INDY quota is 200 for S/SS

[Larry Hill]

@ 391 hp. the Cuda should make the "The Show" in B/SA. Its taken me a year to get power removed and I just don't want it back.

[fascat]

Originally Posted by Frito

Jeff, you know you are always welcome. Check out the NEW entry in SS/AH. Yep the fried chicken cook is entered this year so a "Silver Bullet" will probably put a few hens out of their misery. Probably Thursday night. Fascat is coming up and staying with me so there will be some cajun crawfish pies for sure.

Crawfish Pie me oh my- Crawfish Pasta, Shrimp Pasta, Kajun Jambayla. Fascat

[Carguy49]

Originally Posted by Superfan1

It will still be a 128 car field.

Let me throw this out there. I know the field is set at 128 for each, but how hard would be to let everybody run?? If I did the math correctly, it would only be 1 more round in eliminations. 7 rounds now and 8 rounds with all run, but there would be 3 rounds with an automatic single. What a show that would be. I suppose that would be opening a BIG can of worms for NHRA.

Oh well, just a thought.

[Kevin McKenna]

Originally Posted by Carguy49

Let me throw this out there. I know the field is set at 128 for each, but how hard would be to let everybody run?? If I did the math correctly, it would only be 1 more round in eliminations. 7 rounds now and 8 rounds with all run, but there would be 3 rounds with an automatic single. What a show that would be. I suppose that would be opening a BIG can of worms for NHRA.

Oh well, just a thought.

Ron,
The best answer I could give you is that it's never been done before in Super Stock or Stock. 128-cars is the max anywhere.

I think it would also be a nightmare for the guys in the lanes trying to pair the cars after qualifying so the only way it would work would be to make it random pair in the first round like Super Comp and Super Gas. I'm not sure many class racers would want to see that. After all, isn't it a source of pride to have one of the quickest cars in the field?

There haven't been anywhere near this many Super Stock and Stock cars at Indy since 2004 (when the quotas were also at 200) so every qualifying round is going to be meaningful.

[Mike Carr]

Yes, an all-run field would severely cheapen Indy (more so than it already has been).

The only races with an all-run field of eight rounds has been the Dutch Classic in the past (150 Stockers would show) or the US Class Nationals (187 cars on the ladder).

[Carguy49]

Kevin, I hadn't thought about trying to get all the cars paired up for the first round especially. Definitely would NOT want random pairings. I am sure there would be some cars "picked on". It was just a thought, but I can see the mess that might happen. To go from 128 cars to 200 could create a nightmare in staging. Thanks Kevin.


Another good point that I let slip my mind in my post. As I have stated in another thread Indy is the last performance orientated race - Let the fast cars play.

[farmco r/sa]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

NHRA got it WRIGHT , "This is INDY!"

It would be cool to have no AHFS, ITS INDY. Smoke 'em if you can, or get smoked. Or as uncle Al would say " Unzip and.........................."

Fully agree Larry ..

[Superfan1]

Wednesday August 27 can't get here fast enough! The Super Stock and Stock show is always extra special at Indy, but this will be even better.

[Mike Voth]

Originally Posted by Superfan1

Wednesday August 27 can't get here fast enough! The Super Stock and Stock show is always extra special at Indy, but this will be even better.

x2

[Michael Beard]

It was done at the original US Class Nationals in 2001. The ladder was printed out on 6 pages, and cars were called one page at a time. It seemed pretty orderly to me, as I recall. Even with 128 cars, they don't call all of them to the lanes at the same time.

We had the same "All-Run on a Sportsman Ladder" program at the Auto Meter Northern Class Nationals. We have Nitro Joe.

That being said, do I expect Indy to change? No. If we can grow our program enough, I'd consider making the Class Nationals 128-car fields, and have a "Duck Race" S/SS Combo for non-qualifiers, but we have more flexibility, since we only run two classes. Just thinking out loud.

Indy is what it is. I'm one of those slow guys that can't even enter with a prayer, but I'll probably come out one day to watch.