AA/S and AA/SA Index is set too low...

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Bwheat

AA class is for BALLS-OUT,FOOT THRU THE FLOOR,LET THE GD CAR RIP,SEND THE FRONT END TO THE MOON,TAKE THE TREE OUT,LET THE PYLONS FLY,GO TO THE LAST TURN-OFF,SKIP THE SCALE,GO TO THE PITS HAVE A BEER AND TALK ABOUT YOUR 9 SECOND RUN--OK

Paging Kevin Cradduck.........

actually, except for the skipping the scales part, its about right

[Fred Popov]

BWheat and GUMP
So are you trying to tell me that the AA guys are the only ones going all out and A and B are holding back just to not get hit with horsepower. You mean most are sand-bagging until a heads up race. Come on...I don't think so. If that was the case then all AA would be at the top of the qualifying sheet and all AA heads up runs would result in added factored horsepower for their cars. In fact, I rarely see AA class near the top of a qualifying list because of the unfavorable index.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Fred Popov

BWheat and GUMP
So are you trying to tell me that the AA guys are the only ones going all out and A and B are holding back just to not get hit with horsepower. You mean most are sand-bagging until a heads up race. Come on...I don't think so. If that was the case then all AA would be at the top of the qualifying sheet and all AA heads up runs would result in added factored horsepower for their cars. In fact, I rarely see AA class near the top of a qualifying list because of the unfavorable index.

Fred, those of us who asked for AA specifically requested the 10.90 index. We did so for a reason. We knew in advance it would almost certainly prevent a AA car from being a number one qualifier, and we also knew it would make it very difficult to qualify at Indy. We wanted it exactly the way it is.