[Rory McNeil]

Maybe my opinion is biased, as I have never qualified in the top 1/2 of the field, but I think all this would accomplish is to discourage the lower dollar racers, or those who enjoy doing all of the own work rather than having the luxury of writing big checks for the "best of everything" big name pieces, and make Stock & SS less appealing for new potential racers to want to get into the game. I find it interesting that some of the "fast guys" in the higher classed cars, are often the same folks complaining about "underfactored" Dime Rocket or undiscovered obscure combinations, that were in the NHRA classification guide, often for decades, before some enterprising racer discovered them, even though these combos may have been real packages that sold in high numbers or actual production vehicles. Especially interesting since many of these "fast guys" are running newer combos that were never factory produced for sale and available for the general public. Often these are also the same people complaining about lack of "new blood", low car counts, and dismal payouts.