Jim asked, "Did you miss my questions, Bill?"
I guess I did.... Must not have thought they were of much importance to the subject "national event qualifying as regards turbo cars."
But, the one about "What class do you run?" had already been answered on page seven when I posted: "As far as my car goes, I wanted to retain my power steering, power brakes and air conditioning, because it's just a street car that sees action in Brackets from time-to-time." Guess you missed that.
Then you asked "How does this affect you?"
It makes me sick to my stomach when I see things go on, contunuously, that are damaging to our favorite sport. Especially, things like this, that could be easily fixed, but no one in power seems to care. They either don't CARE, or they're too dense to recognize a problem when they see it. NHRA has become, over the years, increasingly profit-oriented, and the guys empowered to watch over the rulesmaking system are NOTHING like the people who did that job thirty years ago. They just don't seem to care, if it's not going to make the organization a buck, and fixing this, won't.
There is a cliche that people use (over-use) on this board that maybe some people buy into, but I think that most don't, and that is to claim that anyone who protests an injustice is "whining." It is meant to demean the person who has pointed out the problem, but what it really does is identify the accuser as a small-minded person who wants to "kill the meesenger," to attack the person instead of the cause.
Racers with any sense of fair play will tell you that to point out a problem that affects ALL national event participants in Stock, is not "whining," but is a rational approach to something that needs attention. That is what these discussion boards are for; the free exchange of ideas. Killing the messenger won't solve the problem.
I don't race a class car, and probably won't, but I love drag racing, and it needs some rule adjustments from time-to-time, and I feel that this is one of those times. It won't affect me, personally, one way or another if it gets changed, or if it doesn't.... EXCEPT that the carefully-executed fair-play that has always exemplified Stock Eliminator would be enhanced if this situation were rectified, I believe. There's no reason to allow it to continue.
My opinion is just that.... my opinion. So is yours.
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