What horsepower?

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Dgal

Factory Experimental classes and the FIA classes are not reasonable? The both of them worked.

You answer your own question with the word Worked, not works.
It was tried and the reason they dropped them was they didn't work. If they Worked they would still have them. You mention IHRA has them, they also have crate motor, and pure stock, Etc. And look at the car counts?
We have enough classes already.

[Alan Roehrich]

The reason the FI classes were merged back in is because the HP rating disparity had been reduced to a survivable level. Sure, they wanted to reduce the number of classes, but it had become reasonable to do so as well.

They did work. The fact that the FI cars eventually fell in line close to the rest is a testament to that.

I've been a fan of and an advocate for reducing the number of classes, at least in Stock, but the new cars have shown that there is a need for classes for "factory specials" or whatever you want to call the bogus combinations with absurd factors.

[Dgal]

Originally Posted by art leong

You answer your own question with the word Worked, not works.
It was tried and the reason they dropped them was they didn't work. If they Worked they would still have them. You mention IHRA has them, they also have crate motor, and pure stock, Etc. And look at the car counts?
We have enough classes already.

That is pure bunk. You are parsing words. The FI classes were implemented, they worked, and then the cars were brought back into the traditional classes. The FI classes served their purpose just like the FX classes can until the AHFS catches up and it will work for the upcoming motors that Ford has in the wings. The NHRA doesn't have Crate Motor classes, but they are allowing crate motors from Ford and Chrysler.

So what about the car counts. That has nothing to do with how many classes the IHRA has or doesn't have. It has to do with it is the IHRA and the NHRA has always been a bigger draw.

You have every right in the world to voice your opinion and I respect that. But it is no skin off your nose how the NHRA handles this one way or another. It is skin off my nose and it does affect me directly since I have to run these factory race cars heads up where you don't.