[Jeff Lee]

I beg to differ but there are many Class racers that attend a National event and are there with the intent of winning class. For some, winning the eliminator is secondary. I once knew a guy that one class @ Indy back in the early '70's with a '68 Barracuda 340. He won class at Indy. He had a lleather jacket that was custom stitched with this victory "I won Class at Indy" and something about the car. I met him at Neil Smedly's home in the mid '80's and it appeared this may have been the greatest automotive event of his life. The old guy still probably goes to car shows with that jacket. Corny? You bet! But I completely understand.
The same logic finds there are some racers that only race Divisional events so they can set national records. After tear down, they go home.
Myself, I was #1 qualifier, won class and made it to the finals and lost. I'm very proud even with the loss because of the difficulty in achieving a triple like that. My friend Neil Smedly did that on his one national event win and I'll forever look up to him for doing so.
No, this whole Indy deal is a farce and as Bill Grubbs suggested, I will be in contact with our D7 rep over this. There are a lot of things in life which can be viewed as a waste of time but we do it as it is tradition and does serve a purpose. Should we save a few bullets and not have a 21 gun salute to those that have served our country when they are burried? No, we do it out of respect and honor.
Some race in S/SS and could care less about the tradition and honor in having the fastest in their class on that particular day. Fine, nobody is making you put more time or money in your vehicle. But without class run-offs, or heads-up runs, this is nothing more than a bracket race. Nothing personal to Jason or anybody else but maybe a S/ST or S/G racer using a throttle stop, delay box and whatever else may not ever fully understand the pride, devotion and sense of accomplishment that comes from showing you were the top dog that day. And just to make it clear this is not motivated by an angle, I have the slowest car in my respective class. I enjoy the challenge and fully intend to ellevate that level. But right now I'm no shoe-in for a class win.
And somehow I can't help but feel this new policy was lead by the bracket racer contingent whom would like to compete in a national event forum but lack the dedication or resources to lead the performance arena.