How was the decision for Indy made?

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Originally Posted by art leong

Was the decision to run the 128 quickest qualifiers a product of the advisory commitee, or did nhra come up with it on its own?

I know I will probably regret this,but what would be the big deal of having an ALL RUN field at Indy?

I know,this is a PERFORMANCE CLASS.

So if one car can run right on the index,and another can run 1.15 under with 300 pounds of extra weight on the brakes in 3500 ft Indy air,who is really performing,outperforming,or underperforming what?

The qualifying sheet at Indy should be interesting,with 128 cars all stacked up between -1.15 and -1.00 under.A lot of them will be the SAME combination.

I really don't think NHRA came up with this new rule.I could be wrong.If everybody was allowed to qualify,the field might actually reach the quota and NHRA would make more money.