or go to the nostalgia drag racing board.

[james schaechter]

It would be good also to match the field with the quota. Why not allow at least 70 cars into a 64 car field. At least there wouldn't be guys dragging the brakes to be the bottom qualifier.