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Originally Posted by Michael Beard
IHRA Crate Motor Stock
Permitted. Crate Motor indexes will be adjusted down one-tenth of a second (.10) to bring them generally in line with traditional Stocker indexes of the same weight break. (exception: A-B-C/FCM indexes will remain the same, as they are already .25 lower than the regular CM index of the same weight break)
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ok, first off i own a crate motor car (f/cm 68 Camaro 350) and a super stock (gt/ga 82 Camaro 327)...just wanted to add that. but it doesn't alter my opinion.
I do plan on coming down to the race, the information you've been giving is super exciting!
I don't see why everyone is so worried about dropping the crate motor indexes or putting the new cars in classes of their own. The only reasons these cars are fast to their indexes is because the masses choose not to run them, therefore the indexes have not got hit as many times or as hard. Are you going to alter the index that the pick trucks in stock ran in at the US Nats last year? I know of one first gen Camaro running a natural SS class that rarely runs out the back door for fear of getting hit, is that class index going to adjusted? I believe there are a few threads on this site about racers choosing to lift at 1000ft. This all stems from racers being worried about getting their combo's hit. The new car indexes bogus or not were approved by NHRA. i haven't been alive long enough to know, but i would asume there was a time when a 68 Camaro 350/ glide stock ran 1 second or more under? then everyone got on that combo's wagon and killed the index. Look at the mid 90's mustang we ran against in SS/EA at Atco. 4 cars running 9.8- .90, my hurt 350 running 10.20's and the mustang running 9.5's? I know one other EA car that the owner has put everything he can into it and only ran a low 9.8 there. So will the mustang's factor be adjusted?
I'll the cat outta the bag here...i have a few collector cars and have been thinking of selling some to purchase a COPO. But with all the "put 'em in their own class BS" i has second thoughts! These car will sort themselves out just like the mid sixties Plymouth and Dodges did! Killer when they were new, but hit hard with index ever since.
I love bracket racing my $high dollar$ 327, and i'd love to get a number qualifier just as much as winning a national event class or eliminator, but these "adjusted" indexes make no sense to me. if the indexes needed adjusting the NHRA and/or IHRA would have already done it....and if you can't see it - i'd like to add, the new car indexes are there to support the growth of our class. Buy a new car, go to the races and win! Sounds like an easy win, win - compared to "hey lets corral those new cars..."
Sorry for the negative, everything else about your race looks great, but this atering of indexes deal, does nothing for me.
Ian