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Ford guys,
Ed made a fair point. Rubbish? Why so intense?
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You said it yourself,the new cars are years ahead of the old muscle cars.And NHRA has their heads up their *** as far as factoring them,and you know it.All I said was give them their day in the sun and let them go at it flat out.That would be a hell of alot more interesting than seeing 1000' runs and guys scrubbing off et's with the brakes.The amount of letting off at 1000' ft is getting a bit boring.I think alot of the people in the stands would agree,that's one reason why the stands empty for the Super categories. Ed
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Sadly, I know I'm a no namer that never really has or did accomplish anything in racing. I always thought the AHRA and to an extent the old IHRA system of classes were a good concept. It gave more people a chance to put together a car. Look at how many NHRA stock classes there were 30 some years ago. In fact, NHRA has done alot to eliminate classes. Look how we debated the old Modified Eliminator awhile back. Seems many think that wasn't such a great move! Even though many of those classes were renamed and split up between SS and Comp Eliminator. All I want to do is get a car together and come race again, Robert Swartz
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Now your telling your age! At least the IHRA indexes are the same, the AHRA records were so bogus soft it was hard to run "over there". Couldn't "dial down", try killing over a second at the finish line sometime.
I think IHRA is much better. I don't understand more guys not running with them. Same rules, indexes and for the most part the cars. Their money spends, I'm told. Haven't collected any myself to know for sure so far. In SS they have some different classes, but so far I have not seen a car run any of them. It's the same guys as the NHRA races around here. Just not as many. They have treated me very well. Very friendly people. NHRA is the same way to me, but I have known Chuck Nelson and Wesley for over 30 years. Div 4 races been kinda like a reunion since I have tried to come back. I know I'm not "back" yet, but maybe I'll finally make it past the 3rd round at a race this summer.
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X TECH MAN,
You have been around long enough to appreciate this old saying - Variety is the Spice of Life. You know that IHRA is simply trying provide a level playing field for all the Stock racers. Mike certainly has a keen sense of fairness, but the same can not be said for his counterpart at nhra. It appears the thinking at nhra is take your lumps buster. Now that is rubbish.
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[QUOTE=Bruce Noland;111275]X TECH MAN,
You have been around long enough to appreciate this old saying - Variety is the Spice of Life. Hey.....I "resemble" that remark......I just turned 29 last September.....LOL Yes....Mike has a lot on his shoulders and does a darn good job for doing it all on his own. |
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Believe me , We would do a lot more tear downs if the work force was there. It limits a lot of random checks as well as just top 5 or 10 tear downs. We used to spot check at top end or at scales from time to time.Just not enough help or time anymore. Hope to step up with surprise inspections in the near future.Oh well ,it won't be a surprise now ,will it ? lol. Sure do miss you Terry old buddy ol pal !@#!#@$!. Still having fun anyway. hope see you guys some this year.Good luck in whatever racing you do !!!
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