[Jeff Lee]

I think it would be a cold day in he!! before NHRA considers adding more classes. I do think there is a glimmer of hope that they can cut classes in half by combining sticks and auto's.

I had lunch yesterday with a Stock racer that once raced a stick in A/S and now has an auto trans in the same car for A/SA racing. One of the big reasons he put an auto in the car was the chance for more heads up racing as the A/S field dried up around him. This guy's a serious racer and has held A/S records and spends an enormous amount of time improving his car; stick or auto under the floors, doesn't matter. He didn't hesitate a second when I asked him if sticks and auto's should be combined. He said, "hell yes!" and then stated he would probably put a stick back into the car and he could care less if the HP assigned was for the auto, stick or in between. No index changes, just run what ya brung!