index lowering

[j gardiner]

Go ahead and drop the indexes .2, but if you go 1.00 under it is an automatic trip to the barn for teardown. Will those fast guys still want to go that fast if they have to show why they go so fast.

[TOSTO RACING]

As far as indexes go does it really matter what they do we will all still go lol.

[Sam Capizzi Jr]

Common sense says that the problem is at the top of the sheet with the fast guys wanting to go faster without penalty which is totally understandable and should be encouraged.. fair point. So why screw over the guys at the bottom of the sheet to fix a top of the sheet problem?

If the top of the sheet wants .2 or .3 tenths then move the trigger at the TOP of the sheet.. make 1.20 a review trigger. 1.50 permanent with tear down.

Leave the little guy alone.

Lowering indexes=
diminished car counts which hurts the tracks,
hurts the car count at local organizations that run off the indexes
hurts the wallet of those dumb enough to hang around.

[Mike Gray]

I’m not sure how this is done, would it be 2 tenths across the board? I’m trying to follow Gary’s opposition. Is it that 2 tenths to a 800hp car is a lot less than 2 tenths to his 100hp ride or would it be adjusted down per class? I can see problems any way you look at it. Maybe change the trigger from single car runs to the average for the combo. That way no one person is responsible for the hit but the entire group is. (Could cause a lot of movement to combo’s with low averages )

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Mike Gray

I?m not sure how this is done, would it be 2 tenths across the board? I?m trying to follow Gary?s opposition. Is it that 2 tenths to a 1000hp Copo is a lot less than 2 tenths to his 100hp ride or would it be adjusted down per class?
Why not leave it alone give the AHFS a chance to work by incentivizing qualifying positions. Maybe a few extra points distributed to the top 5 or 10 spots.

2tenths to a 1000 HP COPO is nothing. 2 tenths to Gary's car might as well be 2 minutes.
Look at it from a percentage point of view, need to make up 2 tenths in a 1000 HP COPO? Make 10-20 more HP. 10-20 more HP to a 1000 HP combo? A drop in the bucket. Need to make up 2 tenths in a 100 HP Neon? Make 10 more HP.
10 HP to 1000 HP? One percent. 10 HP to 100 HP? Ten percent. What's it going to take for Gary to make 10 percent more HP?
The powers that be never think of E.T.s or HP in this respect. That's why the majority of the cars in the fields are fast cars.

[Mike Gray]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

2tenths to a 1000 HP COPO is nothing. 2 tenths to Gary's car might as well be 2 minutes.
Look at it from a percentage point of view, need to make up 2 tenths in a 1000 HP COPO? Make 10-20 more HP. 10-20 more HP to a 1000 HP combo? A drop in the bucket. Need to make up 2 tenths in a 100 HP Neon? Make 10 more HP.
10 HP to 1000 HP? One percent. 10 HP to 100 HP? Ten percent. What's it going to take for Gary to make 10 percent more HP?
The powers that be never think of E.T.s or HP in this respect. That's why the majority of the cars in the fields are fast cars.

I see more problems locking out the slower guys from earning the same amount of points from round wins. (Changed my comments above)