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Originally Posted by Scott Loge
Keep in mind when the camaro and firebirds first came out were they not F,G and H cars, now b,c and d. It may take awhile but it is still good for our class. It may hurt now but an injection of some sort is better than sitting idle.
New blood stings when first injected but sooths other faults
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And the Mustangs
started in A and AA, so, other than not being able to run A after about Tuesday, where do they go from here?
Since it had already happened before, there was no excuse for it to happen again. Constant repetition of
"it happened X years ago with Y cars" doesn't make it right for it to happen again with a different car or cars. What it does is either make NHRA look like fools for letting it happen again, or make us look like fools for letting NHRA do it to us again.
I don't see any "other faults" that bogus race cars with under factored engines capable of running 2 seconds under their indexes are "soothing". They sure as Hell won't inspire NHRA to do anything with the AHFS, and in fact, it'll probably be just the opposite. They won't inspire anyone to build anything to race, either, except a few who have plenty of money and can afford to either buy these new "factory race cars" or build copies.
Honestly, I can't see where this is so "good" for Stock or Super Stock. Did the entire class get anything out of it? No. We didn't get sudden national exposure in print, nor an increase in television time, either. There hasn't been any real increase in the purse or contingencies (for the most part, entry fees went up, and as a general rule, contingency payouts went down, while the purse remained the same as it has for years). We aren't treated any better by NHRA, either. I keep looking for all of this improvement these new cars are supposed to be bringing. It ain't happening.