NHRA Changes the Rules Today

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by A56

Jeff, As much as I never want to say much on the internet, how does any of this surprise you, or any of you. How do you think I feel when I roll up against your 360 Drag Pack or a 352 Mustang in F/SA or E/SA. How do you think any of us with older cars have felt over the last few years. Stock Eliminator this last few years has truly become a circus act with a high admission fee. The owners of the new cars are going through no pains that most of us have felt for a few years.

edit: sanctioning body and manuf. dont understand

Mark Lelchook
F/SA #764

What Mark said.

[B Aceves]

Originally Posted by greg hill

what mark said.

x 3

[Jeff Teuton]

Typing error being corrected to reflect 3475 for V10. Thanks

[Michael Colaluca]

That is lighter than what my old max wedge used to weigh!

But to keep it on topic, the rule change all of the sudden does seem unfair

[countrypuppy4865]

Mr. Jeff,

You have to keep in mind that Ford is NHRA's favorite! It's all about the non-for-profit politics!

[Joseph Teuton]

To the guys on this thread complaining about the dp's, doesnt nhra give yall the chance to go up or down a class? If so why dont yall and get away from all the bad a@# dp's? Im just asking cuz i know we have switched classes to help fellow racers that we did not want to bump heads with. Seems like that would be the easy fix instead of beating the dead horse. Go to g/sa i can all most promise you that there will be no dp's there!

[Joseph Teuton]

Originally Posted by a56

before i spend 30 minutes of my time, does anyone know off the top of there head what classes the 360 dps can run and what class the 352 mustangs can run and what about the 302 coyote mustang ?

Mark lelchook
f/sa #764

i know my fathers car is a natural f/sa car. So we can run e/sa, f/sa, and g/sa. Im not sure about the rest. Hope this helped.

[Chuck Beach]

Originally Posted by A56

Before I spend 30 minutes of my time, does anyone know off the top of there head what classes the 360 DPs can run and what class the 352 Mustangs can run and what about the 302 Coyote Mustang ?

Mark Lelchook
F/SA #764

Mark, the 360 DP is at 310 HP with a break of 10.32 ... D, E & F
The 352 Stang is at 312 with a break of 10.43 ... D, E & F
The 302 is at 325 with a break of 9.91

[Chuck Beach]

Originally Posted by A56

So the Coyote is a C/ D / E car then, is Joe Teuton incorrect then about the natural class of the 360 DP, I see it as a natural E car not F ?

Thanks
Mark Lelchook
F/SA #764

That is correct ... your 69 breaks at 10.47 with is a natural E car, my 68 breaks at 10.58 which is a natural F car .. but you already knew that ..

[Joseph Teuton]

Originally Posted by a56

so the coyote is a c/ d / e car then, is joe teuton incorrect then about the natural class of the 360 dp, i see it as a natural e car not f ?

Thanks
mark lelchook
f/sa #764

yes i forgot that the last hp hit took us out of g/sa. So we are an e/sa car now but we can barely get to max weight for e/sa plus there is already a dp in e/sa. With a 6'4" 280lb driver we cant get to d/sa. Lol