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Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr
Bruce, you asked, Who is hurt by nhra placing the new crate motor cars in injected classes within the Stock category?"
I believe the component (cam, tires, etc.) manufacturers that support the Stock and Super Stock classes are hurt by having seperate classes. They are not getting any benefit from having one car per class. Class eliminations are becoming "single fests". At Charlotte in stock there were 28 Stock class elimination runs, 12 were singles. That's not going to help grow manufacturer support is it?
I'm not an "old timer" but I have been competing since the mid 80's.
Can someone tell me about class participation/ eliminations prior to 1985?
My pipe dream would be to have fewer classes, simpler tech inspection, more competition, and more contingency support for class winners.
If the guys like Ken Meile could "push" the CJ's and DP's to run sub 1.00 et's at a National for a class win, then perhaps the AHFS could actually work in a timely fashion.
See you at the races,
Wayne Kerr
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Wayne,
Sorry you don't like extra classes. The manufacturers' support is not a consideration in this debate.
The AHFS was never designed to compensate for the corrupt factoring process that we are dealing with. In fact, nhra wasn't happy enough with the gifts they had given out. nhra then reduced the AHFS further by giving away .300 for good measure.
Two things that everyone seems to agree about
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1.) The crate motor cars have been given very generous factors of 100 - 150 Horsepower over the competition.
2.)The AHFS was further weakened by taking .300 off the tirggers after these crate motor combinations were "accepted".
Suppose the NFL decided to give favors to two teams. Lets say these favored teams had to play offense on an 80 yard field while their competitors had to play on a 100 yard field. Easy enough to do. All the officials would have to do is move the ball a plus 20 yards every time the ball was turned over to the favored team.
How about MLB giving favors to teams? The out field fence could be moved in 40 feet for the favored team when they are at bat and then return the fence to it's normal position when their competitors come to bat.
What about allowing special equipment for privileged Tennis players, Golfers, Hockey players, or lowering the net for one team during a basketball game?
All of the above examples would cause any competitor to claim foul. And justifiably so!
The NFL, a 501 (c) (6) just like nhra, would be hammered into the ground for trying to pull off such a stunt. Why should nhra get a pass from the racers, news media or legal system when they have actually moved the goal posts to favor a privileged few?