With 200 in both stock and super stock what will the bump be

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Ed, I don't think the participant numbers in general have changed a lot since the 70's..just the demographics have..

Also I think tradition is very underrated in this case .

After all, where are all the .90 cars?
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I better get on the board here: .90 under in Stock

Mark, your telling me you would really miss the .90 cars? LOL

First time I came to Indy, C/MP had 50 entrants. I don't know how many cars total. I was in my mid-twenties, seemed like about everybody else was as well. Now we are mostly wire haired (or no haired) old coots.

I think -.85 to -.90 for SS is very likely. I think it would take some nasty weather for that not to happen.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Mark, your telling me you would really miss the .90 cars? LOL

No, not at all...It's just that around here, they're swarming the Divisionals

Why not The 60th Nationals?

[Ed Wright]

We have them running out of our ears at points races around here too. Indy would just be another bracket (sorry, index) race to them. No history to them, I guess.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Attention Bill Koski.....Say it ain't,t so..Lol.....Evidently , at a young age no one ever told you to.....Don,t kiss and tell....and ...at your advanced age.....What happens at Indy....Stays at Indy...LOL. !!!!! M.J.

[Ronald Urquhart]

What would ya do if INDY was still 96 cars?

[Bob Mulry]

Originally Posted by Kevin McKenna

Old Days = .75 under, LOSE class, no Wally and then watch some guy with a FWD car that flat-towed it to the track and can barely run the index take your spot because he got a single for the class win.

What's a better system? I suppose that is for each individual to decide. I'm sure some like it and some don't. Personally, I'm looking forward to the battles to see who the quickest 128 are.

I've also got great admiration for anyone who is going to Indy and knows they have very little chance of qualifying. THAT is why Indy still matters.

The way I see it, is that if you ran 1.10 under and lost in class you still had a shot at the eliminator......

.75 under still would have made the eliminator in some years.....

You had 2 shots at making the field for the eliminator and it didn't work out for you..

In 2004, the last year that we raced at INDY the bump in Stock was .986 under. F/S had a couple of cars in class and the slower car won class, should he have been not allowed to race????????

As usual NHRA does what they believe is best for NHRA and not what's best for the racers.

This is the reason for .75 under and no place to race.....

Bob

PS:
This is one race a year.
They could have kept it special.

[TinSoldier 3215]

-85 in stock and -80 in superstock

[B Parker]

Looking at the list of entries and knowing Thursday morning can be quick for Indy. I wouldn't be surprised to see it close to 1 under. Take a look at the cars entered. How many can you point out that on kill won't be able to go close to a second under Thursday morning? Barry

[Dyno]

What day does the "field" open for parking, Sunday or Monday morning?

[Jack McCarthy]

most of you know the history... Wally designed each eliminator and qualifying process so that EVERY CLASS was represented in the eliminator...
the dirt was not even tamped down on his grave before the BIG BUCK guys whined thier way into the 128 fastest (cause they got more money thats thier advantage)...

now we get to see the fruits of thier rule change...
128 copo's / cobra jets and drag paks...and all the other guys are getting screwed... oh wait NHRA is allowing 20 more donaters to come and not qualify.

of course there will be a few oddballs get in, a defactored ford or two, a turbo or two, an occasional pickup and an old beat up 60 wagon > but for the most part the millionaires got what they wanted.

see ya at indy...
oh by the way Roy Dean will be piloting the landbarge.

captain jack