PINKS vs Class Racing

[Mike Carr]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Gary, this is really simple.

Who picks the ET range of the finalists?

Who picks the finalists?

Who picks which of the finalists is the fastest?

Who picks which of the finalists is the slowest?

That's right, Rich and his crew make every one of those decisions and more.

If you enjoy all of that, fine, you go, and you have a good time. I'm not the least bit fooled by it, nor am I interested in it. Enjoy yourself.

Sportsman racing, Stock and Super Stock, can be promoted just fine without all of the silliness. It is easy, but NHRA and IHRA are not interested. The only thing that needs to be changes is how the events are run and promoted. Pinks All Out ain't gonna make that happen.

Rich and team pick the 16/32 cars that are closest together. Whatever happens after that, happens. When there are that many cars within a tenth of a second (or less), there's no way of knowing that the 1 or 2 alleged "chosen" ones will even be in the final. Too many things can happen (jump the arm drop, spin, break, get sideways, sleep at the line, etc etc). Just like in Class Eliminations. Anything can happen. Cars that qualify in spots 12-16 in Pro Stock can win on any given day, with a break or two. I guess, Alan, if there are 10-16 cars at Indy in a given class, you can guess the winner and r/u of every class, correctly, 100% of the time?