Combine?????

[art leong]

Why not combine the sticks and the automatics in stock and superstock?.
Like they have already done in the FWD classes. Just give the autos a weight break.
Seems to work for me.
This would nearly cut the classes in half, A lot less singles.Everyone should be happy then. RIGHT?

Go Dick Butler.

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[Stephen & Horace Johnson]

Originally Posted by art leong

Why not combine the sticks and the automatics in stock and superstock?.
Like they have already done in the FWD classes. Just give the autos a weight break.
Seems to work for me.
This would nearly cut the classes in half, A lot less singles.Everyone should be happy then. RIGHT?

Go Dick Butler.

GET TO WORK ON IN COMMITEE MEMBERS

I dont think that will work because in the HP classes, SS/A-G, the autos are a whole lot faster, but in the lower HP classes the stick shift cars are alot faster, I dont think this will ever work!!!


Stephen Johnson #2162
Horace Johnson #2167
SS/D 427 Ford Fairlane NHRA-IHRA

[Billy Nees]

Might as well combine them. The AHFS factors sticks and autos differently anyway.

[Bill Belden]

Leave them alone, not only are the HP different but also the index's.

[Chris1529]

Make each class a heads up run against the current index.

A/S 11.25 vs A/SA 11.30. Just give the Automatic .05 head start at the tree and then run to the stripe.

or run all class eliminations on a .500 pro tree and let the driver have more involvement in the runs.
You can make up a tenth on a pro tree, but not on a sportsman tree.

[Shaun LeBlanc]

I'm all for combining them, but not a weight disadvantage to the stick cars. With todays automatic transmissions there is not much of a difference anyway. With a Pro trans and radials the automatics are sometimes faster than the sticks, not to mention can usually get a better hold on the track and they get to leave off a button...

[Bruce Noland]

This seems like a good idea when you first think about it. But then reality settles in and all of the problems with this idea begin to pop up. nhra and ihra have kept the two separate because they know what a nightmare looks like and they are smart enough to stay away from it.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by art leong

Why not combine the sticks and the automatics in stock and superstock?.
Like they have already done in the FWD classes. Just give the autos a weight break.
Seems to work for me.
This would nearly cut the classes in half, A lot less singles.Everyone should be happy then. RIGHT?

Go Dick Butler.

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I posted this sarcasticly. And all you guys have jumped on the bandwagon.
For Christs sake. Leave the eliminators alone. Stop blaming nhra for all our "enhansments". As you can see here. "WE" are probably responsible for most of them. A sarcastic post gets to be a snowball rolling down hill.
Lets see. The for next post I should suggest "to run methanol instead of gas" because of the gas crisis.
I'm sure some of you would jump on that bandwagon too.
GIVE IT A BREAK LEAVE IT ALONE.

[Mike Meier]

Hey, can I have my own sarcastic suggestion? The NHRA should buy a Stocker and Super Stocker in every class and cart them along to all the national events that run class. That way if a racer shows up and is the only car in his own class, have a random tech guy jump in and give him some competition not just a single. If the racer wins, he's in. If they lose the heads-up then they either have to be quick enough to qualify or just go home.

I think they did something like that on Pinks when a competitor was a no-show.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Mike Meier

Hey, can I have my own sarcastic suggestion? The NHRA should buy a Stocker and Super Stocker in every class and cart them along to all the national events that run class. That way if a racer shows up and is the only car in his own class, have a random tech guy jump in and give him some competition not just a single. If the racer wins, he's in. If they lose the heads-up then they either have to be quick enough to qualify or just go home.

I think they did something like that on Pinks when a competitor was a no-show.

Hey Mikey;
That suggestion is alot better that alot of the bull**** that's been flowing on this and a few other posts lately.It's all a bunch of crap for us as we'll never be going to the big go anyway.

Ed