[Alan Roehrich]

Sure, you can run 10.90 fairly cheap these days. But being able to run 10.90 doesn't necessarily make you really competitive. If it did, people would not be building 540 big blocks with 800+ HP.


That's exactly my point. Someone is always going to come in and buy big HP, etc., to gain an advantage.


If you wanted it to be entry level, remove the throttle stops, delay boxes, and air shifters.


Notice, I do not run Super Street, I have a couple of friends that do, and are competitive. I am absolutely NOT calling for or proposing rule changes for their class. I'm just pointing out where the money comes in, and where the entry level goes out. It's not "my" class, and certainly NOT my place to tell them how things should be.


Forty years or so ago, we were running Super Comp with a ten year old Hal Canode Top Alcohol hard tail 240" dragster, a big block Chevy with a flat tappet cam, oval port heads and a single 4 barrel, a PowerGlide with a trans brake, no throttle stop, no delay box, and no air shifter. At least 3 or 4 times, we qualified number one with an 8.90X, and went rounds. We adjusted the ET with the shift point and about four pieces of lead, cast in old small block Chevy valve covers. We had a "big motor", it had more compression, a huge roller cam, Gary Williams rectangle port heads, tunnel ram, and 1150 Dominators. We had to put big tires on it, put all the lead in it, and put it in high rear about 10' off the starting line. We actually had two Super Gas cars running the same combination. The engines were interchangeable. You'd be hard pressed to find anything that mundane, mild, and basic anywhere in Super classes today.