thanks again nhra

[Doug Hoven]

Originally Posted by whompin_wedge

Ok, dumb question.

Where do you find these updates to cars/ classes?

Having recently bought a U/SA (273 2 barrel) wagon myself... wondering what if any effects it will have on me?

Early this year the NHRA found what they believe to be more accurate shipping weights for pretty much every car across the board. Some moved a few pounds, others moved enough to change classes. That change lasted about a day before the NHRA decided to take back the change for the season. Haven't heard a word about whether they are going to make the changes for 2023 or not, so for now I wouldn't worry too much about it. There's a thread on all of that on here somewhere. All of these tech related changes can be found at nhraracer.com

[SDT1DYI]

Originally Posted by Doug Hoven

Early this year the NHRA found what they believe to be more accurate shipping weights for pretty much every car across the board. Some moved a few pounds, others moved enough to change classes. That change lasted about a day before the NHRA decided to take back the change for the season. Haven't heard a word about whether they are going to make the changes for 2023 or not, so for now I wouldn't worry too much about it. There's a thread on all of that on here somewhere. All of these tech related changes can be found at nhraracer.com

In many cases the shipping weight used by NHRA back in the day were furnished by the Manufacture..
In some cases it was in the manufactures competitive interest to use a " different" shipping weight .
Fast forward to today and now
many are known to be incorrect . People built combos based these NHRA HP to weight info.
Does it matter?, To Some very much so. Others not so much.
I would be in favor of , if your current natural class falls within
.10 to the next natural class , up or down, you can chose to go up or down to change the natural class you fall into. .
So for an example, if your car currently is shown as a Natural M car at 14.05. You could move to 13.95 and race L, M or N if you wanted to, Instead of M, N and O. Currently at 14.05.
It could help those that could drop to N as the safety rules change at N and below, saving $$.
If you run a 2 barrel combo , they respond with a greater performance gain the lighter the vehicle.
Just a thought to create more happy NHRA racers.

Steve Teeter Stk/ SS 620
B/SA, G/SA, M/SA