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Originally Posted by Bob Mulry
For all of you go fast or go home people..
As I stated earlier at 2018 INDY, 2 class winners went home.
How about the 6th fastest car in an FS/ class qualified to race in Stock Eliminator and was .39 slower than the fastest car in his class...
So could you please explain exactly what go fast or go home means.
I would think that the 6th fastest out of 7 cars in his class didn't go fast and didn't go home...
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I didn't know that stat about the FS/ cars from last year. I am a 'go fast or go home' guy (in worthless opinion only, I don't currently have a S or SS car). Your point is valid. That a 'slow' car in a class shouldn't probably make it in the field. Is that more an issue of the respective FS/ classes having soft indexes though? Or insert any other class where a racer is .39 slower than their classes fastest but still makes the always fast Indy 128.
I can appreciate and have full respect for guys & gals that flogged on their combo and squeeze every last morsel or ET, and a little more out to be the fastest car, every year, in their class. And are the car to beat on heads up run. It takes sacrifices of time and money year round. But at the end of the year, they only crown 1 NHRA stock eliminator champ, and it is based on their round win points total. Qualifying, in all classes (pro and sportsman) currently, is based solely on ET. So if class winners were granted a pass for the next year because they won, but are 'slow' but cut a good light, used starting line mind games or whatever they did to beat the other guy/gal, would it not be the only class in the NHRA umbrella to do that?