Super Street License

[Chris Williams]

How about we just fix all the index classes and cut them all by a second? SC: 7.90, SG: 8.90, SST: 9.90. I don't personally know anyone in any one of these classes who couldn't step it up (some with a little bit of work). And it would make the classes much more interesting, for example, instead of being on the stop for ~2sec, we'd be on for under a second, and would run at a faster speed on the stop. Fans would much appreciate it, and it would help slow down the leakage from SC to TD and from SG to TS.

[mr305]

Originally Posted by Chris Williams

How about we just fix all the index classes and cut them all by a second? SC: 7.90, SG: 8.90, SST: 9.90. I don't personally know anyone in any one of these classes who couldn't step it up (some with a little bit of work). And it would make the classes much more interesting, for example, instead of being on the stop for ~2sec, we'd be on for under a second, and would run at a faster speed on the stop. Fans would much appreciate it, and it would help slow down the leakage from SC to TD and from SG to TS.

Yea and then everyone would have a brad anderson hemi with a screw blower to run 7.90 @ 250! You can change the index's all you want but someone will always try to be the top dog! This coming from a 129 mph super street racer! hehehe
Aaron Disinger
327y s/st

[TCOONLY]

agreed no matter what the indexes are your always going to be in the same boat. as far as 10.90 being entry level????? maybe et wise but take a look at most of the races...........tighter than most classes

[Jason Oldfield]

Lowering the indexes won't work. It would be a temporary solution, but over time all it would do is force everybody to go out and spend even more money. Speed limits or the elimination of electronic throttle control devices are the only two solutions that I've heard that would work, and speed limits would add another level of complexity to a class that the fans already don't understand.

The best solution is to get rid of the electronics, but I just don't see that ever happening. NHRA currently has enough racers showing up at every race with big dollar cars / engines, and many of those cars / competitors bring sponsorship money with them. By eliminating electronics, they would run the risk of alienating those competitors and losing their money to a competitive sanctioning body. I can guarantee that if the NHRA outlawed electronics that the IHRA would IMMEDIATELY open their outstretched arms to publicly welcome them to their organization (of course, NHRA might not even care, and might just replace us with T/S, T/D, and Pro Modified...oh wait, that's already happening!)

I'm going to quit here before I write a book and get more death threats...