Yet another bogu horsepower factor

[Tim Kish]

For most this is a hobby so "playing fair" is not an unreasonable request. BUT I doubt there are too many people that race Stock and Super Stock that do it just becuase they like to drive a car fast. The want to race, and they want to win (that's how you get to race more).

Now factor the investment. It doesn't cost $75k+ to build a car to run 9.70's, you could be going alot faster for a third that money with a dragster. People choose to spend this kind of money for the competition. You have to be on drugs to think anyone would CHOOSE to spend that kind of money on a combination that isn't or can't be competitive because they don't think another combination isn't "fair". The only reason some people do that is because they are have some non-competition based motivation (always wanted to race X kind of car or diehard Y-brand fans).

Now I feel bad for anyone who is now not competitive and needs to spend more money to catch back up (if that is even possible in some cases). But I see people on here that sound serious when they have asked people who are racing these new combinations to tell NHRA they have an unfair advantage. Seriously? This isn't some cheap legal show on TV where if I turn myself in I can get a plea deal for a lesser HP adjustment because of my honesty.