Sticks & Autos Together (Class)

[art leong]

Originally Posted by bill dedman

Art,

I can't disagree with anything you said, BUT that's not what I was proposing.

Ed contends that a lot of racers are ALREADY using clutchless transmissions (which are illegal in Stock, as you know,) so IF the powers that be combine the two (automatic and stick) classes, and these scofflaws continue to use their clutchless sticks, NHRA is likely to do what they ALWAYS do when they are faced with enforcing a rule that's difficult to "police"... they will likely, at some point, just legalize cutchless shifting for sticks.

Having done that, I started looking for a way to counter that move for the automatic guys, and came up with trans brakes. Maybe lockup converters might be a better way... trans-brakes ARE hard on parts...

Simple. Catch anyone using a clutchless and give them a years vacation.