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Old 07-08-2010, 11:19 AM   #6
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Default Re: Mid-year horsepower posted @ nhra.com

Alan, I was meaning if one pound classes were in S/S, it would make for a 400-500 pound weight swing (or 800-1000) to switch to two or three classes. If S/S were one pound classes:

SS/A (and SS/AH) = 6.00
SS/B = 7.00
SS/C = 8.00
SS/D = 9.00 and so on

So if a car were to fall into this ''new'', natural SS/C at 8 pounds (something like a 426/425-450 '67 Street Hemi Plymouth), they would have to add/subtract 450 pounds to move to what would be the 'new' SS/B and SS/D classes, or 900 pounds of total adjustable weight, to make all three. That's an awful lot of weight. You would almost have to make a rule that a car can run it's natural class only, in 1 pound classes. So if a 427/425 Camaro has a weight break of, say, 8.53, it could only run the new SS/C(A).
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