Re: New cars, old cars and horsepower ratings.
I agree with Rusty and Tom. NHRA should reinstate the Fuel Injected classes, and combine the sticks and autos. That would keep the number of classes the same and separate the new cars from anything that has a carb in a heads up situation.
People who earn a living building carbed engines are in the same boat with the racers. I have spent my whole life learning how to make a carb work on an old engine. I'm not too interested in learning a new trade at this point. If the carbed cars are forced out, those guys have no place to run their cars, and a guy like me is out of a job. Let the laptop guys race each other with their keyboards, and the carb guys can do mechanical changes. Then, everyone could race cars with the same tools as the guy they are racing when it comes to a heads-up run. Injected engines can tune themselves to some extent because of the O2 sensors, so they should absolutely be separated from carbs...........and blower cars should be separated from other injected cars.
Blair Patrick 2425
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