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Originally Posted by 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.
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I support a qualified field at National Events with the entry quota being 10-25% higher than the qualified field number. But I get your point, Stock and Super Stock shouldn't be just be about who can spend the most to run fast. Perhaps there are other ways to make a qualified field more equitable, like if your in the top 10 in division points during the current or previous year, then you get an automatic spot in the qualified field at National events located within your division. That would give racers two ways to get into a National Event, either be fast or be a winning driver. Most racers that are top ten in their division would be able to qualify at a National Event, the number of racers that would get in due to being a winning divisional racer in a slower car would probably be less than ten. If someone is both slow and uncompetitive, maybe they don't belong at a National Event. Just because they entered a lot of division races and got 8 grade points should not provide an automatic spot in the field at a National event. National Events should showcase the best and fastest drivers period.