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10-31-2014, 10:52 PM | #111 |
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I would be happy about all of the new classes if I were Jason McCormack, or John Calvert, and any other traditional cars in A-F stick and auto classes in stock. Now, once NHRA gets to indexes, I hope they will:
A. Give all of the current/traditional class indexes their three tenths of a second back, as that would make it better for the older cars running against the newer cars in qualifying too. B. Return the altitude correction factors to what they were (for Stock and Super Stock), instead of the .90 class factors. I would prefer both, and based on how Indy was this year, I don't think I should be alone in this thought, because with the AHFS out there, any runs that are 1.25 under the index would trigger the hp factor change anyway. My .02 worth. HAPPY HALLOWEEN ALL!!!!
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So guys like me and say Bill Zaskowski should sell our outdated 66 Chevy II's because were old news?
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Where's the popcorn
Isn't it funny how the tides have changed. The guys that bought these new cars with soft hp ratings that didn't have to give it any effort to win class anytime they wanted because they had the class covered by .5 now all of a sudden have their panties in a bunch. I'm 37 years old Charlie Bob and I'm bringing out an 45 year "old technology" car, and since I don't Mr. Hill in my corner to lobby for a hp reduction, it would be lucky to fall out of a tree and run -1.00 under the C or D stick index. There is no way I could come close to competing with any of the new cars that fit in my classes. You new car guys seem pretty pissed off that now you have to show your hand and work on your junk in order to win against the same under factored cars that's been easily dominating for the last 6 years. Karma... I believe is what they call it. Don't get me wrong I like all the new cars (CJ more so than the others ) but these cars never belonged in Stock to begin with. I believe NHRA got it right. I just hope the indexes follow suit. I actually ordered a 2012 Competition Kit Cobra Jet and canceled my order because after thinking long and hard about it I wanted to earn my peers respect and I wanted the challenge of making a 45 year old combo competitive.
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Don't worry boys I will always be around the top of the qualifying sheet because I know how to change with the times unlike the rest of you.
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You may be hanging around the top of the sheet for awhile longer but all of us know it will be because you are spending another "Old Fart's" money. The oems and nhra have run this sham many times over the years. The oems may continue to splash around some marketing talk but they are mostly over this nonsense. Enjoy the ride back to obscurity.
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I guess Ed Wright and I are OK in Charlie's world,we're old farts with newer F.I. cars. So it's allright for us to run in his eliminator. the underfactored new cars have to beat up on somebody. Get real!
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Charlie I know its Halloween, but please don't allow the sugar to affect your condition. Remember you came to race! Yes I have all of the standard equipment and usually they don't make any noise, but some times they will "clang". I just spoke about the indexes in Factory Showdown and wondered what the new FS classes index would be.
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And maybe I should just keep my opinions to myself seeing as, of all the cars I own, none of them runs higher than P. Oh yeah, there are still some of those factoring mistakes bouncing around that can kick the snot out of my stuff.
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