Originally Posted by tpoh815 (Post 441438)

Maybe NHRA is seeking the truth!

Originally Posted by MikeFicacci (Post 441417)

Why not? The shootout cars are being excluded. Why not treat Indy like an Open so that all can qualify (or try to qualify) with the same rules. If that is not to your liking, lets use half of it. Keep the 1.20 instant and get rid of the 1.00-under triggers for this race.

Indy is usually pretty slow but what if its not this year? What if the bump is .90-under or better? It may take triggering a combination to get in the show. What do we think?

Originally Posted by Larry Hill (Post 441559)

I think this could work: The factory showdown is a race within a race without any AHFS. If and when the factory showdown cars decide to run in the eliminator, then the qualifying time is part of the ''Q data'' and all runs made in eliminations is part of the ''E data''.

Adjustments if necessary will be by the rules of the AHFS.

The SS/AH cars have a separate race and yet their runs all count for AHFS.

That way all factory showdown can have fun at their race, and feel a little sting if they run the eliminator just like the rest of us mere mortals!

Originally Posted by gbur (Post 441569)

INDY should be AHFS free for all Stk and SS

Originally Posted by C and W Racing (Post 441568)

I think that the reason the shootout cars are excluded from AHFS is because the class as a whole is not factored on HP, its a combo with a minumum weight for that combo, doesn't matter what brand car it is. The AHFS is all about specific engine combo's and their HP ratings to a specific class with minumum and maximum weights for that class.
Chuck