[Michael Beard]

I didn't say they didn't want them, I said they didn't expect them to come. That's why they don't care when Nhra has a race in their neighborhood. If they expected the Nhra cars to come, they would try to work with Nhra, as hard as that might be.

If THAT'S the case, then they would be idiots.

Why should the cm stockers have that advantage?

Yes, the indexes are soft by comparison, and could use more adjustment, as could some HP factors. (Something some others don't have the integrity to admit...) Be that as it may, it's bracket racing in eliminations, and they only run other crate motor cars heads-up, so the only issue is qualifying... and again, if the "fast NHRA" guys chose to run IHRA events, they would outqualify the crate motor cars. Kind of a moot point. In fact, all of the IHRA 1/4 mile Nitro Joe's Top Guns are NHRA-legal cars. The crate motor cars only "make the cut" in the 1/8th mile Top Guns... so maybe it has to do with 1/8 vs 1/4 mile.

You guys would be crying if someone that likes to go fast built a car to run in your class.

There's always someone ahead of the curve. Now, if someone gets performance-enhancing concessions and are not factored accordingly, then obviously I would have a problem with that, just as I would in NHRA. As long as everyone is building within the rules and factored properly, then that's more than in their rights. What's the problem?

I'm sure I could go stupid fast for another $20K, but what's the point?

Then you might know what traditional stockers now face with Nhra.

I'm well aware of what traditional stockers face in NHRA.

BTW, Ihra did a great job by putting the bogus hp new cars where they can run each other and not get a free ride against the 'old cars'.

Agreed.

Really, the only way to know why NHRA guys don't come to IHRA races is to specifically ask each and every one personally. I don't think there's a silver bullet that's going to change things. Does anybody really think that the car count would triple if IHRA adopted all of NHRA's rules, policies, entries, grade points, payouts, contingency, schedule, etc?

Other than the drop in contingency-participating sponsors (which has effected everyone) and some nitpick things, I think we have it pretty d*mn good in IHRA. Quite frankly, it's changed my life.