1975 Index System

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Bill Diehl

Would it kill the car count?

It already did ..in 75-76
The indexes or par numbers were loosely based on what was being raced at the time.
BBC's, hemis, CJ's , 350's, 327's ,283's etc and so on down.
Therefore you needed a soft factored..what some would call a bogus combo, to beat the system.
Before long all the common cars started staying home because they couldn't win anyway.
By 1976 , breakout racing was brought back to the WCS Divisionals, and by 1977 ,I think to the nationals too.
The great Par System that was supposed to be the end of brakelight racing lasted roughly two years...due to economic reasons.
Then NHRA came up with a better, more profitable scam..
Never lower the indexes,and then letting you dial under them, so just about anybody had a chance to win.