Where are the lower class cars?

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

Mark - My dander is fine ..........And as you know I raced lower class cars for almost thirty years so I fully understand but its not the NHRA's fault either that racers started liking fast ( as in speed ) cars .And you're right - a slow class car can easily win the combo deal along with the pewter Wally and whatever money .

One last thing - a racer can run a late model LT1 FI combo in A - B - C - D for a lot less than your quarter mill budget . Just ask Santangelo or Simmons who are competing this weekend at Bristol .

Jack, I just found out that last years altitude correction factor was changed to emulate Competition Eliminators factor. If that's truly the case, then unless/until I come up with 5g's to upgrade my engine and change my cam to one with more duration, I may never run a altitude race at an NHRA event again, because my car won't run the number...if I was home, then I'd check the corrected index for DF/S and compare it to what it was last year (after NHRA's wonderful .3 reduction from 2009's factor). They're the ones choosing to make it harder for people like me who only ran .2-.4 under the index to be competitive nowadays, and this move just went over the top!

Well, thanks to IHRA, at least I have options for a couple of former NHRA altitude tracks...Salt Lake City, and Tucson!!!