Index Change

[Dion Hildebrandt]

Originally Posted by Stock 608

This is a huge blow to my program. I was about a -30 player before and ok with that. Now i will most likely not be able to even run the index. I don't have the money to make up the difference. So my car will not see much nhra action in 2010, just bracket racing. I may end up still going to pomona since i had planed on it, but thats about it. I understand why it was done, but its a hard deal for racers on a tight budget and who's cars are not fast enough anymore...

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

I'm curious, what do you guys guess is the average age of a stock eliminator competitor and car?
Based on that data what is the future of stock eliminator 10-15 years from now?

I ,like Ryan (stock 608) am a 'young gun' (he's younger than me, I'm 34) I can afford to race STOCK only because I am self employed and 'sponsor' myself. This change with a stroke of a pen makes my car useless as it was good for -0.25. yea yea yea I know 'work on it' . Mid week I found out my combo went from a 300 horse rated at 290 to a 285 rating GREAT! i can lose 57.5 pounds ,to finding out my slow car is non qualifier everywhere. How does the nhra figure they are going to get new (young) blood excited about class racing when the current crop of drivers are questioning if it is even worth it to compete themselves? I was already planning on hemorraging my wallet for the annual off season update was kinda hoping to jump up to a -1.00 or -0.90 car for 2010, i guess it will be a -0.70 or -0.60 .......................makes the 'investment' easy to explain to my pregnant wife!