NHRA: are you really that blind or just stupid?

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

For the 47th time Jack, I don't do booze or drugs. The weed thing is just plain old. You need to come up with something new...

How about "quit drinking your own bath water" Eh ! Nothing meant here.....It just happened to pop into this old brain when I read the post.

[Lyn Smith]

Chuck are you trying to say if you were at Indy in G/sa you would enjoy seeing a mid 10 second run next to you in class, or eliminations???

[art leong]

One thing I can see is NHRA followed their own rules as far as the AHFS goes.
I commend them on that.

[bill dedman]

But Art, can you commend them on making hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of scienced-out race cars OBSOLETE with the stroke of a pen?

If you can, educate me as to how this benefits the rank-and-file racer. You know; the guys who pay the bills...

[chevy620]

If they are going to make a stroke with a pen and change things........why not get rid of "heads-up runs during eliminations" since the class designation doesn't seem to matter. Yes, you might get blown out in class run-offs but you could still crush them in eliminations.

Make the National events, ALL RUN. It adds a round...big deal. At least they haven't started first and second round buy-backs....yet.

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by chevy620

If they are going to make a stroke with a pen and change things........why not get rid of "heads-up runs during eliminations" since the class designation doesn't seem to matter. Yes, you might get blown out in class run-offs but you could still crush them in eliminations.

Make the National events, ALL RUN. It adds a round...big deal. At least they haven't started first and second round buy-backs....yet.

if I wanted to do that, I'd sell the stockers and have a couple of really nice dragsters...................just like everyone else

[Harry 6674]

Originally Posted by chevy620

If they are going to make a stroke with a pen and change things........why not get rid of "heads-up runs during eliminations" since the class designation doesn't seem to matter. Yes, you might get blown out in class run-offs but you could still crush them in eliminations.

Make the National events, ALL RUN. It adds a round...big deal. At least they haven't started first and second round buy-backs....yet.

Because its supposed to be a performanced based eliminator. With out a chance of heads up you may as well put PRO on the window and save a bunch of work. I bet you would like that.

[danny waters sr]

Nothing wrong with heads up elimination I have a slower class stocker and by no means the fastest. I cannot afford to spend endless money to go fast or try to be the fastest. In my case i am probably on the lower lower half of slowest in my class. never the less i still enjoy running stock. I run it as i can afford it and try to go with in mind to have fun, . If i get beat on a heads up run (so far i have been lucky enough not to have one yet) so be it as long as the car that beat me is legal. I have moved up or down a class to avoid a possible heads up and will continue to if posssible. Do like IHRA and put the new cars in a class of their own and let them dook it out. I had a dream to one day be able to have a class car. That dream has come true,Now when i win the lottery LOOK OUT all you 283 combos i'm a comming. If i can't be faster then i'll just buy the fastest one.lol

[art leong]

Originally Posted by bill dedman

But Art, can you commend them on making hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of scienced-out race cars OBSOLETE with the stroke of a pen?

If you can, educate me as to how this benefits the rank-and-file racer. You know; the guys who pay the bills...

Obsolete? I don't think so. If you build a SS/GS car and I can run a second faster than you is that car obsolete? In 1981 when they got rid of Modified that was close to Obsolete, but even they had Comp to run.
They way it benifits the rank and file racer was they followed there own rules, So maybe you can expect them to do that?

[Bruce Noland]

Many of us have been the recipients of bogus hits from nhra, including Art. Everyone knows that nhra follows it's own rules only when it is convenient for them. Art knows this as well, so, he's just out here having a little fun. He's twisting the knife a little bit because no one would listen when he took a bogus hit.