NHRA Announces Changes to Class Guide

[Stephen & Horace Johnson]

[QUOTE=Alan Roehrich;283219]A 7.0 class makes sense, but having 6.0 and 6.5 weight breaks is just stupid. Those are Super Stock weight breaks, for a reason.[/QUOT

a lil reliable birdy told me they would be in there own class next year...

[Alan Roehrich]

[QUOTE=Stephen & Horace Johnson;283223]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

A 7.0 class makes sense, but having 6.0 and 6.5 weight breaks is just stupid. Those are Super Stock weight breaks, for a reason.[/QUOT

a lil reliable birdy told me they would be in there own class next year...

Well, weight breaks like that in their own class with the right tires and safety equipment would be great for the cars, owners, drivers, and racing.

I suggested 10" or 10.5" slicks, 12 point cages, and classes from 6.0 to 12.0 in one pound increments a while back.

[Ed Wright]

[QUOTE=Stephen & Horace Johnson;283223]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

A 7.0 class makes sense, but having 6.0 and 6.5 weight breaks is just stupid. Those are Super Stock weight breaks, for a reason.[/QUOT

a lil reliable birdy told me they would be in there own class next year...

A reliable little birdy told me the same thing at Indy.

[Frank Castros]

Factory Experimental within Stock Eliminator?

[Billy Nees]

I'd almost bet that any type of FX classes would wind up in SS. It seems like SS has become a "dumping ground" for classes that don't exactly fit in Stock or Comp.
I agree with Alan about 6 and 6.5 classes in Stock. A 9" tire would be a scary ride and 10.5 tire puts everyone else at more of a disadvantage.

[Richard Grant]

If they are put into their own class then it's what we've been asking for the last two years. Maybe NHRA has finally seen the light with stock car counts constantly dropping. I hope this includes the lower class cars also. Their numbers are growing. My only concern is that they combine stick and auto cars to make room for the new classes which opens another can of worms since so many combo's have different HP. Many think that the auto cars can consistently compete with the stick cars but a three speed auto with a converter which loses HP going through the converter will not outrun a 4 speed stick when all things are equal. I ran a stick for many years way back when just because it was always faster.

[X-TECH MAN]

Transmissions and converters are MUCH more efficent today than "Back When" until you get into the lower and FWD classes. nNly problem is in todays S/S classes is they are now allowed clutchless stick transmissions.