Mid-year horsepower posted @ nhra.com

[Ed Carpenter]

Hagan ive only been doing this for 3 years. It's the same guys at every race. I don't think ive seen a new car in SS in D4 since I started. I can only run 4 to 6 races a year. It's to damn expensive. If I broke something serious I would be out for along time. To run with the big boys would cost me alot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. But what can be done about the cost. I'll be in Crandall in Sept so if you go we will see you there. Ed

Originally Posted by Hagen Gary

Some of you rich people make me laugh sometimes... We bairly have any new blood now. Do you think making it harder to win the Grand Prize of $1000 after spending half that just to go racing that weekend is going to help? Lets worry about whats going to keep this show going and not how to make it like it was yesteryear. Get used to it, Things change. Fast cars are not as impressive to a young person now as they were then. A competition involving old muscle cars vs newer american muscle is interesting to watch, but who are yall kiding? Nobody under 30 can afford this, and they have 45 years of bogus combo's to chose from as compaired to 10 back then. Everybody here knows how much it cost to go fast, and if they do it with something bogus, people talk crap about it to everyone who has an internet conection, so Performance loses it luster. It ain't just the economy, This ship is going down because we fail to attrack new blood. Why would anyone in thier right mind invest all this money? They would rather just throw thier money away in a poker tournament. Same man vs man competition, alot worse odds of winning if your an avg player, but at least your not investing $500 to win $1000 if you beat everyone. All those people who don't think low qualifing bracket cars should be racing in your performance based eliminator should thank them for keeping this ship going, or they would have no NHRA class to race in. Heads up is only 5% of the time, but I would take an extra 5% Guaranteed win upgrade. So go fast if you can afford it.

[treessavoy]

How come the DP"s (with only a few in regular competition) got HP but I didn't see any HP for the blown Mustang CJ's?

Did I miss it?

JimR

[Jeff Lee]

In my view, nobody would have to be #1 qualifier, win class or set a record; they wouldn't loose points for not doing so. But one should be rewarded points for taking the initiative & doing so. Maybe even top 10 qualifiers get points based on a tier.
But what could happen is a championship is one or lost on those few extra points. That, I believe, would get some to step up the program and put some hurt in the sand baggers.
Those that are chasing championships have the resources to accomplish such goals and if it costs more for a better engine, so be it. Those that have no desire or delusions about winning a championship may not change one thing and their budget remains the same.
Personally, If I knew I could get enough extra points to offset my inability to race at a professional level to get me in a top ten situation, I would pursue those goals. And the closer one gets to the top of the points list, the more inclined we are to attend more races; more than we originally may have budgeted for.

[Steve Williams]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

How come the DP"s (with only a few in regular competition) got HP but I didn't see any HP for the blown Mustang CJ's?

Did I miss it?

JimR

Mustang-2008 manual only. 439 to 449. Am I wrong?