[Jeff Lee]

I guess that's just the way it is. Why don't you contact NHRA and see what can be done about it? Call NHRA Tech and ask for Pat Cvengros as he's the Committee Chairman of the S/SS Rules Committee.
Seriously, nothing will come of this posting here, you have to go to the source.
While your at it, get the stick indexes in line with the automatic indexes. For example, there's a .200 spread between SS/J & SS/JA. That's ridiculous!