[Andys dad]

OK - believe it or not my original post here was "toung in cheek". I was not for the lowering of the indexes. I preferred to change the trigger point to bring some of the out of line combinations more in line. The race at Pomona proved the point. Now some out of line combinations will never get HP.

However, if the indexes had stayed the same and NHRA had lowered the trigger point to say, 1 second (as some have suggested) - ggeezzee - 45 cars out of 79 would have been flagged and that does not seem right either.

This is a rich mans sport. Stackers, motorhomes, $25,000 motors, etc. The days of working on your car on weekends and during the week and feeling good about your chances are gone, at least if you have a heads up or run for class. But niether of those happen that often. So I will just continue to bracket race in stock and hope my son gets back in the seat soon (college studies and athletics), since the only way I can cut .00 lights is if my foot slips off the brake.

LOL

The trigger point should be .85 under. Lowering the indexes should not have effected the AHFS. The two have nothing to do with each other.

Stay warm back there in the snow.