Entry level class?

[1700camaro]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

The facts are Chris has never beaten my son! Further, my son drove around him, trailered him and took the division championship from him in 2018 with the most points ever in D1 and was also the youngest ever, when Chris all but declared he had won division after the first race of the season!!
Yes his car is junk and no one is giving him $30k for it, NO ONE! But this ain't about Chris nor do I have issue with Chris.

Originally Posted by 1320racer

As I said, not competitive and junk

Never said he did!

Now, it's just "junk"; it was competitive in 2021 & 2022 according to NHRA standings. Pretty sure he was ahead in the standings over your son. Except 1 category them years: with your son only ahead by 2 spots in points.

You bring up 2018, sounds like his "junk" was again competitive. It's not about Chris & your son, it's about your statement; "not competitive and junk". "junk" is your opinion. Competitive, the car is according to the evidence.

[1320racer]

Talk about what you know, not what you think you know. It ain’t competitive, He will never win a division championship much less a national championship with that car! They said, you can be sure he never wants to see my son as well a few other D1 drivers in the other lane that he has never turned on the win light against.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by 1700camaro

Never said he did!

Now, it's just "junk"; it was competitive in 2021 & 2022 according to NHRA standings. Pretty sure he was ahead in the standings over your son. Except 1 category them years: with your son only ahead by 2 spots in points.

You bring up 2018, sounds like his "junk" was again competitive. It's not about Chris & your son, it's about your statement; "not competitive and junk". "junk" is your opinion. Competitive, the car is according to the evidence.

A car can be competitive and junk at the same time. His car probably isn't worth 30 or maybe even 20k, but if he can make it work, it's competitive.

[JP1738]

It seems the general consensus is that S/ST is the true entry level class in NHRA div/Nat competition, and I would agree. It's pretty cheap to build a car that can somewhat consistently go 10.90 with or without a T-stop. Now I agree also that some people have gotten carried away with the class and are going 150-160+ for absolutely no other reason than saying they are the fastest slow car at the event. I've seen many many cars win plenty of rounds at <130mph in SST and even a few S/G cars win races at <140. Being fast makes you more competitive, but you can win with $15,000 and some know-how.