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Have Class Elims at one ot two Nationals per division.
At other events make it a dial-in race, like it is now... BUT... eliminate the heads-up races during eliminations. I think more guys would run Stock and S/Stock if they didn't have to deal with being killed in a head-up run with a guy who can slaughter the index but doesn;t have to drive that round.
Probably not a popular response on this site, but we need to do something before the Classes no longer exist.

Now is the time to get some fresh ideas out there. Monitoring every car, every pass is not going to continue in my opinion, this is just one of many options to consider.

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LOL.....Nope, never, nadda, not gonna happen....lots of better things to do. I ALMOST screwed up and started a sportsman association with Alex but after all of the complaining I see on here I figured it wasnt worth the grief. Besides with the economy they way it is I dont think its a good idea right now.

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You are correct, it won't be a popular post, but ending "heads up" runs during the eliminator may be the only way to keep the classes around. As it is now, the exotic items that have crept in have made some folks drop out, and it is clear that the faster cars have a big advantage or there wouldn't be so many recently built.

Around my house there used to be more 442's than Oldsmobile built, but now it is the 396/427 Camaro at NHRA races which vastly out pace production. Alas, the lowly forgotten Vega...

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As I also mentioned about a month ago. NHRA tends to follow what the IHRA does in regards to eliminating heads up runs at races and for new classes. IHRA = Steve Jobs and the NHRA = Bill Gates

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Hey ED, we need to take our slow cars and go home...........:mad:

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They need shove the ahfs !!!

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You can take your slow cars and move them along with ours to the Sportsman (slow) ET class at your weekend bracket race, but wait then there will eventually be big dollar bracket races for the slow sportsman cars. When that happens the races will just get infested by the Ricardson's and Bogacki's and then we'll all be pushed out again with nowhere to go. Wednesday night car cruises it will be.

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So the main concern here is just how to deal with the "heads up" situation on raceday right?

From a fan perspective, this seems like a good idea and it looks like it will save money. Less cars trigger the ahfs meaning less teardowns, less crying, and more 1320 racing. It looks as if this could be a little harder on parts for some, but otherwise seems fair. The only problem I see is that everyone wants to run in A/SA, A/S, and B/SA, B/S where there can be a lack of parity in performance sometimes causing more heads up battles and causing more of them to be decided by performance instead of the driver. Super Stock doesn't have as many classes that are as filled as these so they shouldn't have much of problem.

I just don't see how this will affect all of the classes below D/SA, most of those classes will be fine even with this rule in place. That really shouldn't keep very many people home.

Like I said, this is an outside perspective.

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I may not win them all, but the prospect of a heads up run has a lot of appeal to me personally. there are a lot more choices in drag racing to avoid heads up runs than opportunities to find one. JMHO.

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Two Sports Nat's in each div.We already have the Dutch.Add one at Atco.F$%@ National Events.
Bob,you could use the wagon for car service.Just park in any mall.