New Super Stock weight breaks for 2017

[Byron Worner]

Originally Posted by FireSale

From the revision that has been discussed here:

SECTION 11A: SUPER STOCK, DESIGNATIONS (Page 11) (1/28/2016)
DESIGNATIONS (For 2016 season)
FGT/A, FGT/B, FGT/C, FGT/D, FGT/E, FGT/F, FGT/G, FGT/H, FGT/I, FGT/J, GT/A, GT/B, GT/C, GT/D, GT/E, GT/F, GT/G, GT/H, GT/I, GT/J, GT/K, GT/L, and GT/M, preceded by car number (manual transmission). GT/AA, GT/BA, GT/CA, GT/DA, GT/EA, GT/FA, GT/GA, GT/HA, GT/IA, GT/JA, GT/KA, GT/LA, and GT/MA, preceded by car number (automatic transmission).

DESIGNATIONS (For 2017 season)
FGT/A, FGT/B, FGT/C, FGT/D, FGT/E, FGT/F, FGT/G, FGT/H, FGT/I, FGT/J, FGT/K, FGT/L, FGT/M, FGT/N, GT/A, GT/B, GT/C, GT/D, GT/E, GT/F, GT/G, GT/H, GT/I, GT/J, GT/K, GT/L, GT/M, GT/N, GT/O, GT/P and GT/Q, preceded by car number (manual transmission). GT/AA, GT/BA, GT/CA, GT/DA, GT/EA, GT/FA, GT/GA, GT/HA, GT/IA, GT/JA, GT/KA, GT/LA, GT/MA, GT/NA, GT/OA GT/PA and GT/QA, preceded by car number (automatic transmission).
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From the originally published 2016 rule book:

SECTION 11A - SUPER STOCK, DESIGNATIONS
FSS/A, FSS/B, FSS/C, FSS/D, FSS/E, FSS/F, FSS/G, FSS/H, FSS/I,
FSS/J, FSS/K, FSS/L, FSS/M, SS/AH, SS/A, SS/B, SS/C, SS/D,
SS/E, SS/F, SS/G, SS/H, SS/I, SS/J, SS/K, SS/L, SS/M, SS/N,
SS/O, and SS/P preceded by car number (manual transmission).
SS/AA, SS/BA, SS/CA, SS/DA, SS/EA, SS/FA, SS/GA, SS/HA,
SS/IA, SS/JA, SS/KA, SS/LA, SS/MA, SS/NA, SS/OA, and SS/PA
preceded by car number (automatic transmission).

SECTION 11B -SUPER STOCK/GT
Requirements and specifications for GT classes
are the same as those for Super Stock classes -
Section 11A - with the following exceptions:

DESIGNATIONS
FGT/A, FGT/B, FGT/C, FGT/D, FGT/E, FGT/F, FGT/G, FGT/H,
FGT/I, FGT/J, GT/A, GT/B, GT/C, GT/D, GT/E, GT/F, GT/G,
GT/H, GT/I, GT/J, GT/K, GT/L, and GT/M, preceded by car
number (manual transmission). GT/AA, GT/BA, GT/CA, GT/DA,
GT/EA, GT/FA, GT/GA, GT/HA, GT/IA, GT/JA, GT/KA, GT/LA,
and GT/MA, preceded by car number (automatic transmission).

It looks to me like SS and GT are going to be merged under the designation GT. The new revision is titled Super Stock 11a, but all the classes listed are designated GT. The text makes reference to GT only and includes the "year optional" for the engine, so maybe an error in the section title?

Dale

I'm not seeing any change to the Super Stock designations.

[FireSale]

Originally Posted by Byron Worner

I'm not seeing any change to the Super Stock designations.

Then the revision should be for Section 11B Super Stock GT, not 11A Super Stock. I want to see a complete corrected 2016 rule book as a single document just to be sure what is right. These constant partial revisions are not very professional.

Disclaimer: I taught Elementary school. Lack of polish from the administrators drove me nuts...

Dale

[Hagen Gary]

Michael, NHRA bases their safety requirements on the potential performance of a combination. Like it or not, the FGT and FSS indexes are still soft. They, NHRA, wants factory cars at the top of the Qualifying sheet. And that allows someone to come out with a factory stocker motor and still qualify in SS, I'm sure you like that aspect. It's their show, sorry. But you do make a point about combining Auto and Stick. But thats not what we are talking about here.

What I read is NO changes to SS at all. So if you have an old SS car, don't worry. Nothing to see here. This is just GT.
8 New classes are being added, 4 in GT, 4 in FGT. All they are doing is adding lower wt breaks for the GT/AA and FGT/AA cars that have nowhere to go if they get power added. That's a major problem for the new factory cars. You can't even build a factory 427 right now for any GT car. 2017, you can.

If I don't change my GT/GA for 2017, I'm a GT/KA with the same index i had the year before. End of story. Calm down guys. Its just 8 new classes with lower wt breaks, buy some new Class Designation stickers and your good. Nothing happens to your index. No sticks in your class. It doesn't say that anywhere from what I see.

[Chris1529]

There is 11 more months before this goes into effect. I'm sure there will be more changes by then, so no need for all the worry right now.