New shifter rule poll

[littlemanjoe]

It's a NO for me. Stop changing Stock. We run the class because of the rules and specs we have to follow, that's the challenge.

There is an absolute advantage to the car shifting itself. In a faster car, if you miss the shift in first gear, your ET is affected. Some cars go faster, and some cars, like mine, slow down if you miss the shift.

If you want to have an RMP-activated shifter, go race one of the Super classes.

Mike
3020 A/SA

[Troy Henderson]

Idea...pay incentives for using less nannies on your car!

- Footbrake vs 2 step on auto cars = $250 bonus
- No auto shift = $250 bonus
- Clutch vs auto = $500 bonus!

[Mike Taylor 3601]

I like the ideal of everyone, I'm racing shifting themselves, but I'll be letting a clutch out with my left foot and grabbing gears with my right hand and either way, win or lose I just had fun!!
I'm right handed and left footed.

[Jim Kaekel]

Say no to air shifters in Stock Eliminator! If you want air shifters, roller lifters, etc., etc., go race Super Stock. Simple as that.

[john ancona]

Originally Posted by Jim Kaekel

Say no to air shifters in Stock Eliminator! If you want air shifters, roller lifters, etc., etc., go race Super Stock. Simple as that.

I like others also wish at was as Simple as many say ,a number of years ago it would have been simple to just say no keep it stock , today things have changed remember that in the early 70's when Prue Stock started ,no headers etc., etc., but as we all know everyone was asking for many changes , heads, blocks, pistons, rods, Valves, valve springs ,crankshafts, carburetor's, electric water pumps , other transmissions, that never came in the cars ,clutches, and stick transmissions also , to say go race Super Stock witch I did ,and still do along with stock is not what all the changes in the past are about ,the new car's of today in stock, the one's that we Seniors those like me racing the fifty plus old cars would like to have many of the etc. , etc., that the new cars have to level out the playing field ,at this point in time I for one see no harm in change seems to me by the looks of all the changes in Stock over the years others feel the same .

[Don Turk]

I Think Bill Grubbs said it well
Not a Fan of air shifters in stock
and I am a old guy LOL !!!

[J.R. Haddad]

It is very hard to slow down constant refining of many things, just about
impossible with the minds that racers have. Example- I used to race Stock
and then I moved "Up" to Super Stock, and then completely lost my mind
and went into Comp Eliminator. As this was happening, my two young
sons were starting to grow up, and their sports activities, school activities,
friends, etc etc. Their Mother didn't see racing fitting into this program, so
I retired, sold everything, and missed racing dearly. Boys graduate College,
move out, chase girls, forget Dad's phone number unless money required.
What a wonderful time to get back in to racing. I'm just going to get a little
Stocker, if it runs 40-50 under, I'll be happy. I lied. Next thing I'm getting
heads done, which you have to stand in line for, special rings with gas ports,
apparently a stock crank isn't good enough any more, and on it goes. It turns out all this stuff costs more than when I ran Comp. So much for my little budget Stocker. Racing has gotten ridiculously expensive, and will continue to do so. J.R.

[Dyno]

So, let?s say I have a 69 Camaro running in A/SA with a Turbo 200 transmission and my opponent is running a 99 Camaro in A/SA with a Turbo 200. Heads up race, but he/she has the TA auto shift in their car. Why should they have a precise shifting advantage over me? Just because they have the newer car? About time NHRA is making things equal for everyone. Dyno

[Lyn Smith]

If they outlaw the automatic trans shifting itself does this mean the transmissions shifted by a governor will be outlawed also? Many racers already have a valve body that is adjustable to shift anytime you want it to.

[Paul Precht]

Originally Posted by Dyno

So, let?s say I have a 69 Camaro running in A/SA with a Turbo 200 transmission and my opponent is running a 99 Camaro in A/SA with a Turbo 200. Heads up race, but he/she has the TA auto shift in their car. Why should they have a precise shifting advantage over me? Just because they have the newer car? About time NHRA is making things equal for everyone. Dyno

That's a good point but IMO a 69 Camaro in A/SA should have a Turbo 400.