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Originally Posted by Todd Hoven
We still race HEADS UP WHEN MEETING A CAR IN THE SAME CLASS. This is not Pro ET. If a car get an advantage with superceeded parts with no HP increase, it decreases the other guy's chance to win these types of races. Im sure the same thing would happen in 1966
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The old days of Farmer's oversight are long gone!
NHRA lost control of tech many years ago with the buddy system, their decisions by the higher ups overriding tech inspector decisions, lawsuits threats from racers, pressure from manufacturer's and sponsors and much more that has transpired.
So in a nutshell, the way I see it is if NHRA puts it in the books and approves it, then they deemed it good.
The only time I have seen NHRA remove a car combination was when they banned Bob Dennis from running the Oldsmobile with the 260/4-BBL QJ carburetor. Although it had been in the books for many years and the option was available in the export versions of the car, it still got pulled from the books.