I'm confused about IHRA's Sportsman friendliness

[Hagen Gary]

I did a little more "Homework"
Take the 5 fastest SS cars by E.T. at that event.
SS/BM Larry Cummings, Hammond LA, '06 Cavalier 8.368
SS/AM Brad Plourd, Maple Valley WA, '05 Cavalier 8.568
SS/BM Kevin Helms, Schriever LA, '95 Achieva 8.604
SS/BS Byron Latino, St. James LA, '09 G5 8.831
SS/CM Slate Cummings, Hammond LA, '08 Cavalier 8.857

Now take the entire field of 15 T/S cars at that event, and using that fancy math again, you get an avg. of 7.399333, or lets just call that 7.40.

So, 30% of the SS field are within .94-1.45 secs. from qualifing MID-WAY through the T/S pack? Larry is less than a second from the #6 spot! They do that with 1/2-1/3 the Cubic Inches, no laughing gas or turbo/SC, weighing 3-500 lbs more, in a factory produce(Not all fiberglassed out) body. One of them even does it with 1 carb. Nevermind the Hemi's that are right behind the mods in E.T. They do it with more Cubic Inches than the mods, but weigh a bit more and do it with 1960's Factory Parts!

Yeah, You T/S boys "Lay it Down" allright. I'm impressed!
I wonder how easy it is leaving off of the top bulb.