Air shifters in stock?

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by littlemanjoe

It looks like they will allow RPM shifting devices in stock for 2026.

Nice, this latest rule change brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Copo stocker.

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Nice, this latest rule change brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Copo stocker.

Wasn't me!

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by GUMP

Wasn't me!

Likely came from the other coast…the slope keeps getting more slippery by the moment.

[Jared Jordan]

Originally Posted by jmcarter

Likely came from the other coast?the slope keeps getting more slippery by the moment.

Why does the West Coast always get blamed for the rule changes? Or lack of enforcement? We, collectively, seem to do pretty well at Indy when needed.

[mnmaxwedge]

2025 rulebook says that pneumatic, rpm controlled shifters are allowed in stock after Jan 1, 2026

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by Jared Jordan

Why does the West Coast always get blamed for the rule changes? Or lack of enforcement? We, collectively, seem to do pretty well at Indy when needed.

Wasn’t implying that, but when a rule drops out of the blue and it hasn’t even been floated in SRAC it usually indicates one of the NHRA “highlighted” racers had a hand in it.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Nice, this latest rule change brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Copo stocker.

Not so fast --- I was allowed to use E-Shift in 1998 in my Pontiac Formula Ram Air Ile .

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Not so fast --- I was allowed to use E-Shift in 1998 in my Pontiac Formula Ram Air Ile .

OK…..and you can still use E shift ….Your point ????

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

OK?..and you can still use E shift ?.Your point ????

Don't blame everything on the existence of the COPO as your car can use them also .

[NHRA3106]

Okay, I will own this one, and also give you my reason. I can’t say he presented this, but I can say I pitched this to Larry Hodge for about 1.5 years now. I won a div championship with a manually shifted automatic trans. My question is, why is this any different from anything going on now? I suggested an elec.solenoid, not air, but no real difference there. Most everyone is using either e-shift or pressure 1-2, and this just adds cost, and difficulty getting a valve body at times. With controller and solenoid, we can now not worry with exotic valve bodies. Not changing anything we aren?t already doing. There are so many things that are so far removed from when I started in 1997 it blows my mind. I love class racing but the more I do it, the more I realize we are to a place that takes CLASS out of racing. My 2 cents!

Kevin Wells