[Richard Grant]

The point that many posters seem to miss is why should we spend hundreds of dollars to attend a race in order to lose to a car we have no chance of beating. They seem to miss the point that just because the newer combos aren't winning every race that if we draw a heads up race we might as well pack our bags and head home because there is no way that we can run even close to the new cars. My combo has long been one of the slower combos in the classes that I could run however for about the same cost I could change to a faster combo. Now unless I can afford to spend $100,000 or there about I have no chance whatever of beating the DP's or Mustangs. I now plan to run IHRA next year. Many other racers don't have this option.
I also raced through time when the LT1's dominated. NHRA made a wise decision to place them in their own class before we got fed up and stopped racing. This is the only option that I see that will save stock racing now. As has been stated the factories can easily add new combos every year with unrealistic HP ratings. I see no end to our problems without placing the new combos in thier own class.