Records/Minimum

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

All points are excellent. There should be points for ET & MPH record as well as #1 qualifying position. Records should stand for ever!
I could have easily set the D/S record as I had the E/S record. But some "Equal Opportunity" racers got NHRA to have a maximum 11 month record at the time (since rescinded and back to two years). I was capable of 10.50's and did so at NHRA events. But I wasn't going to go through the arse ache of tear down for 11 months on the books only to have it go back to minimum and have somebody set the record at 11.00.
I set the AF/S record in 1994 and it took almost ten years for somebody to better it. Like Tom P said, it would make for interesting discussion to see something on the books for years on end. It may even inspire somebody to build a car with one purpose in mind; to take that long standing record.
Look at the Summer Brothers Golden Rod. How long was that LSR record of 406? 30 years or more? That's another point. LSR records last until taken. That would be a great policy.
When I get my car done, I'm going to do something I've always wanted to do. I want the record in all classs'es the car qualifies; at the same time. That would be SS/G-H-I. Until I get the car out of prison it's just a fantasy!
So Jeff C. and Ed...you've got plenty of breathing room!
Now we just have to figure how to set records without a super HP penalty. That is another subject though...

Jeff just to fill you in Mr. Colvert can run in the 30's with that Stang. So you better have both barrels loaded to run with that car!!!!!! Ed