New rules for 2010?

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Sean Cour

Because some racers are more fortunate, guys like you, which by the way, I admire, want things given too them.

There's a difference between having things given to you, and having things taken away from you.

I haven't seen "the slow guys" asking for anything, outside of the Worst Redlight discussion, which I feel is largely academic and highly unlikely anyway. Leave 'em alone. Lots of people got started because goals were attainable. Just because I was an index-runner as a rookie doesn't mean I'm an index-runner now. Nobody held a gun to my head and said "spend money". I did it of my own volition, as will the vast majority of "the slow guys". (I've run -1.000 under... can I join the country club now?)

You want the "blue bottle" to be fast!

Gotta work on that sarcasm detection... LOL I really don't think Mr. Miles was being serious.

The biggest thing that needs attention is rules enforcement, and proper HP factoring. (which -=gasp!=- might hurt some of "the slow guys")

Look at the big picture. Not through the peephole.

$.02,

[Sean Cour]

Does anybody know what year NHRA gave racers back .20 on the indexes? Early 90's I think.

[Angelo DiTocco]

Originally Posted by Sean Cour

Does anybody know what year NHRA gave racers back .20 on the indexes? Early 90's I think.

Sean
The year the indexes changed was 1993 I believe. I remember my first time out w/ my original car running GT/DA in '92 on a 10.60 index and literally doing cartwheels the first time I ran under it (a 10.57 if I remember correctly). I got my rear end kicked in class for a year or so before I figured out how to go fast and run with the guys who had been doing it a while. The next year, in 93 all the indexes were raised two tenths. That helped cars that could barely run the index then.... before that if the air got worse during the race they would have to dial the index and were "dead ducks" if they couldn't run the index.
Angelo D.