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Originally Posted by Floyd Gomez
Ed that is correct. The biggest problem is they pick the 32 car field. Then they choose which cars should be paired. After watching and attending it seems that the pairings are not so much time but what two cars they want to see run. Chevy vs Ford, Ford vs Mopar etc. They claim because of the arm drop this will equal the field. Now lets say the pick 10.20 to 10.40 to run. The 10.20 car already has the advantage. Now you are allowed .200 breakout. So now that fast 10.20 car becomes a 10.0 car and the slower car remains at 10.40. If they both leave at the same time the 10.0 car wins everytime. Now they claim the arm drop makes the difference. However, S/SS racers have an average reaction time of .030. with arm drop I would still say they average .060. That is still a difference of .340 which you know as well as I this means a world of difference at the stripe. This is why I think this format is a bad Idea for S/SS racers. I think it is great for bracket guys or grudge guys. I just dont think it will bring anything good to the classes.
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What if the 10.2 /10.0 spins its wheels because it is a night and the the track is cool and now runs 10.2and the 10.40/10.2 doesnt spin because it has less HP and takes advantage of the better air and runs 10.2. Any scenario you give I can give another. But if 2 cars running GT/AA run heads up and one runs 9.2 and the other runs 9.7 what now? I for one can see the world of difference because Im on the slow side of these 2 cars. Either event Pinks or Div/Nat can have the same problems of making cars equal, but Pinks looked for equal cars by ETand matched them how they see fit and made the race closer. Close racing is more exciting,right? A SS/DA BBC against a GT/BA SBC chevy running heads up would be pretty slick with the announcer playing the David and Goliath battle in front of say 15000 spectators at a Pinks event. You can only get a announcer to talk about dial-ins and winner of the round at a Div event. Not to exciting to me. I know we will never convince you that this is worth a try and has a far better chance of succeeding in bringing our class to the show then doing nothing at all. Because right now we are doing nothing at Div and Nat. How is doing nothing working for you in bringing the crowds and educating them?