IHRA Take on Runner Volumes

[Bart Kilraine]

I spent alot of time and $$$ 12 years ago to have my heads pour legal,so what do they do,quit pouring.I've seen heads that looked like the holland tunnel on lots of engine combos,so it would be hard to keep up with those.So guys you have till 2010 to "GO FAST",hopefuly.

[LNorton]

I always thought this was supposed to be fun. Too many sticks in the mud most of the time though.

You all have fun with your heads up hoorah. I will keep on hiding in a class where I don't have to worry about heads up... and have more fun while I am there!

[ss3845]

If the only time they tear anyone down is when they set a record, what difference does it make? What do you get for setting record in IHRA? There is no heads up for the championship, no random teardowns (that I've ever seen or heard about) so its all just a no box bracket race. Who really gives 2 ****s what the runner volumes are?

[LNorton]

Originally Posted by ss3845

If the only time they tear anyone down is when they set a record, what difference does it make? What do you get for setting record in IHRA? There is no heads up for the championship, no random teardowns (that I've ever seen or heard about) so its all just a no box bracket race. Who really gives 2 ****s what the runner volumes are?

Exactly.

[Myron Piatek]

There need to be some sort of rules or class racing will cease to exist. There are already enough racers who can afford to do more than I can to be fast. Teardowns may not be as common as NHRA, but I don't mind the possibility. There can be heads-up races to go through at events leading up to the championship run-off. Otherwise, why not just race locally?

Besides, I like to give the people who help me out a little recognition on the records page and it usually gets an extra pic in the paper.

This brings to mind the "divide and conquer" strategy. Seems like some people want class racing to be "open", JUST like a bracket race so it can be "fun" while others want to combine Stock and SS. My opinion is that both ideas stink. Don't build a class car if you don't want rules to worry about and if you want Stock and SS combined, build the more expensive SS car. If port volume specs come out for Stock, that will be the best thing to happen in the class in a long time. Stock isn't perfect and will never satisy everybody. But if everybody want something different, the class will be divided and disappear, and may take SS with it.