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Originally Posted by Chip THELEGEND Johnson
When are you classy racers gonna realize you are not the show. Until you start running Nitro you are just a field filler. One more thing as long as you put shoe polish on the window you my friend are participating in a dial in type race which is the same as a bracket race. Yes you have class eliminations and heads up runs. ONLY DIFFERENCE. The Jegs Allstars is a great honor and deserves to be run at the biggest race of the year. By the way they do have Stock and Super Stock included in that race. Good Luck to all that go and anybody that makes the effort to go Deserves to be there. Hopefully one day I will see you there The Big Go has always been on my bucket list.
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There is always the sportsman as filler component for the pros. It it just a shame to try and water it down at the one race that really helped to differentiate the quickest and fastest cars in class. And it is notable that teardowns were a real threat so that did legitimize the quick cars at Indy. If you came to Indy and were fast, you were considered legit, especially if you went through the barn.
I completely disagree with class cars being bracket cars. They are performance cars that can and do bracket race with the caveat that same class cars are heads up. I think that makes them more different than similar. No issues with bracket racing, but the entire strategy of building a class car is different than a non class car.
Heck even the Jegs cars have to go through teardown. I recall a Jegs qualified stocker getting bounced several years ago. Car was “fast” when the bracket motor was in the car. Not so fast when the legal one was in place.
If Indy is a bucket list item, don’t change it to an all run everyone gets a ribbon even if your car can’t hunt.
This isn’t really a racer issue, it is really the executive level management at NHRA having a lack of understanding about sportsman racing. Let’s hope the recent change is a sign that they are listening to their customer facing employees and customers