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Originally Posted by Darrel Goheen
But why does it only matter for qualifying, setting records, class runoff and if you happen to draw someone in your class? Why isn't every round performance based?
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They had to dumb it down for the slow guys. We used to run off national records. Not everybody could run that fast. Bracket racing came along, and the slow guys went there so they had a chance of winning something. Car counts went in the dumper. Bracket racing is easier than learning & working harder.
NHRA then went to these bogus slow indexes so the slow guys would come back. So now many of us use restrictor plates, or throttle stops, or throw a couple hundred lbs in the car, or just shut off at 1000' to slow down. Go too fast, get hateful text messages. Gets tiresome.