[bill dedman]

Bob Kirkbride said, "You could not add a realistic horsepower figure and still run stock class"

Is an additonal 36 HP on top of the AHFS-earned 14 HP realistic?

Original factor of 425, plus 14 (AHFS, this coming Monday, is the scuttlebutt), plus an additional 36 to get them out of the twilight zone and into the real world, would provide a new factor of 475 horsepower, which probably isn't enough, but, bear with me....

What you say is true with the 7.5 lbs./hp. AA class we have now, but at 475 HP (factored) and a new, 7 lbs./hp. AAA/S class, they would only have to weigh 32 pounds more than what they'll have to weigh, anyway, this coming Monday morning ( assuming they get the 14 HP they allegedly earned.)

425 + 14 = 439 X 7.5 = 3,293 lbs., + 170 (driver) = 3,463 lbs., for current AA/S as of Monday, 11/2/'09

475 ("realistic" new factor) X 7 = 3,255 + 170 (driver) = 3,495 lbs., for the new AAA/S 7 lbs./HP class

Weight gain after Monday's AHFS added weight would be 3,495 minus 3,463; just 32 pounds.

I think that might work. Their "classmates" in this new 7-pound AAA/S class, might be some '64 Mopar Hemi sedans, a Thunderbolt, or two and possiby a supercharged LS-whatever, 500+ HP, Corvette ZR-1... and next year, the blown Camaro Z28's, with the 'vette motor??????
I've never liked the idea of separating the SS/AH '68 Hemi Mopars (is "segregating" a better word), and this might be a way of avoiding the same kind of anomaly as exists with those cars.

Just my 2-cents....