No lift division race

[sammy pizzolato]

that's why if you make the rule that you can only go one tenth faster then your fastest time on the Q sheet even in a head's up race.so at that point a racer would have to show some kind of performance so he don't get burned on a head's up run. that would get rid of the 1000 ft qualifing.

[Casey Miles]

What's not to say that the drivers of the cars that have to race each other heads up make a deal not to race further then the 1000' so that they don't show the performance of the cars. You have to remember that there are factory cars out there now that aren't even close to their potential as far as HP being added to them. So why not make the deal with the other drivers of the same factory cars? They are in a win win situation, race to the 1000' and lift, no one gets HP. Make them race to the 330' not to get HP would work best.

Casey Miles
248H "F" NHRA Stock!

[art leong]

Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

that's why if you make the rule that you can only go one tenth faster then your fastest time on the Q sheet even in a head's up race.so at that point a racer would have to show some kind of performance so he don't get burned on a head's up run. that would get rid of the 1000 ft qualifing.

Sammy that would not work. On Sunday my car picked up .25 in the eight mile over Saturday night. And I changed nothing.
Except my drawers (LOL), after I saw the time slip.

[sammy pizzolato]

it is just an idea something to keep this thread going.years ago everybody ran off of the record with a tenth under break out we all know that was only good for two or three cars in the nation.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

it is just an idea something to keep this thread going.years ago everybody ran off of the record with a tenth under break out we all know that was only good for two or three cars in the nation.

I liked it that way. I won points races a tenth off the record, and was closer to it than anybody else there. Jack Mullins with his big old Pontiac wagon could run under more than often anybody else I knew.

[MikeFicacci]

I think you guys are going about this wrong. Instead of penalizing people, calculating 1000-foot times, or setting more rules, a much more diplomatic approach would be to simple give people motivation to keep their foot on the floor all the way to the 1320 be it points for qualifying or points for records. Instead of the NHRA throwing more rules our way, a points bonus substantial enough will slowly force the professional racers and swinging d*cks to put their name at the top of the sheet or in the records books. The advantages of awarding points for qualifications (and maybe records too) far outweigh the day it will take to write the code in the program that calculates points.

[Mike Pearson]

You can go to an IHRA race and run as fast as you want. They do not have an AHFS system. some of the NHRA guys run real fast when they are at the IHRA events. I run both so I dont favor either HRA. Just a thought. IHRA sure could use the support too.

[sammy pizzolato]

i like that mike in the 80's they gave you extra points for low qualifers.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

i like that mike in the 80's they gave you extra points for low qualifers.

And for records. We got 2 rounds worth of points for ET records if somebody else held it. One round's worth if bumping your own ET record. We got one round's points for MPH records. Not much reason to set records now, but this way it's less work for tech guys. Every time I tore down for a record it was along side two or three others. Then you had to listen to slower guys in your class grumble about it. :-)

Poor Red and Wesley didn't get to have dinner on time many Saturday evenings. LOL

[Kenny Wigington]

Originally Posted by MikeFicacci

I think you guys are going about this wrong. Instead of penalizing people, calculating 1000-foot times, or setting more rules, a much more diplomatic approach would be to simple give people motivation to keep their foot on the floor all the way to the 1320 be it points for qualifying or points for records. Instead of the NHRA throwing more rules our way, a points bonus substantial enough will slowly force the professional racers and swinging d*cks to put their name at the top of the sheet or in the records books. The advantages of awarding points for qualifications (and maybe records too) far outweigh the day it will take to write the code in the program that calculates points.

That is just perfect sense. Plain and simple.