Qualifying with no AHFS

[joe176]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

They had to dumb it down for the slow guys. We used to run off national records. Not everybody could run that fast. Bracket racing came along, and the slow guys went there so they had a chance of winning something. Car counts went in the dumper. Bracket racing is easier than learning & working harder.

NHRA then went to these bogus slow indexes so the slow guys would come back. So now many of us use restrictor plates, or throttle stops, or throw a couple hundred lbs in the car, or just shut off at 1000' to slow down. Go too fast, get hateful text messages. Gets tiresome.

OMG ... LMAO... ED !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love your humor !!!

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by joe176

OMG ... LMAO... ED !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love your humor !!!

No joke, Joe. We got 2 rounds worth of points (used to be 100 per round, so 200 for et records, 100 for MPH records) so guys would bump the record, if they could run under it enough, for points. I did it 3 times, held it that time they did away with Stock Eliminator.
If you could not run the record, the car that ran the closest won the round if they didn't screw up. We ended up with very low car counts when bracket racing came along. Guys that had no chance went bracket racing. I still see some of them running super street & super gas. The slow indexes must have been to give the slow guys a chance, right? Why else? Car counts came back up. Many came back. Beginners now have a better chance. If you can't run under these indexes, you need to try golf or fishing.

[Darrel Goheen]

I constantly hear different people looking for a less popular class or one that no one else is in.....all trying to avoid a heads up race just like I want to do. I understand those that desire to work hard to get the performance but it seems with one or two changes we could all have what we want to a degree. Here's what I'd like to see. Points rounds should all be a bracket race instead of only when you draw someone in in your class.

I have no problem at all with qualifying based on performance.

[joe176]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

No joke, Joe. We got 2 rounds worth of points (used to be 100 per round, so 200 for et records, 100 for MPH records) so guys would bump the record, if they could run under it enough, for points. I did it 3 times, held it that time they did away with Stock Eliminator.
If you could not run the record, the car that ran the closest won the round if they didn't screw up. We ended up with very low car counts when bracket racing came along. Guys that had no chance went bracket racing. I still see some of them running super street & super gas. The slow indexes must have been to give the slow guys a chance, right? Why else? Car counts came back up. Many came back. Beginners now have a better chance. If you can't run under these indexes, you need to try golf or fishing.

what I laughed at was the texting ... SHUT YOUR PHONE OFF LOL

[Darrel Goheen]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

NHRA then went to these bogus slow indexes so the slow guys would come back.

Why do you call them bogus?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Darrel Goheen

Why do you call them bogus?

They are too damn slow! Any p.o.s. will run under these indexes if you have any clue at all about what you are doing.

[Mike Pearson]

I think it should stay the way it is now. I am sick of the constant rule changes. When I started there was almost never a rule change unless it was a safety related issue. Everyone knows who has the soft combos. When they run fast nobody really pays much attention. Now take one of the older combos that have been beat up for a couple of decades and qualify at the top of the heap people will take note of that. I run wide open every run. My car is slow so I cant get near the trigger anyway. There is no one running my combo that can run anywhere near .90 under.