Horsepower welfare changes.....

[B Parker]

Originally Posted by charlie westcott

At what point is it so complicated that someone says "hey, why cant someone use a little common sense and level it out"
Its turning into an example of over complication that only a few understand, or care to even read. I got to the second sentence and threw in the towel.
When People I know, go to a race, and shut off at the 1000' so they can bring the average down, then something is fundamentally wrong with the whole system.

Later, and good luck
cw

Charlie you sure have that right. At the Epping Divisional Alan Reinhart was announcing and asking our Div. Director to make it a mineshaft race so cars would run to the quarter mile instead of shutting down at the 1,000 ft. Again I'm not saying to lower the index's but I would have hoped before now someone would realize the 15 year old system would need to get up to speed with the last 15 years of Tec. BP

[B Parker]

Here is how simple the system could be. Count the same races they do now. No mine shaft conditions anymore. And no more reviews every six months. Go 1:15 under at any of the races and get 3 hp added to your combo. Go 1:20 to 1:25 under and get 5 hp added 1:26 to 1:30 get 10hp added Any faster than 1:31 under combo needs to be evaluated and hp added. And I agree with most of you if you cause an instant hp hit to your combo tear down is required. Indy should count for slow averages. They would need to work out something as far as tear downs. If you have a time trial on Saturday morning and you are running first round only a few hr's later. Or if you are in a later round of eliminations and time or personal doesn't allow it to happen at that race. BP

PS And for all of you that think Indy should count. How about all qualifying runs count. Only class runs are exempt. First round of Class is no longer counted as a qualifying run. And so the system would keep up with tec every year the numbers increase by .01. Example next year it would start at 1:16 before instant hp hit and so on. System gets evaluated every 2 years. Just like our seat belts that are worn out.

For a hp decrease only once a year review. Count all runs in any car for that year motor. If average is .05 or less a 5 hp decrease.