Indy Quota

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by bubski

y wouldn't u put in the same effort to drive a real race car ??

y dont u ?

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by bubski

not to take anything away from the obscure combos n the effort put in those !! BUT !! Take a vote in the stands !! No one wants to drive a puss case escort or a omni cause its a top qualifier !! or a car that is considered totaled cause u need to spend a C note on gaskets for teardown !! stock ,super stock is about wheels up american muscle !! not puss cases that r in the guide for god knows what reason !! if its such a great accomplishment to get one of these to run !! y wouldn't u put in the same effort to drive a real race car ??

Calm down and have another DRINK ! Why do SOME of you BLOWhards need to disrespect my guy...STEVE POHILL....a real racer ,not a keyboard jockey....As I recall MANY spectators were cheering him on at INDY the year he was kicking Azz and taking names...Love the escorts, omni s, and el camino’s....I believe we have plenty of red,fricken camaro’s.....

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Ok,I've read several times about " real race cars". This is off topic, so forgive me, but this story is too funny to not share. Back in the late 80's and before I bought a "real race car", I had one of John Lingenfelters 383 package Corvettes. I drove it to work and around town, but on Sundays I headed for our nearby track, National Trail in Columbus. The first time I showed up in that car, I ask to be in Super Pro. That in itself raised eyebrows. That's the class with delay boxes and all the crap. I had hidden a small delay box in the center console and wired in four wheel line locks to operate it. The car looked completely stock, right down to the stock Corvette wheels. No decals, no nothing.The only giveaway was the original size M&H Racemaster cheater slicks on the back. It ran mid 11's, so everybody assumed I would be a typical street guy, go make a pretty fast pass ( for a street car back then) and head home after being smashed 1st round. The car was pretty hot after the 30 mile drive to the track, so my wife and I opened the clamshell hood as to cool the engine down a little, and walked over to the snack bar to buy a couple cups of coffee. Upon returning, the entire engine compartment had been surrounded by onlookers. They were standing there checking out this street car that was sitting in their Super Pro lanes. I thought maybe someone would say something positive to myself and Sue about our new ride ! But instead, two guys that were standing there said "you know, for the money he's got in this thing, he could have bought a real race car" . These guys had no idea that the car belonged to Sue and myself, or I'm guessing they would not have made such an announcement. Sue never said a word, she just gave me a blank stare. The two racers walked over and started getting their car ready. As fate would have it, they were running a Super Pro car. We lost total track of them. And somehow we made it to the semi's. We were in the lanes, up against the fence waiting for the other classes to finish up running so we could run. Any of you old timers that remember the old National Trail layout remember that the exit to the track went right beside the fence separating the entrance/exit road from the staging lanes. These two guys had loaded up, and were driving their rig and racecar within feet of us, as they exited the facility. Out of the clear blue, and as these guys were eyeball to eyeball to us, my Suzie sticks out her hand, politely waves goodbye, and says... "GOODBYE REAL RACECAR" .!! I bout fell over, as she usually wont' say crap, but I sure did enjoy the look on their faces ! So anytime I hear about real race cars, my mind goes back to time when I was just a pup, and learned about making statements that come back to bite

[B Parker]

Billy I wasn't trying to pick on any one combo. The point I was trying to make is even if the AHFS was in place for Indy there are several combo's that can take a hit and still be the real fast for a long time. I have a decent combo. I wish I had more time and more money that I was willing to spend on the car. But I'll make it run quite well the old stocker way. Some hard work and testing along with more testing and the tricks learned from the last 40 years of being involved with stockers. Getting back to Indy. We should have 2 polls to see who wants the AHFS in place for Indy. One for those racers that plan on going Indy and hope to get one of the 128 spots. ( It's Indy not one spot is given you have to work for it) And one for those that have no intention on going but want to complain about what it takes to get in and how unfair it is. I'm wrong we need 3 polls. We should also poll those that don't have a race car. Maybe never had one or it's been so long they were still checking duration and over lap. What's that old expression Lead Follow or get left behind!!! Mark Yak this doesn't include guys like you that have forgotten more than a lot of people that are running cars know. BP

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by B Parker

Billy I wasn't trying to pick on any one combo. The point I was trying to make is even if the AHFS was in place for Indy there are several combo's that can take a hit and still be the real fast for a long time. I have a decent combo. I wish I had more time and more money that I was willing to spend on the car. But I'll make it run quite well the old stocker way. Some hard work and testing along with more testing and the tricks learned from the last 40 years of being involved with stockers. Getting back to Indy. We should have 2 polls to see who wants the AHFS in place for Indy. One for those racers that plan on going Indy and hope to get one of the 128 spots. ( It's Indy not one spot is given you have to work for it) And one for those that have no intention on going but want to complain about what it takes to get in and how unfair it is. I'm wrong we need 3 polls. We should also poll those that don't have a race car. Maybe never had one or it's been so long they were still checking duration and over lap. What's that old expression Lead Follow or get left behind!!! Mark Yak this doesn't include guys like you that have forgotten more than a lot of people that are running cars know. BP

And Barry, I wasn't picking on your work ethic. BUT, the only place left that a Racer is going to have to show his stuff to qualify is Indy! Think about that for just one minute, the only race that S/SS Racers run ALL YEAR where they have to put all of their stuff out there to get into the field, the ONLY race left where the AHFS can possibly work as intended and NHRA turns a blind eye.
As far as your poll goes, the only poll that needs to be taken for the sake of accuracy should be a poll of ALL ACTIVE S/SS Racers not just Indy entrants and definitely not for fence hangers as using or selectively using the AHFS has an affect on each and every currently active S/SS Racer.
Capt. Jack has referred to the AHFS as "Automatic Help For Slugs" for years. Maybe it should be "Automatic Help For Systemgamers"!

[HR9121]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

And Barry, I wasn't picking on your work ethic. BUT, the only place left that a Racer is going to have to show his stuff to qualify is Indy! Think about that for just one minute, the only race that S/SS Racers run ALL YEAR where they have to put all of their stuff out there to get into the field, the ONLY race left where the AHFS can possibly work as intended and NHRA turns a blind eye.
As far as your poll goes, the only poll that needs to be taken for the sake of accuracy should be a poll of ALL ACTIVE S/SS Racers not just Indy entrants and definitely not for fence hangers as using or selectively using the AHFS has an affect on each and every currently active S/SS Racer.
Capt. Jack has referred to the AHFS as "Automatic Help For Slugs" for years. Maybe it should be "Automatic Help For Systemgamers"!

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