HP on Monday?

[SDmopar]

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Originally Posted by SDmopar

How does bringing the HP back to the original advertised fix this? There are some combos that are rated 40+ hp above the advertised rating that still run 1 second under, and there are others 10hp less than than their rating that can't run a second under. You would have a full 1.0 swing putting these back.

Lowering the indexes would only help the fast combos. A 1.3 under combo like the 255hp 350 would now be a 1.0 under combo, and other combos that are .9 under combos would be now .6 under.
An award for a fast combo to not have to trigger the afhs, but no way for a slower combo to ever have a chance.

It's a complicated process, and 1 solution doesn't fix it.

My point I?m eluding to is the AHFS works well and is a simple consistent protocol to help create parity. If all combos were reset to original they would all have a chance to be judged by a non biased consistent system. The current flaw is that the Combos overly corrected by the previous ways have no way of getting reduced. The simple fix would be to correct the bottom. I feel the best way to do this would be.


Reductions must be formally submitted.

To be considered, the following benchmarks must be met:

No more than 2 runs of -1.0 second under in a season.

Cannot have received HP additions in the last 3 years.

At least 20 runs per season for the last 2 seasons.

Total average of combination under -.65 for the season.

Reduction percentages:

Average of -.65 to -.55: 2% reduction.

Average of -.54 and under: 3% reduction.

It should not be easy to get HP off. But the separation in the top 2 cars of every combo in each class show you there is a massive discrepancy in ratings. It?s a performance class and we all want to race heads up. The simple fact is that the bottom 80% in each combination will not be competitive nor should they against the top.

I feel sticks and autos should be combined. Average the HP if there is a difference. Less classes and more heads up races with get the parity thing fixed real fast.

[Bobby Fazio]

Lower all the auto indexes to match the stick indexes. Long overdue.

[Bobby Lundholm]

Who are we saving these cars and combos for? Everyone talks about having to save their combo and protecting it.....for what? for who? Like it or not we don't have the longest fuse left on our class, and the more we bitch and complain to NHRA the shorter it gets. They have cut our fields in half, don't do tech anymore, and what's next inviting us not to show up anymore?
This agreeing to let off with another racer in a heads up race to "save" their combo is absurd. Run the cars like they are supposed to run and if you get hp good for you, you did something right to make your car fast.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Bobby Fazio

Lower all the auto indexes to match the stick indexes. Long overdue.

Perhaps you're not aware that some already exist - all F/S classes are alike .Doesn't sound like much but this is in Stock , S/S , SS/GT .Turns out that is a lot of classes .

[Doug Hoven]

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

I'm an old school retired racer without a dog in the fight but in my humble opinion isn't lowering the indexes the most efficient way to repair this?
Also no AFHS in effect for heads up runs and Class Elimination events. Performance is the cornerstone of Class Racing. Please restore it.

As far as lowering the indexes is concerned, I personally don?t think it?s a great idea. If it happens, it happens. However, not all combos are going to recover no matter how much time and money you throw at them. I know that most don?t really care about the ?odd ball? slow cars that would be hardest hit by the indexes, but it?s flat out not fair to them. And NHRA has been pretty touch and go when it comes to asking for horsepower off.

Turning off the AHFS for class eliminations and heads up runs would really just be a glorified loophole around the exact times the AHFS is designed to work itself out.

I am not against the mineshaft rule. There are times when the weather creates fantasyland conditions that really can?t be used in determining how fast someone can go.