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Originally Posted by RJ Sledge
Greg
Very good original post Greg.
We all seem to agree that the problem is about "Bogus" hp ratings on the New Cars, Factory Influence (spelled $$$$), lack of enforcement of Stock rules for F/S cars and NHRA not following their own rules, etc.
So what can be done to persuade NHRA to do anything different?? I like the idea of not contributing to their bottom line and staying away from the National Events, but I don't see that happening. Just look at how many attended INDY knowing they had no chance of making the Eliminator, but its their money and time and they chose to go and had a good time.
Who speaks for the majority of us? Who could/would talk to NHRA? Most important is who would listen at NHRA??
Trying to get all the Stock Racers to agree is like trying to herd a bunch of cats, slim chance of that happening.
RJ
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RJ, thanks for the compliment. I didn't start this thread to start a fight between the new car guys and the old car guys, I thought we might have some constructive conversation about how to fix the problem. I realize NHRA is probably going to do nothing so I figured if we could star a conversation about how both groups could benefit and maybe it would find its way to NHRA. For the people who don't think there is a problem you are just not paying attention. This is not good for stock eliminator. To advantage one group to the detriment of another group is eventually going to cause the group that is dumped on to do something different. For all you guys with new cars, you desperately need the old cars to hang around, because without them there will be no stock as we know it. There may be something else called stock and you may get enough cars at Indy for a 64 car field, but for most of the other races during the year you won't have enough cars for a 16 car field.
Instead of arguing and calling each other names let's agree that both old and new are important to drag racing and try and figure out how to get more participation from both groups. You could put the new cars in there own classes in stock. When the fuel injected cars had there own classes it brought a lot of the old cars back and worked fine until there horsepower ratings got where they needed to be. The Factory stock class cars don't need to be in stock eliminator if they are not going to follow the same rules. They should have their own eliminator. The complete absence of proper factoring of these new cars has led in large part to the problem of what's going on now and that's no different than what happened when the LT1's and LS1's came out. Both of those combinations have earned themselves around 70 hp. Until the new cars earn themselves the appropriate hp rating they need to be in their own classes.