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Some just don't get it

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I have a few of them, a white one, a red one, a red and white one, and a pink one.

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By that you mean that Drag Racing is not about going fast? (anymore):D

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That is True. But you might be surprised by who some of us think that is.


Stan

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For some it's about going fast when needed.

Trying for Q1 for the bye
Heads up races
class
or move on the ladder.
I don't know of any reason to go fast on redlights and byes other than bragging rights. And I am not sure who you are bragging to,
certainly not appreciated by the other guys who run the same combo as you.

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We’ve seen this many times. Comp, SS and S.
Some drivers are alert and see everything… others? Not so much.

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so you're telling me there's 25 cars with this combo out there? If that's the case you guys bitching about one car really can't do math worth a ****. if 25 guys go 80 under 3x that 240 passes at 80 under do you really think his runs will put you over to get horsepower, and that's not counting the runs that will be 66, 70 or 75 under. Both 396 combo's have plenty of cars who run 65 to 80 under to keep the average down. It's not like there are only 3,4 in the country doing it.

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The 25 possible twins would need to be in E/SA to help Terry with the combo too..

Paul Haszlauer

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Are you attacking the math skills of others while telling us that 25 x 3 = 240?

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Here is my advice to everyone go read the AHFS because there are alot of you posting here that don't know how it works that think they do.

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I have wide shoulders, I can say I'm wrong. Must be the part I'm missing for sure. It does say all the combo's runs in all classes count towards the trigger. So all runs with that combo, no matter what class, makes the average? Learn something new every day is a good thing.

Paul

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yes and no. Only runs .65 or further under count towards the average. In my case, I can't go fast enough to bring the average down for my combo, which is unbelievably counterintuitive.

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Why not a personal index for those who have damaged the horsepower on a certain comb. They could go as fast as they want, were they want and not have others suffer the consequences? It works in Comp.

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Where is the unlike button?

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Sounds like a common sense solution!

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Guys and gals, a lot of merit for people that think outside the box. One
question I had was for heads up runs. IE, Lyn and I both have '73 Centurys
and he goes -1.30 under, and I don't. Now I can go -1.20 under, and I want to beat him in the final of a national event. it's a heads up race, so where
is Lynn's penalty. I want it to be heads up. So I think it might make more
sense to penalize Lyn the horsepower he got, lets say 10 H.P. and carry
on. So instead of 1200 Stock Racers all having their own personal index,
the affected Combo Killer might have a higher HP factor. So Lynn might be at 285 HP x 12:00 ibs. and the rest of us with the same combo would be
274 HP. So Lynn would weigh 3590 and the rest of us would weigh
3458.

J.R.

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I have to disagree, this would just ruin stock and super stock. Might as well just go bracket or .90 racing. Wait I already did that.

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J.R. , You've been here long enough to know the solution...
If Lyn can go that fast, then you can too.. You just need to work harder, and spend more money...Lot and lots more money. ;-)

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Mark, I agree. I dislike both ideas. I was trying to show why we couldn't
have personal indexes as they have in Comp because we would lose
heads up runs. We never know who reads these posts, and some
keener might run back to the office, looking for brownie points, and
burst in the office saying" Look what I came up with". If it's a bad day,
and their boss likes it, we could be in trouble. I merely try to present
the better way to go in a bad scenario. Remember, making it equal and
easier for everyone is how we got the index system.

J.R.

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If you slo pokes would run the right class
YOU WONT GET HP.
STOP with personal index
This is what Nhra wants HP to be given
Players play the game …losers complain

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I love reading all of this! Everyone sounds like my fellow SS A/H racers! All mad about 1 guy dominating! If he can you can bottom line!

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Probably an unpopular opinion and I have no skin in the game other than loving stock and super stock since the first race I ever attended back in the 60s.

The NHRA has successfully run a scam that turned a performance class into a bracket class. So many here want to be able to win races solely with shoe polish instead of just being the fastest car at the track.


I'll admit my viewpoint is probably concentrated in those of a certain age - where going to one of the few nationals on the schedule had me standing in awe looking at a car with 'national record holder" painted on - and even more so when there was a string of years listed. No, it didn't matter what class it was. It was motivation for me to recognize the skills involved and to work that much harder to get closer to that status.

I also admit that the horse left the barn a long time ago and I understand playing the cards you're dealt. But sorry, I will always admire the racer who does what ever they can to be the best and then maximizes their investment and enjoys that every pass down the track.

Lots of guys here in the past have mentioned participation trophies with disgust. Somehow this whole thing of "they have more money than me" and "I don't have a chance to win" seems a lot like that process.

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4. Build a combo which fits into a class that doesn't have dozens of cars in it and own it!

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Kind of reminds me of why you dont see street roadsters in comp anymore thanks to vinnie barone and arnie martel.

This read has been informative. I see both sides since it doesn’t effect me.

ep

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Race it like you stole it!

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Here is the averages info for cars running the 325/396. Just got them from Pat C.

OA- .0828 21 triggers 178 runs
D- .778 0 triggers 74 runs
E-.865 21 triggers 98 runs
F-.842 0 triggers 6 runs

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If I had a 396 I would let it all hang out and show what it's got.

But I drive a Mopar so I'm already overrated on horsepower.

Just pulling chains.Lol........;)

Mike
A/SA