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Guys, I think Charlie Bob is bored to death on the farm and is wanting to see how much **** he can stir up. He is waiting on his new West Virginia built bullet that is not only legal but will go as fast as he wants too. Yes I know he got bounced from Indy last year but just how many cars that did qualify were really legal? I have stood in the barn on many occasions and some of the **** that got through tech was really funny. The tech men's hands are tied. If they tell somebody that they are out, that person runs to the tower and gets put right back in. What the hell good is that?
The simple solution is to let it be an ALL RUN field just like S/C & SG. It would be one extra round for Stock&Super Stock but it would give everybody that wants to go Indy a chance at the eliminator. But that is too simple and too much like right. If you have enough grading points and want to spend the money to go, you should be allowed to race no matter what. WOW, what a novel concept. I just put on my 3-2A1 jacket and 2 pair of jeans so flame away. NHRA shoud let everyone in to make up for some of the PFP car counts they have had this year. The last I looked there are 29 cars in SS next weekend in Somoma. There are a lot of people that have seen the same stuff as me in the barn, so be careful who you are that start throwing rocks at me. My old Monte Carlo was slow but the car would go through tech anywhere. How many of you can say that? Mike Galuk JOE COOL RACING |
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Mike,
I totally agree with you on the all run eliminator. We all pay out hard earned money to get to the event. Everyone should get a chance in eliminator..
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I would like to see how many guys at Indy could pass a Marty Barrett teardown? For you young guys out there just one of us oldtimers(55 or older) how tuff he was. I don't think it would be a 128 car field. Maybe 64(LOL) Any Senior citizens out there care to comment.
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Steve,
Qualifing would still determine the first round pairings and the ladder in later rounds. Just as it does now at all of the other national and divisionsl races. Indy is the only race on the tour that allows more than 128 entries.
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What I have a hard time believing is that people would choose to go to a race SPECIFICALLY because class is contested there, with no regard to final eliminations whatsoever. If that's the case, then I stand corrected, and shows one more reason why this .90 racer is ignorant when it comes to racing in these classes. I personally like the class elimination setup, and don't think it should have been changed for reasons I mentioned earlier. And I could be wrong, but with the advent of the top 128 car qualifying format, I'm sure you'll lose out on more entries, as I still can't believe that in today's economy that anybody would travel to Indy ONLY to compete in class, knowing full well they have NO shot at competing in final eliminations (i.e. they know they might be able to win class, but also know they can't run quick enough under the index to be a top 128 qualifier). For those of you that compete in these classes and support the class system, I hope you can get it changed back to the way it was. Signed, A .90 Racer & Stock & Super Stock Fan
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Mike Galuk.....The answer to your question on how many could pass a Marty Barrett tech today is ZERO. When I first went to work for NHRA....YES..Nhra back in 1974 Marty and Greg X. were the ones who took me under their wings and tought me a lot about tech.(cam checks w/duration and overlap, valve spring pressures, etc.). Travis is one of the last of a dying breed and just as good but as you said. The ASSociations tie their hands most of the time.
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Jason Oldfield,
Yes a lot of people used to go to National events ESPECIALLY that had Class. I remember towing all the way to Brainerd MINN to race Knowing we had class. The field was small but when class was dropped at that event the numbers fell to about 40 SS cars. I think 74 was the number when Class was run. At one time our class GT/AA had a good group at Gainesville, Richmond Virginia, Topeka, Memphis and Indy. Now the numbers are picking up again in this class. Now Some feel with so few cars admitted to a nationals other than Indy and the low numbers per class let in it takes the fun out of that attraction to be there. Thanks Dick BUtler |
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X-Tech Man, thank you for the response. I'm not the only one who remembers the way it used to be.(LOL) Those guys could be tuff and you didn't give them any guff or your *** would be on the trailer faster than you could say "OUTA HERE, BUD"
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Steve it is just another race
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Steve, we will continue this discussion Fri @ Columbus. I'll be there to help the Fulkster. See ya soon, Mike
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