2015 Rules

[MR DERBY CITY]

Gee, more classes !! Yeah... Hip hip hooray...

[Travis Miller]

There's not as many new classes added as one might think. Sticks and automatics are combined in Factory Stock, Factory Super Stock, and Factory GT classes.

[Stewart Way]

Jeff
I think NHRA addressed the FSSGT issue before it grew. This year it is 5% but as the FSS HP's started to get hit there would have been cars jumping into traditional GT causing the same problem/complaining that has been around since the first Drag Pak cars. This way if they jump to FSSGT they can beat up on each other.
Just my guess.

[Pistol Pete]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

The proof of the pudding of the new rules will be the Index that the new classes will run off of. To soft an index and the only thing that will change at the 2015 US Nationals will be the letters on the cars.

That's True Larry.

A lot of the FS Cars at Indy were running 1.2- 1.5 under that took up Most of the qualifying. Some Combo's should be lowered 2-3 tenths easy,
To Make It Fair !!!!!

[rick winchester]

Too little, too late. If the indexes are not realistic it will only help in heads up runs no matter what letters are on the windows .Cars that are not subject to the AHFS and those that require a chute do not belong in stock. Rick.

[Rich67stang]

Originally Posted by SSDiv6

Yep, it is a great move for making the GM products go faster since it will make legal the use of the Chevy LS cast iron and aftermarket 11, 15 and 18 degree cylinder heads!

The Ford N351 cylinder head cannot compete against the GM offerings.

After reading your post, maybe I was being a little narrow minded, I just assumed the aftermarket casting would have to be based off of OEM parts. The LS cast iron was not legal before this rule change? As for N351 not competing...Mr. Perno Must have made the Chevy guys nervous...lol.

[Jeff Teuton]

Regulating 5% of the population with sweeping changes sounds like Washington DC. I mean c'mon, even the whiners were not complaining in SS. Almost all the old cars/new motors are Mopars. There are about 5 68 Cuda/Dart that have found new life from the unregulated SS/AH. Throw in my 70 Duster(which has never won class), Nowicki, and a couple of others and this was an Anti Mopar rule. The numbers don't lie. The sole purpose of the 360 in the DPs in 2009 was to give Mopar racers somewhat access to new parts and lower the cost of SS for the SB Mopar. So much for that. I don't think it was broken, but I am not a smart man.

[Ed Wright]

Kidding, right Jeff?

[Alan Roehrich]

Thank you NHRA, it looks like we should be back for 2015.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Pistol Pete

That's True Larry.

A lot of the FS Cars at Indy were running 1.2- 1.5 under that took up Most of the qualifying. Some Combo's should be lowered 2-3 tenths easy,
To Make It Fair !!!!!

Wanna make it fair for qualifying? The only race it's an issue at is Indy. Make it all run 150 car field, with 5 alternates (if someone wants to make the trip and hope for breakage or whatever).That goes for Stock and Super Stock. It's so easy even a cave man can figger it out.