Indy Question

[Bob Wibright]

Joe............Your "junk" seems like it is quite fast right now. I think you will be fine. Good luck out there!

Bob

[Toyotakid]

Originally Posted by buzzinhalfdozen

Isn't EX a power adder class? Really not sure but I seem to recall reading that somewhere. Hopefully the Wed. morning weather will be good, my junk don't like hot weather.Joe

Nope, no power adders here! We are 11.5 lbs per inch, normally aspirated (carb or injection), manually shifted only (5 fwd. speeds max), front wheel drive only. I did a spread sheet on all of the Super Stock classes, index vs. national record and the average record is 1.22 under the index (not including any classes without a record). Unfortuanately I cant attach it here but the data is there. What was really interesting is that the HP to weight breaks are not evenly distributed and the classes that do not have records seem to have a disproportionally bad index to play with. I guess that is why most of these have lied dormant for sometimes several years. Hey, just an observation from the new guy ...

[buzzinhalfdozen]

Sorry Scott I thought that class was for "hair dryer" cars. There does seem to be somewhat of a weight break issue for EX. Hopefully NHRA will work with you and anyone else running the class. Good luck. Joe P.S. looks pretty fast to me FWIW

[Toyotakid]

Originally Posted by buzzinhalfdozen

Sorry Scott I thought that class was for "hair dryer" cars. There does seem to be somewhat of a weight break issue for EX. Hopefully NHRA will work with you and anyone else running the class. Good luck. Joe P.S. looks pretty fast to me FWIW

BTW, it is very nice to meet a fellow MX class racer, hope we end up at the same event sometime so we can chat more!

Take care and good luck!

[Toyotakid]

Originally Posted by Jerry Maxwell

Hi X guys I should be entered @Indy but messed up and did not run enought divisionals last year. Had a lot of work and it comes first.Will run northern sportsnationals later.Hey taking about indexs mine was 11:40 2 yrs ago then got slammed @ us nats thanks Ray then got slammed again 2 mo's later,I would be a 90s player on a bad trans now a 60-70s guy.But hey I love the V6s and never looking back. Good luck guys give'm Hell. Jerry Maxwell Buick V6 SS/CX

Hey Jerry,

SS/CX is one of the indexes that is WAY out of whack in relaton to AX to BX for horsepower. It makes sense now as you say it got hit for an index adjustment. Since it has not had a record holder since 2008, how long before they give you some index back? Here is the way I see it @
AX - 8.5 lbs per inch = 9.80 index
BX - 11.0 lbs per inch = 10.85 index
the index differential from AX to BX is + .21 per .5 lbs on the index. IF you add the same .21 per .5 lbs from BX to CX shouldnt the index be 11.48 instead of 11.10. If I was looking at running the MX class I would definately choose AX or BX because they are much friendlier to the racer.

Now look at EX in relation to BX
BX - 11.0 lbs per inch = 10.85 index
EX - 11.5 lbs per inch = 10.50 index
In theory because the class is .5 lbs per inch heavier should it not be that the index is slower than BX because we carry more weight but they have us .35 faster and before the adjustment .65 faster ...

Am I looking at this wrong Jerry?