how to deal with the DP/CJ cars......

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Sean Cour

I understand the comparison between old and new. I think it's been beaten to death on this forum for quite some time. I think Alan, you have also misread my posts. Can you personally, run a 50 to 65 in AA? Or a high 70 to mid 80 in A? I know Sorensen can.....I've seen it with my own two eyes. Until you can personally run that good, an opinion about the new cars being put into a different class is a moot point, that's all I'm saying. Once again, IMHO...that's all.
These posts are to be directed to he competition dept at NHRA, they're the ones that have allowed this joke to play out. NHRA needs to address the factor of these combos. D cars in the nines.....E cars runnin 10 flat....the racers should be happy the racers of these combos exploited the potential.

I didn't misread anything. No, our best pass in AA has been in the nine eighties. But then we don't spend too much time in air that is better than 2000 feet, either. We haven't had the car but a little over 4 1/2 years, we don't get to race a lot, and we haven't spent a ton of money, either. We buy parts, gas, oil, diesel, and pay our entry fees. I think that makes us entitled to an opinion and a voice.

I'll quote you here:

Originally Posted by Sean Cour

Just my opinion.....and whaaaah...if you don't like it!

Right is right, and wrong is wrong. Saying that the only people who have a legitimate complaint about the new cars are the guys who have the fastest traditional cars is the same as saying those are the only cars that are affected. That's B.S., pure and simple, and you should know that. Everyone who gets beat in a heads up by a store bought car with an absurd HP factor has a legitimate complaint. Because most of the people who have those cars would never have gone out and spent that kind of money on a traditional car for Stock with a reasonable HP factor. In fact, the vast majority would not have bought those cars if they weren't guaranteed to beat any fast traditional car with relative ease. Many of them will come right out and say so.

The idea that we don't have a complain if we all don't go out and spend $50K to try to run with the new cars (that we can't hope to run with no matter what) is about as stupid as rewriting the rules to allow for letting them into Stock to begin with.