Once again a bogus combination

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Originally Posted by Stewart Way

Yes, I'm a Mopar guy. Yes, I think the DP's are underated. Yes, I'm building a 5.7 for SS/GT but I am slower than the AHFS so by the time I'm running the HP may be in line.
That said, I have a couple questions.
Bruce, you stated that this debate will be going on next year if the racers don't come to a "reasonable compromise" on this issue. What would that be? Reasonalbe compromise is like affordabe healthcare. Very different meanings to different folks. I don't think anyone has stated that the DPs and CJs are factored correctly, but beating each other up over it solves nothing. Any changes will come thru NHRA, not racer compromise, and I think you are addressing that..
Mark, what rules were bent to get these cars in the class guide. Someone tried to make the point earlier that the rule of 50 was put in recently to allow these cars but that was written into the rulebook in the 90's.
A good debate is an enjoyable mental exercise but when it sinks to character assassination, comments based on emotion rather than fact and name calling (another thread on this topic) in serve little purpose other than a place to vent frustration and emotion. For that I use a speed bag.
Lets play nice. It's nobodys fault on this forum that these cars were built by the OEMs and in the case of the DPs I think most of them were purchased before the specs even hit the class guide in 3/09.

Good posting Stewart.
We have fourteen pages of posts with finger pointing and blaming racers, and probably the topic will continue on.
Let's be real and point the fingers in the right direction: NHRA

Bruce, the debate will continue as long as people keep adding coal to the fire. On the same token, I do not understand your statement of "reasonable compromise" either.
Are you implying that "reasonable compromise" would entail racers with CJ's and DP's parking their cars until NHRA re-factors the engines?

I know that many of the people that have complained, if they had the funds, they would also join the fray and would purchase a CJ or DP. And if GM offered an equivalent, many of them would be buying one too and probably we would not be having these postings.

Also, I feel that attacks on people like Jeff Teuton are out of line. Jeff has been one of the biggest supporters of the sport in many ways.

It is tiring to read the same rhetoric again and again; let's aim the energy to the real culprit of the problem: NHRA