Factory Showdown at INDY

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by davidhuff

How does any racer take advantage of a fellow racer if his race car is built buy the nhra rules and all work is legal?

You know David, you seem like a really nice guy but you don't understand how things work at nhra. These cars were put into Stock because the OEM's had money. nhra sold out that's all.

The OEM's wanted to sell these cars. But before doing so they needed really soft factors to make certain they could sell them. The OEM's don't give two hoots about nhra or it's rules they just wanted to get these cars out there. Let's face it. These cars would be as dead as KFC Chicken if they were rated at their real potential. This is the main reason the new cars are in Stock - because racers wanted to take advantage of the gifts. Racers did not buy them because they plan on sticking around for X number of years to make them competitive. nhra simply stabbed it's loyal Sportsman Racers in the back for a few dollars. And, in the end, nhra has lost credibility as a sanctioning body. But that means nothing to them. Money does!

Look at this Indy deal. Now nhra supposedly wants to create some sort of show down race. But they have to create weight breaks to prevent the CJ's from blowing the Mopars off the track. Then think about the hypocrisy of this event. These cars are currently banging the hell out of Stockers in Stock but now they need a weight break for the "Show."

It would fair much better for all of you new car guys to admit that you have a huge advantage as a result of the gifts from nhra. Then petition nhra for your own class. Heck, you might have fun. Run the new car singles in a non ahfs Combo race for class at Indy. Sounds like fun to me.