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The MOST fun I've ever had driving my car was when I talked D5 into letting us run our own Top Stock a few years ago. There first time I raced a pro tree and had it hung on the limiter waiting for the lights to come down I was all smiles
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understand the concept of the 5/10s tree.Make it a 4/10s tree.Hey there's guys that want a pro tree in S/SS heads up races.So as long as we're changing the sport just for the sake of change why not try this too?Starting to sound like 2008 "We need a change".
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lighted by the phrase "we need to level the playing field".You can't get a majority on any situation with a group of 3 people. I bracket raced from 1977 till 1993 and there were tries at doing different things with the pro tree (we ran some index classes) and thery all pooped out.I started putting tpe on my window to block the second bulb around 1981 which in effct was a form of seeing a pro light and it served me well.Then of course some guys started using enough tape on their windows to wrap an egyptian mummy family.It got to the point where it was a miricle that no one was hit by cars driving to the lanes.NHRA finally said no more tape. You give some guys an inch and they'll take a mile. So you see when I make posts counter to the new rule of the week I draw on the yearts of experience I've had seeing the worse come out in some people under the guise of winning at any cost. You say the Pros have been doing it for years.Well look back to the "stone age" and the pros not only ran full trees but the ran a 5 bulb full tree. BTW T/S and T/D run full tree and look at their mastery of the full tree. Just some musings from an old fart who's getting weary of all the cries for change and so called leveling the playing field. The real change we need is more dilligent monitoring of HP factors,enforcement of EXISTING rules and an increase of the payouts for our participation. Stepping down off the soap box.
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I don't get how some of you guys can say that a pro tree "dumbs down" the sport. When the top sportsman racers in the country use blinders to "dumb down" the full tree. Should I make a list? I believe there would be quit a few recent world champs that use blinders, starting with Biondo, Iacono, Decker, Richardson and even Jeggy as we all seen on tv and the list goes on.
Ed, I apologize what you guys have been doing is working don't worry. Hopefully there will be enough seats at Indy on Thursday for all the spectators to have a seat to watch Stock. ![]() BTW Ed, I don't think any of us are looking at it as leveling the playing field. 'Cuz I'll cut the tree down on ya either way. Best light with a full tree is a .000 and my best light with a pro tree is .002. Don't need to level any playing field.
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Pro-tree is a good idea for class eliminations but not so much for heads-up runs during eliminations.
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I'm with you and Troy ,hey Stubbs i thought you were gonna put stick in that ls1 camaro
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