[Jeff Teuton]

Two things. The dymanic eliminators are stock and super stock; always changing because the cars, smart tuners, new parts, etc keep them changing all the time. I think that is a given. The static numbers 1.20 under, 1.00 trigger, .350 under (as mentioned) and all the stationary stuff just doesn't work with changing numbers. A system tied to eliminator averages and engine averages with instant looks when a trigger is hit, then the system applies. You know 1.00 under at Gainesville early in the year, and 1.00 at Indy are not the same. An average would move with the time of year. Have as many adjustment periods as you like; 2,3,4. The same data is collected anyway. It would work better, and just reverse the system to take hp off at a faster rate than is currently available, which takes entirely too long and is too limited. Second thing, since I got a new car, I have petitioned NHRA to reduce the hp on the old cars accross the board. My starting point was older than 2008 5% accross the board (its just an excel program) and maybe only 2% for the LS1. Spoke to tech this weekend and in a frank conversation, 5% might not be enough. So it's all out there. I didn't just dream this stuff up. It's been out there. The current system took the politics out of the program, refine it without politics again and it would be much better. I think that is 3 cents worth. I ain't through. Now there are some glitches that happen, like one or two in the nation; I have a provision for that. Over the many years since myself and Wesley studied this (1999), it has provided for everything and is more gentle and user friendly than the current AHFS. When the current system was proposed by NHRA, I accepted it because it was better than what was out there and it at least functions, but not as well as an average system could. I think I would do away with the body family thing. I don't think the data will support this; an engine on a dyno don't know which car it is going in. Maybe a few rare exceptions, but not many. Anyway, I am now up to 5 cents and that all I got for now, but I got a lot more. Maybe some more. I also proposed for NHRA to sublet the data responsibility to Nitro Joe and friends. A small fee to offset the cost, maybe an additional buck per entry, and some sort of fee to the world famous Nitro and company for current information (which is always current) for details. And I got to go somewhere, and we up to a dime now.