Indy qualifying Stock

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

P.S. to my last post. At least with the crate motored combos the triditional stock cars didnt have to run the crate motored cars HEADS UP in the eliminator or during class. It only affected the qualifying positions and from that point on it was a bracket race.

And not only that...

IHRA did the same thing NHRA did with the new cars.They allowed combinations in that were grossly underfactored,hosing those who had years and a lot of money developing their combos.

... but also it's worth pointing out that my 5.9L DragPak is rated *50* HP less than my 360 Magnum crate motor was. And the *crate* motor was grossly underfactored?? I'm sorry, but there's no serious comparison between IHRA Crate Motor and the DP's/CJ's.

I glanced at qualifying from the recent national event from Martin, MI. Highest qualified crate motor car was 12th, three tenths behind the top qualifier.

It's also interesting to me how easy it was for NHRA to "change the conversation" by knocking .30 off the indexes. Even though we all know that they were changed .30, still, you look at IHRA qualifying from Martin, and it looks crazy to see the Top 5 cars all -1.20 under or better... but in NHRA-speak, that's only -.90 under, and we glaze over it. -1.000 under is the new -1.300 under. ....You've already got 7 cars at Indy -1.40 under the "old" indexes!

The last year they had the "old" indexes, it took -1.002 under to get in (-.702 under the new indexes) Interesting that Wade Owens has run the same 11.86 as he did two years ago, currently 22nd vs 7th in 2009.