2 tenths?

[Woodro Josey]

Well Mr Real Racer, for the first couple of years there weren't but 2-3 cars, thats the reason. Yea you wish there were none ever raced and modern technology was still on the proving grounds, all i can tell you is, the new cars are here so get over it!

[Woodro Josey]

By the way real racer, do you have a dog in this fight?

[tgriffith]

what I dont understand is why the hit of .20 tenths???? The only ones it hurts is the struggling racer that is learning the hard way (LIKE ME),,,,I dont understand what this will accomplish..........woundnt it be better to take a closer look at the results and do the hit where its needed and leave what isnt alone????....,,,the results tell the tale,,,,,,,,,,look at the finals in memphis......If I were speculating,,,I would guess that the winner shut it off early to avoid running faster,,,,,now I dont know this for a fact,,but I was told that heads up runs wasnt considered in the factoring method......OK,,if that is true,,,,why????? thats were your going to see who has got what,,,,,,if they trigger it and its LEGAL,,,then that combo should be hit on monday morning,,,,,so looking at the results,,,,,again,,,Im just specing here,,,,,,that combo should ahve been hit,,,He went .11 quicker under the index that anyone on the quailfying sheet and APPEARED to be on the brakes,,,,,,now what would suck to have a combo in the making and have someone get it hit over and over BUT thats why its stock elminator and not strickly bracket racing,,,,,,,,,,its very evident that both B/fia cars whre hidding what they could really run and this is where the powers that be need to look a little close,,,,,something odd in round 5,,,,,,the events winner,,,(IF THE RESULTS ARE CORRECT) either misjudged fletcher OR just give the strip to him,,,,,,,,didnt take strip by .010,,,,and appeared to be down at least 2 mph or more based on rd 3 elim against roper,,,,,dont know the weather,,conditions might have been different,,but again based stricky on what I can read,,,thats alot of MPH to be down and not loose any et,,,

now this is not to upset anyone,,,but giving a PERSONAL OPINION on the tech guys not paying attention to what combos need hit,,,,and whos not,,,,,I understand that looking at each run could be time consuming,,,but if they know what their looking for then it would be simple,,,just have the system to alert on any runs over 1.00 and any heads ups,,,then the tech guys could visually look at that competitors individual runs taking into consideration all incremental times,,,,,,,,,,a perfect example would be looking at the 1000ft marks,,,,you got a guy with unusual quick 1000fts,,,,but a mph that dont match,,,then maybe it needs looked at,,,,maybe a system could be wrote to look at the 1000 ft marks and factor them off of those,,,

again,,dont anyone get upset,,,just using those results to state an opinion

[art leong]

When nhra broght stock back in 1974 there was a 10 year old limit anything older than 10 years had to run superstock.
Where would all the carb guys be if they resurected that rule. I think there would be a slew of 2003 neons out there. LOL
Back in 94 I thoght nhra was going to promote the fwd cars. For the corporate sponsors But nhra couldn't have cared less all they were interested in was PRO stock.
What I'm getting at is nhra will do what it wants when it wants and thats that.
For every racer they hurt a racer gets helped.So goes life.

[JEFF ESSMANN]

instead of dropping the index 2 tenths they should of dropped the ahfs 2 tenths then started trying to correct all the soft combos by dropping the index all they are doing is elimanating all the lower qualifiers from competing on a national level

[Mark Tallent]

Tgriffith? are you sure you are getting "Screwed" or just that your is slow and you need to make it faster?

[tgriffith]

mark,,I m not sure I understand the question,,,,but I`ll answer it like this ,,I dont consider my self getting screwed,,,I just question the rule and how it applys to me,,,I think that building a stocker is part of the game this may affect racers like me who have limited knowledge with stockers or I should say beginners,,,,,a far as the rule effecting whether or not I can race stock,,,it doesnt,,,,,,I can purchase any stocker out there thats for sale and dont have to barrow the money to do it