This is what's wrong with the AHFS.

Greg Hill · 12-02-2007, 02:32 PM

After reading everyone's post on the AHFS thread I started thinking about some things. I know that this is probably dangerous, but here goes. To examine the flaws of this program one needs only to look at the recent horsepower adjustments and the class race at Indy in K/SA. In the final of class Jimmy Harrison had to run Johnny Fisher. Jimmy has a very fast Chevy II with a 283 and a powerglide and Johnny has avery fast Mopar. If memory serves me right Jimmy had to go more than 1.15 under in the first round of class and Johnny didn't. In the final I think Jimmy went 1.2 something under and Johnny went 1.3 something under and was letting off. He almost got automatic horsepower. When you look at the horsepower adjustments in the latest batch you will notice that the 283 got horsepower and the 360 mopar didn't. So next year if they race each other again Jimmy falls farther behind.

There needs to be some common sense involved in this process. Someone should have looked at this and realized what was going on. There have been other instances of a similar nature in the past. Counting all runs at National events would help with this disparity but there also needs to be some human element factored into this process. The AHFS should not be about who can manipulate the system the best but about fairly assigning horsepower to the different combinations that need it. I also realize that no one ever think their combination needs horsepower.

What about this? A horsepower committee made up of some tech people along with some racers. My idea would be to have a number of super stock racers on the stock committee and stock racers on the super stock committee, this should keep people from just thinking about themselves.

Also please don't any of you take this personally. I only used the above example because it was recent enough for me to remember.

Greg

12-02-2007, 02:32 PM	#1
Greg Hill VIP Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Louisville , KY Posts: 1,995 Likes: 68 Liked 279 Times in 68 Posts	This is what's wrong with the AHFS. After reading everyone's post on the AHFS thread I started thinking about some things. I know that this is probably dangerous, but here goes. To examine the flaws of this program one needs only to look at the recent horsepower adjustments and the class race at Indy in K/SA. In the final of class Jimmy Harrison had to run Johnny Fisher. Jimmy has a very fast Chevy II with a 283 and a powerglide and Johnny has avery fast Mopar. If memory serves me right Jimmy had to go more than 1.15 under in the first round of class and Johnny didn't. In the final I think Jimmy went 1.2 something under and Johnny went 1.3 something under and was letting off. He almost got automatic horsepower. When you look at the horsepower adjustments in the latest batch you will notice that the 283 got horsepower and the 360 mopar didn't. So next year if they race each other again Jimmy falls farther behind. There needs to be some common sense involved in this process. Someone should have looked at this and realized what was going on. There have been other instances of a similar nature in the past. Counting all runs at National events would help with this disparity but there also needs to be some human element factored into this process. The AHFS should not be about who can manipulate the system the best but about fairly assigning horsepower to the different combinations that need it. I also realize that no one ever think their combination needs horsepower. What about this? A horsepower committee made up of some tech people along with some racers. My idea would be to have a number of super stock racers on the stock committee and stock racers on the super stock committee, this should keep people from just thinking about themselves. Also please don't any of you take this personally. I only used the above example because it was recent enough for me to remember. Greg