[Wade Mahaffey]

I don't like the 400 pro tree concept unless all cars are leaf spring and stock front suspension. A Super/Gas, 4-Link, strut type car could be worth .05-.10 in reaction time. The cars will look funny when they start putting 24 inch funny car goodyears on the front end to minimize roll out. You need to have the possibility of a red light start to bring the driver into play as well. The .500 full sportsman tree is the most fair with reguard to reaction time advantage. Also it places an additional chance for any race to go either way. If you allow an advantage that the car provides, and this advantage removes/reduces the drivers ability from the equation. This is the very thing that brought about delay boxes. If you run on anything other than a sportsman tree you will be allowing an advantage to the quicker reacting car, it's as simple as that. Talking about the cost going up...now you need a super/gas car, and then add 850 pounds to meet a 3000 pound minimum. A full tree there is no advantage for the quick reactiing car. When you make the car do something....it cost money. When you make the driver do something, it cost "0"

Wade Mahaffey