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Originally Posted by Gary Parker
Fair enough Gary.
My only question is, and again, not arguing, where does it stop?
Meaning, you worked hard to get to 1.00 under. But the reason is, you're never satisfied (mark of a good racer, never satisfied, always looking for that next 0.05) with how fast you are. So, when you get to 1.25 under, what then?
Alan you asked a great question. Where does it all end. The simple truth is , that it does not. Look at the records in any class from 20 years ago. Then 10 years ago and now. First pro stock to go 6.99 or 200 mph. Comp cars running faster than ever. The hemi challenge time for the past 10 years. And how about Booby DeAround going 9.99 in his big block 1969 camaro. Now no one blinks if a big block camaro goes 9's. Lets be honest. Who thinks their car will be going the same times in 10 years if they still have it. If you do you are fooling yourself. If just adding horsepower is the answer, in time we will all just be A cars. Technology changes, rules change and parts get better. No not everyone can run out and get the trick of the month, but over time we have all gone faster than years gone by. To just say that far under or the trigger is here and that's it, will not work. I think we need to look at what has been allowed (like it or not) and go from there. There may not be an easy answer, but we will all go faster in time.....Just my thoughts.. Gary Parker
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Gary, I can feel your pain brother but we have to remember there are many racers who simply cannot afford to go fast. They shouldn't be shut out by the over achievers. There are many more .500 - .600 under cars than there are one second under cars. Without them Stock Eliminator would lose its character and vanish.
I'll offer a suggestion for National Events with Class racing. Have three rounds of qualifying with the AHFS in place, then bump the trigger up to 1.10 for Class Eliminations only. The first round of class would not be a qualifier pass. The actual Eliminator would be run using the current AHFS rules again. Yea, the slower cars will have to deal with the sharks in the Eliminator if they decide to enter the race. And the faster cars will have to deal with AHFS triggers. This suggestion is similar to what we had about ten years ago. And, of course mine shaft races would still use the 1.20 rule.
1.100 under should be the number for the Class Eliminator because not all fast combinations are created equal, no matter how much money or time we put into these cars some combinations will be better than others.