Access to AMA Shipping Weights?

[littlemanjoe]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Not only Chevy but I went to bed with an A/SA and woke up with a C/SA car. NHRA you just got to love them. Pat, Wesley, or Lonnie could have given us some kind of heads up.
What’s the verbiage “Verified by.........”

The 6 pack Cuda and Challengers are now a natural "C" car so the best we can run is "B"
I'm not sure how or why this was so top secret!?
We was the process of trying to get weight out of the car due to the athletic figure of the driver. Then I get a phone call at midnight saying I now have to put 200lbs back in the car. How is this even possible?

[GTS340]

440 6bbl E-Body cars are natural "C/SA" now as Larry said. 9.18 factor.
Over night, Larry's and many other six packs went from a A/SA to a natural C/SA. Can now run D/SA. What the....? Obviously B/SA will have a new fast car.
Paul

[Eric Merryfield]

Originally Posted by littlemanjoe

The 6 pack Cuda and Challengers are now a natural "C" car so the best we can run is "B"
I'm not sure how or why this was so top secret!?
We was the process of trying to get weight out of the car due to the athletic figure of the driver. Then I get a phone call at midnight saying I now have to put 200lbs back in the car. How is this even possible?

As near as I can tell on the 70/1 Challenger and the Cuda, its all the big block cars(I'm not sure if the hemi got heavier as well, they were always pretty heavy)

Ironically, my previously overweight 70 RT just got more interesting and can now run H and I with some traction aiding balast.

Eric

[Adger Smith]

Originally Posted by SSDA Hemi

So who stirred the shipping weight pot? or more specifically is Brandon working for NHRA now....

Logic would tell me that has WR all over it...about as far from Brandon as you can get..JS

[Bryan Worner]

If they are currently doing the 60's and 70's cars, I cant wait until they get to the 80's and 90's!! That should get this thread jumping!!

[junior barns]

Originally Posted by Bryan Worner

If they are currently doing the 60's and 70's cars, I cant wait until they get to the 80's and 90's!! That should get this thread jumping!!

Hold on to your hats folks, it's going to be a bumpy ride!!!!

[jeff_kovalik]

I emailed Pat Cvengros last week, he (and Wesley) said that every combo in the guide would be compared against the AMA shipping weights. He did apologize for the way this was discovered. It was their intent to post to nhraracer.com like any other update once the it was completed, but the revised pages in the guide were mistakenly published to the site in error.

Like Mr. Hill said, i went to bed as an A/SA car and woke up a C.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Bryan Worner

If they are currently doing the 60's and 70's cars, I cant wait until they get to the 80's and 90's!! That should get this thread jumping!!

I can't remember what year it was but the AAMA ceased to exist. I'm pretty sure that it was in the mid-late 70s. The way that I understand it, the NHRA got their weight and tech info right from the manufacturers after that.