Damn...305 superstock engine receives 15 hp.....

[MR DERBY CITY]

WOW.....I thought maybe the 1.35 under run was a misprint or the car was classified wrong......

[Dragrac419]

From what I heard someone pissed the guy off and he went to the race just to go fast. He was torn down and then loaded up and went home.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Well, if that’s the case ...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.....care to add anything to this,....Mr. Benchracer.....

[KRatcliff]

Was the number one qualifier that ran -1.834 under a misprint? They didn't get HP it appears.

[Dragrac419]

Originally Posted by KRatcliff

Was the number one qualifier that ran -1.834 under a misprint? They didn't get HP it appears.

That car was in the wrong class. The firebird did run 1.35 under and was the number 1 qualifier.

[HR9121]

The revised qualifying sheet apparently never made it on DRC so here's the top half of it.

[Bench Racer]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Well, if that’s the case ...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.....care to add anything to this,....Mr. Benchracer.....

I don't like to speak for my brother but he don't do the internet. He received a gift of some horsepower in SS/GT earlier in the year. The offender laughed about it and said he don't run GT and didn't care. My brother spent thousands of dollars and had his Firebird changed from a 92 to a 87 Fromula with circus paint from Steve Mc Creary so he could pay back the favor. The car was entered at Rockingham as an 1987 Firebird Formula. The pass on the car was pretty weak as the 60 foot was a 1.38. David said he cracked the thrtottle and the MPH was maybe 131. Dave ley came by and sealed the engine. I convinced my brother to tear down early and not make a run that could have easily picked up a tenth. Every one picked up a tenth the next morning. I figured he still had a an easy 1.25 under after the horsepepower.The next morning it would have gone in the 9's in ss/la. Why the 1988 to 1992 305got the hit I don't know.

[thomas sheehan]

GT motors should get the same extra HP hit everytime a SS engine gets hit... it only makes sense.
They made separate GT HP ratings because of body style advantages in the GT car.
You can't have SS cars with more HP than the GT cars with same engines.
I can't believe this hasn't been corrected for years.

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by thomas sheehan

GT motors should get the same extra HP hit everytime a SS engine gets hit... it only makes sense.
They made separate GT HP ratings because of body style advantages in the GT car.
You can't have SS cars with more HP than the GT cars with same engines.
I can't believe this hasn't been corrected for years.

Of course, if that was changed, then the SS cars would also get hit when GT is hit if the rule was universally applied. I don’t see that changing

[Bench Racer]

Originally Posted by Bench Racer

I don't like to speak for my brother but he don't do the internet. He received a gift of some horsepower in SS/GT earlier in the year. The offender laughed about it and said he don't run GT and didn't care. My brother spent thousands of dollars and had his Firebird changed from a 92 to a 87 Fromula with circus paint from Steve Mc Creary so he could pay back the favor. The car was entered at Rockingham as an 1987 Firebird Formula. The pass on the car was pretty weak as the 60 foot was a 1.38. David said he cracked the thrtottle and the MPH was maybe 131. Dave ley came by and sealed the engine. I convinced my brother to tear down early and not make a run that could have easily picked up a tenth. Every one picked up a tenth the next morning. I figured he still had a an easy 1.25 under after the horsepepower.The next morning it would have gone in the 9's in ss/la. Why the 1988 to 1992 305got the hit I don't know.

After looking back at the last comment I made on my post I realized this was a shotgun statement, in poor taste, certainly made with poor judgement, and it was removed. I was in no way speaking of the officials on site at Rockingham and my apologies go out to them. All were professional, helpful, performed their job well, and I commend them for the job they do. They are an asset to NHRA. Don Jackson