National Records Poll

[JGrossijr]

Agree with the poll question, but what's the point of being a record holder anymore? With AHFS in place, being a record holder doesn't necessarily indicate you're the fastest in class. There are more than 65 classes in stock and all but 11 are at minimum. There are more than 125 classes in Super Stock (Crazy) and all but 8 are at minimum. In my opinion, the ability to set records isn't as much of a problem as the penalty for going fast. The only way to take advantage of being fast, is to hide how fast a car is until it's needed in a heads-up race, and then only use what you need to get the job done. It's arguably not a whole lot different than throttle stop racing that so many of us abhor.

I think a better conversation would be how do we incentivize displays of performance capability in Stock & Super Stock.
Here are my suggestions.

• Qualified fields at all national events. Raise the quotas and qualify 32, 64, or 128
• Points for qualifying position
• Pro ladder
• Lane choice to higher qualifier
• Points for setting records
• Points for class round wins
• Consolidate classes to create more heads-up racing
• Some kind of award or special recognition for being #1 qualifier
• Special race for top qualifier points earners
  

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by JGrossijr

The only way to take advantage of being fast, is to hide how fast a car is until it's needed in a heads-up race, and then only use what you need to get the job done.

I think a better conversation would be how do we incentivize displays of performance capability in Stock & Super Stock.

"The incentive" absolutely has to be there otherwise every Racer will eventually be running "junk" just like me. What "incentive" does NHRA give to Racers to NOT run "junk"? I DO understand the personal satisfaction thing. I've gotten over that.

As far as the "how fast a car is until it's needed" thing, I'm pretty sure that we (the Racers) all know who's fast and how fast they can go.

[DG]

Originally Posted by JGrossijr

Agree with the poll question, but what's the point of being a record holder anymore? With AHFS in place, being a record holder doesn't necessarily indicate you're the fastest in class. There are more than 65 classes in stock and all but 11 are at minimum. There are more than 125 classes in Super Stock (Crazy) and all but 8 are at minimum. In my opinion, the ability to set records isn't as much of a problem as the penalty for going fast. The only way to take advantage of being fast, is to hide how fast a car is until it's needed in a heads-up race, and then only use what you need to get the job done. It's arguably not a whole lot different than throttle stop racing that so many of us abhor.

I think a better conversation would be how do we incentivize displays of performance capability in Stock & Super Stock.
Here are my suggestions.

• Qualified fields at all national events. Raise the quotas and qualify 32, 64, or 128
• Points for qualifying position
• Pro ladder
• Lane choice to higher qualifier
• Points for setting records
• Points for class round wins
• Consolidate classes to create more heads-up racing
• Some kind of award or special recognition for being #1 qualifier
• Special race for top qualifier points earners
  

Agree, but would add that the AHFS needs to be corrected by only adding horsepower when a engine combination has an average in the data base more than 1 second under the index.