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Originally Posted by Travis Miller
The AHFS is not out to get guys who work hard to be fast. They just happen to be caught up in the process. The AHFS is after combinations that for whatever reason have snuck in under the radar and are capable of running so fast it drastically effects all of Stock and S/S.
In the old days long before the AHFS was introduced, a combination that ran too quick was refactored by an individual in power. Later a committee took over the responsibility. These were pretty good systems but in rare cases human nature would allow personal factors to sneak in and effect the outcome. That is why the AHFS came into play.
As long as heads up runs and class eliminations at some events are a part of these eliminators, there has to be a way to control runaway combinations. Unfortunately those who seek to prove they can squeeze every ounce of power out of a correctly factored combo and go faster than their peers, then they will be penalized for their hard work. Stock and S/S may be performance based but for the masses it has to be controlled performance. Otherwise it would become an ever shrinking game where very few will eventually be able to play.
With all the issues (and sometimes dilemmas) that Stock and S/S present to sanctioning bodies, if it were not for the huge number of participants these eliminators continue to produce, they would probably have been gone long ago. Maybe it's time for a few individuals to quit trying to change every aspect of Stock and S/S to suit their own agendas and let the masses (read as the silent majority) continue to race.
Travis Miller
(Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)
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Travis I disagree with you about the "old days" If it wasn't for Darwin Doll we would have been factored with our Challenger combo. Not at all because we were going fast. But because we were winning to much. And by factoring us they thought they would have ruined our shot at the WR Grace Cup.
So much for the "good old days".
Also ran the final round in Seattle 3 times till we lost. Travis do you remember that? Or are you one of those that don't believe we landed on the moon?
And if NHRA did a proper teardown you would be hard pressed to spend more money to go faster.