Proposal for Old Cars in Stock

[X-TECH MAN]

[QUOTE=Bruce Noland; All the older cars will eventually find their way to IHRA,

I doubt it.......Maybe the cars will migrate after they are sold but the existing owners will take up another hobby. Ive heard some NHRA racers say the wouldnt race IHRA if "Hell Froze Over" and yet they never tried it before because of the crate motored classes, tracks to far away yet they travel from the east coast to Pomona every year, and any excuse they can come up with. If you dislike NHRA so damn much because of the way you are treated why not give it a season and try it. You just might be pleasantly surprised. For a couple of things..... you dont need grade points to enter a national event, and you dont have to give them your entry months in advance and enter via computer. Its all attitude and ego's. Sure the money isnt as good now but what happens when all of the sportsman cars stop racing NHRA and race only IHRA and the car counts are up. Do you think the sponsors will remain with NHRA? Get with Mike Baker, management, tech crew (Danny Waters, Hank Blankenship) and develope a real stock and S/S commitiee with someone who will listen to your concerns and input instead of turning a deft ear. The AHFS is a joke......you ALL know it. 1000 ft dumping sucks for everyone and most of all the spectators. Its almost like S/G except its at the finish instead of the starting line. Ive heard so may who say they have a fix (cure) for the AHFS but say NHRA wont listen and dosent care. Isnt it time to move on and try something different? Isnt it time to sitck together to save what you all love and live for? Isnt it time to do something ecxcept come up with excuses on why you didnt race with IHRA and continue to be lead around like "Sheep"? It wouldnt happen over night but in a short time I can see it making a difference. Its way less expensive and less head aches than trying to start another racing association. Believe me....I looked into it a LOT about 2 years ago and its finacial suicide in this economy and dealing with the mind set of the die hard NHRA racers. My 2 1/2 cents.

[art leong]

Jeff I haven't looked at this post for a while. It's amazing what it has morphed into.
How Dare you go out and build a car that is in the NHRA rule book?
Didn't you realize there were other racers in the class you picked to run?
If you had gone a best of 12.0 would they have chimed in trying to get you to go faster?
A lot of the naysayers have been commenting about the uselessness of the SRAC in the past. They must have had an awakening.
You have done as much if not more for the sportsman racer than anyone out there.
Keep having fun.

[Jeff Teuton]

I ran those times in a test session before the Cajuns started. So What!! I ran the 10.88 in a no tech time trial, not qualifying, no weight. So What!! A couple years back I saw a B/SA run 9.98 @ 128 in a test session before the race. Last year I saw Roger Brogdon run 6.47 in Pro Stock testing. And many more. Now do you apologize for going fast? My name ain't Obama and I ain't apologizing for my car. I am proud of this car. The configuration I had when I ran is all anybody is guessing about. I ain't doing nothing different.

[442OLDS]

I wasn't there,but at the Indy Fall Classic,I understand that there was some timing issues and cars that had never gone in the 10 second zone had done so.

Nitro Joe does a great job on the Stats,but there are sometimes "issues" and other circumstances that prevent the runs from being 100% accurate.

Maybe Mr Teuton's car had a timing issue on the day of testing? Clock malfunctioned?
Might have been 9.50,but who knows?

LOL!

[Lynn A McCarty]

Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton

My name ain't Obama and I ain't apologizing for my car. I am proud of this car.

We are proud of you too Jeff, keep up the good ideas and good work!