[Mike Pearson]

Lowering the index will not help fix the inequalities in the AHFS. That will only help to kill the class even worse that it is now. There is some new blood coming in to the stock and super stock classes but no where near enough to keep the class alive long term. This should not be a rich man only class. I have a slow car and typically qualify near the bottom of the sheet for several reasons. One is my combo is not competitive due to the HP rating. Two is the cost to improve my car would be exorbitant to try to get near the top of the sheet. Three is what is the sense to spend 20-30 thousand dollars on an engine and another 10 thousand on a transmission and converter to race for a $1500 purse. I just won Super stock at the division 2 race in Reynolds Ga several weeks ago. Winners purse was $1500. So far I have gotten $300 in contingency and I expect a few more will pay so a total of approximately $2200 for the win. I spent $320 to enter and another 400 in diesel fuel in the truck. 120 in race fuel. That leaves me about $1400 clear after expenses. I dont do this for the money by the way.
I say raise the indexes 2 tenth and leave the trigger where it is and maybe that might get a few more to hit the trigger. Possibly some retired racers might come back and a few new racers might get started and grow the class back again.