Do you remember?

[Myron Piatek]

Originally Posted by RULER

The reason they didn't let you dail over the index was, that if you built your stocker or superstocker anywere close to using the blue print sheets it should run .50 to 1.00 under and that way they kept the bracket cars out. but now everybody just wants to bracket race so thats where were at now!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's misleading to suggest that there isn't a heck of a lot more to it than JUST blueprint specs! But it is to keep out just any ole car that meets minimum specs and effort. An index is basically a minimum performance standard to maintain a certain level of effort, research, creativity, etc. A one second spread between 2 identical same class combos reflects a HUGE difference in the time, money, knowledge, research, etc. that goes into it. But dial-ins at the index and faster still allow people, from who can make the index through the people that can run 1+ seconds under, be competitive - until they get matched up to race heads-up.