The rumor of the day

[bill dedman]

Somebody said, "Take all the advantages of building a fast stocker away."

Where is it written that fast cars should have any advantage over slow cars?

I don't remember seeing that in any rulebook I have ever looked at (and, I've looked at them for a l-o-n-g time...)

There exist certain things that benefit fast cars (driving the stripe from behind, less dial-in change due to changing conditions, wind, etc.), and things that benefit slower cars (leaving on a "clean" tree, generally less traction problems, smaller initial expense), but those are all things that happen naturally, not as a result of a deliberate rule implimentation.

NHRA has always gone to GREAT LENGTHS to ensure parity by whatever methods the deemed appropriate, including teardown-based inspections where cars are disqualified for thousandths of an inch too much or too little.

That they would continue to utilize a system (FIRST RED LIGHT LOSES), after technology has been introduced that would enable them to institute a system that would eliminate the advantage given to one car, or another, is so inconsistent in its thinking as to be almost unbelieveable.

But, I forgot... it's NHRA.