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Originally Posted by Dick Butler
Watching and reading the posts on the "Bogus HP ratings" . Everyone is well aware of the fact NHRA cannot, will not, or cares not to make the field level based on HP ratings.
I realize most are "born and bred" Stock or SS racers where ratings WERE the answer.
Why not move more and more to the Modified classes currently present? No advantage to anyone who builds one over another.
Why not support the lb/cubic inch class of your choice and help push the level field by leaving it to the "Bogus Hp cars" and still racing on a more equal basis?
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Dick, you are 100% correct. When I made that move and sold my SS/A B Corvette it was the best thing I ever did and never looked back. The first time out with the new car at a National Event in Houston netted a #6 qualifying spot (with a single carb and a 4 speed) at 8.86 154 which at the time, was the quickest and fastest SS car in history. (SS/AM) I've tried to tell the racers on this forum that's the best thing they could do but had few takers. You and I know that people tend to find a "comfort zone" and stay there. They will whine and cry like 10 year old school girls about their suffering and the problems they face but won't do anything about it.
Fact: Most of the problems and complaints faced by the traditional S and SS racers are coming from people and organizations they cannot control and it's not gonna stop.
Fact: You have to take a reactive position. If those problems really bother you that much... MOVE to a place where those problems don't exist... in this case, SS Modified or Comp.
Fact: The new cars are here to stay and the older ones are on a sinking ship. It's just a matter of time. At bare minimum, it's foolish to continue pumping money into an older car. If you have to, sell all of your older stuff - sit out a year or two and build a new car. If you are unable to face this reality and make the changes necessary so you can become a more content, fulfilled racer in this traveling circus, you have no one to blame but yourself.... cause it ain't gonna change.