GM Releases 2013 bogus HP ratings at PRI show

Ed Wright · 12-16-2012, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Rat Raceway

Ok then tell me why Dave Connolly says in the interview at sema with GM. (I will find the video when I get to a PC, on a iPad) I pulled up to the line and the tires come up, the way it came from chevy.
Here is the video hell it even says tuned by Brian Macy... Turn up the sound. That car has a three speed and a lose vert.

Cavnazzi's car was tuned by Brian Macy, but Patterson's tune was untouched until I tweaked it a little at the rained out Topeka div race on the way to Indy. A GM rep told them to not go a second under at Indy, which made Connolly very unhappy. They would both go 1+ under, and Parrerson's engine had never been out of the car at that time. Are they way under-rated? Absolutely!

chevy620 · 12-16-2012, 10:01 AM

I don't race Stock anymore but it's not the new cars that ruined it for me, it was the heads-up races in eliminations, simply took too much money to try to keep the car fast enopugh to protect your expenses and race for a purse that is less than my local bracket track pays every weekend.

Do you guys EVER see each other at the track????????????? That could get interesting with the attitudes you have on a keyboard.

The "Deal" has been struck by NHRA to get the factories involved, get over it. Want to fix the issue, don't support NHRA events and let them know every week why 200 of you are staying home from their events.

Money is the only pressure NHRA can bend over for. It has always been that way (SFI rules for seatbelts, the old muffler rule, trans shields that "wear out" in 5 years, etc, etc.) and it will always be that way as they need more cash to operate.

It wouldn't surprise me if they drop Stock/Super Stock becasue of the rule enforcement personnel it takes and the constant complaining. Add another 100 Super Class, Top Dragster, Top Sportsman and footbrake racers to a National Event and those spectators won't notice a thing. Sad day if it happens, but in my opinion it is a viable option for them.

Jok

12-16-2012, 10:01 AM	#2
chevy620 Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 188 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: GM Releases 2013 bogus HP ratings at PRI show I don't race Stock anymore but it's not the new cars that ruined it for me, it was the heads-up races in eliminations, simply took too much money to try to keep the car fast enopugh to protect your expenses and race for a purse that is less than my local bracket track pays every weekend. Do you guys EVER see each other at the track????????????? That could get interesting with the attitudes you have on a keyboard. The "Deal" has been struck by NHRA to get the factories involved, get over it. Want to fix the issue, don't support NHRA events and let them know every week why 200 of you are staying home from their events. Money is the only pressure NHRA can bend over for. It has always been that way (SFI rules for seatbelts, the old muffler rule, trans shields that "wear out" in 5 years, etc, etc.) and it will always be that way as they need more cash to operate. It wouldn't surprise me if they drop Stock/Super Stock becasue of the rule enforcement personnel it takes and the constant complaining. Add another 100 Super Class, Top Dragster, Top Sportsman and footbrake racers to a National Event and those spectators won't notice a thing. Sad day if it happens, but in my opinion it is a viable option for them. Jok