ATTN Sportsman Council Members and Racers

[Bruce Noland]

Dick,
I think you are missing "it." The new trigger for an automatic hit is -1.30 with the lowered indexes. The -1.15 trigger for reviews will and should stay in place. It appears you are choosing to ignore all the other factors that entered into the index reductions. nhra set the mark when they announced the 10.90 index for the AA classes. Lowering the indexes is good for class racing. Who knows - class racing may become fun again.

[gofastorgohome]

Lower the indexes at least to where they were before NHRA added .2 in the 80's. There have been enough performance gains that it will not take much to run the index. Anybody else think it is ridiculous that so many cars run more than a second under? There is no entitlement to run your index just because you want to class race. Go to work and bracket race until your combo is ready. It is a performance based class not a participation based class.

[stefan callender]

Why should there be a AHFS system anyway??? This is a performance class isnt it? It doesnt matter what you do, the fast guys will be fast anyway. Ive been involved in Super Stock for 20 years, and the fast guys back then that are still racing are still fast, with different combinations, cars and classes. Its the way it is. I think its a shame that everyone has to sandbag and cant let it loose at will. What difference does it make, how many heads up runs, besides class do you have all year??