AHFS at Indy?

[Casey Miles]

Indy to me is a place to go, I don't want someday to be saying to myself "I should've gone". Life is too short to worry about HP to your combo. I'm always spending money on the car trying to go faster. One year I won a tool box because I was at Indy, go if you can. Look at all the past years and you'd see me at the bottom of qualifying. Do I care, very little. But I can say I was there, HP or not.

Casey Miles
248H Stock

[Larry Hill]

James
I had a front row seat on your class win with a legal car. I remember you celebrating all the way down the track. An Indy Class win is worth more than the work it took to get there plus you will be a Indy class winner for life.

[Dan Fletcher]

I wonder how well the '69 Camaro 255 cars will do in class? After all, it's a lifetime of work and investment, so it's their time to shine...

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Dan Fletcher

I wonder how well the '69 Camaro 255 cars will do in class? After all, it's a lifetime of work and investment, so it's their time to shine...

And the same can be said for any popular 40-50 year old combo.

[NHRA1926]

"Back in the day, the NHRA would usually make an effort to determine if a car was legal before whacking an entire combo."

Obviously this only applies when NHRA Administrators want to go by their own rules. The car in question at the Orlando race by-passed fuel check, run was thrown out, because NHRA's own rules state you must provide a fuel sample, that run would have made that car #1 qualifier, but it wasn't #1 on the sheet. Even one of NHRA's own LONG TIME tech personnel question this, HE WAS FIRED! But, that combination still got hit with 15 horsepower! It's time for everyone to realize, no matter what happens, what the NHRA says goes, even when they don't go by their own stated rules, they are right, you are wrong! That's final, you have no say in the matter. And if you DARE question them on using their own rules, you can be fined, band from competition, or even be torn down at several races at their discretion for complaining. BUT, they can still hit a combination with that horsepower even by not going by their own rules. Why can't we as members of the NHRA have a say in this, or have the ability to vote these dictators out! This is NOT what Walley Parks intended for OUR sanctioning body to be like. All I can say is, Long live the IHRA!

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by NHRA1926

Obviously this only applies when NHRA Administrators want to go by their own rules. The car in question at the Orlando race by-passed fuel check, run was thrown out, because NHRA's own rules state you must provide a fuel sample, that run would have made that car #1 qualifier, but it wasn't #1 on the sheet. Even one of NHRA's own LONG TIME tech personnel question this, HE WAS FIRED! But, that combination still got hit with 15 horsepower! It's time for everyone to realize, no matter what happens, what the NHRA says goes, even when they don't go by their own stated rules, they are right, you are wrong! That's final, you have no say in the matter. And if you DARE question them on using their own rules, you can be fined, band from competition, or even be torn down at several races at their discretion for complaining. BUT, they can still hit a combination with that horsepower even by not going by their own rules. Why can't we as members of the NHRA have a say in this, or have the ability to vote these dictators out! This is NOT what Walley Parks intended for OUR sanctioning body to be like. All I can say is, Long live the IHRA!

In that particular situation, doesn't the racer have some responsibility? Bypassing the scales to get around the rules is kind of shady....

[1347]

Originally Posted by GUMP

In that particular situation, doesn't the racer have some responsibility? Bypassing the scales to get around the rules is kind of shady....

The story is the racer went back to the trailer and was seen or caught pouring generator gas in the fuel cell so it would fail. And he had already had a valid first run going 1.10 under or something like that.
Correct me if I am wrong. There were several stories when it happened, and the racer has not been back at a race since. But they all point to that he bypassed the scales/fuel check on purpose.
Is that how you get away with not getting the trigger?

[Sam The Butcher]

The hit was to inflict as much pain as possible to a large group of over 30 racer with 69 Camaros. With the sanctioning body inability to open hoods now. They are now just bullies and dictators. The hay day of class racing is over. There policy are ruining the sport. No wonder so many are quitting.

[Larry Hill]

I have lost runs for being to heavy and for being to light. With VP 12 have lost runs due to last week sample was different from this week sample.

[Lyn Smith]

Originally Posted by Sam The Butcher

The hit was to inflict as much pain as possible to a large group of over 30 racer with 69 Camaros. With the sanctioning body inability to open hoods now. They are now just bullies and dictators. The hay day of class racing is over. There policy are ruining the sport. No wonder so many are quitting.

I would say more racers move away from Stk and SS because of the increased cost of racing including entry fees, and plummeting payouts than lack of tech. Been thru a lot of tech in my nearly 50 years of Stock racing and I don't miss it a bit.