Stockers....buttons.....check This Out

Originally Posted by Bernie Cunningham

tgriffith, a regular poster on this site, I have now idea how you've come up with that much 'bunk' in one post !!!!!

It doesn't matter whether your footbraking or using a button in a slower car, the bottom yellow is the GO, unless you need to anticipate it with a slower car, it makes no difference!

I believe you are wrong about slow cars that can't win, check out the foot braking Langs for instance! They, and a bunch more racers got screwed a fews years back when all of the whiny boys got deep staging eliminated. Sounds like the same 'cry for help' with this subject !!!!!

Are you implying that Top Fuel has an outcome in a Stk/SS race that's deep into eliminations? Good God man.

If you don't have your car set for react by the time eliminations come around, I'm sorry, your not paying enough attention to detail, 'quityasnivlin'

Haven't you figured it out, after all these years of racing, just what nightime will do to your reaction yet ??? We now have LED's that changed all of those problems, unless ya still got one in your head.

Do you really think that a button is being adjusted all the time? Most button racers never adjust it, the same one stay's in the car from race to race. The biggest change made on a daily basis is starting line RPM, nothing more and nothing less. I reckon your dumb-founded here but I will agree that the Five O button is BS (include the obvious cheater button, the AX.) Your also polluting the argument with racers that blind the tree, a whole nother subject.

I would love to see your testing results, just how scientific are they, are you a robot that can duplicate a react and tell yourself the truth as to what you just did with weather and track changes etc.????

Thank you for agreeing on the 'no cheaters' part. That's a moot point.

I think you validated the use of two steps in your last sentence, if you cant't keep the starting line RPM's consistent and the rest of the variables, how the hell are ya gonna get any better at what you do and know what is making a difference??

We race because it's a CONTEST, repeat a CONTEST, we try to be the best ya can be, whether your setting records or trying to win the race, if you don't understand the big picture you'll never get it. Winners in the ND talk about it all the time !!

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TWO STEPS AND BUTTONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

Whoa ! that's enough of that ! B

Well Said Bernie

Todd Hoven
1035 NHRA STK

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Anyone who says that this isn't an important issue, just take a look at how many views are on this thread!!!
No matter what side you are on for this issue, don't forget to vote. Be sure to include your NHRA membership number and car number. That is what this thread was started for.

1- Eliminate the use of buttons and two-steps in Stock Eliminator

2- Allow the use of buttons and two-steps as pedal activated only

An approved button would still be permitted in either case for use with NHRA acceptable line-locks only.

Racers are asked to submit their opinions to racerinput@nhra.com.


Going racing now, good luck to everyone else going , this is a very busy weekend.

Jeff Day