[Doug Hoven]

I would rather not see the NHRA lower the indexes across the board. I know part of the whole “game” is picking the right combo, but it is safe to say that if I lose a tenth on the index, I will never be able to get it back, whereas some cars can easily go a tenth faster by either the tap of a keyboard, or turn of a wrench. I am trying to use as many of the “enhancements” given throughout the years that made many of these cars fast, but there are some combos out there, mainly in the bottom half of the alphabet, that no matter how much time or money you put into them, they will never be one second under players. I can and have played the game with getting a few hp back on the combo, but you have to purposely run the car slow to keep the average down. It was easy when I had a worn out engine, but pretty much counterintuitive at this point. Sorry if this sounds like a rant, but grouping all cars as being able to run faster with enough time or money is not really fair. I’ll see what a 3 speed will do for the car soon, but other than that, I’d have to find a better combination if I want to hang with combos much more responsive to the typical stocker techniques of today. That being said, the majority probably doesn’t really give a toss about slow stockers anyway. Rant over.