Vegas SS Qualifying - WOW!

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Bill Belden

And that is the problem Jeff, the factors are over 30 years old

What factors? The altitude factors? Ask any pilot why they haven't changed. It's a constant. In fact, the altitude correction factors once applied to all tracks above 1250'. Then about the time the racers discovered the internet and started raisin' a hissy, it was raised to 1450'+ tracks. That move actually helped guys like me in Arizona (2 tracks lost their altitude "status") with fast cars because it "slowed" us down in respect to amounts below the index.

You guys always seem to forget the AHFS also allows (1) run per each half of the racing season allowable for "extreme" conditions, or words to that effect. Maybe each and every one of these steller runs in Vegas are their "extreme" condition numbers. That policy also works on the below sea level tracks.

Also, runs at corrected tracks are subject to HP adjustments. I'll let somebody else jump in with the math on that.

More than one of those that have traveled the country from high points to low points have told me the factors work. I choose to believe them. I've run downhill racing from Denver, Utah, Vegas, Arizona to California. Everything I've seen tells me the corection factors are reasonably accurate. If you don't want to accept it, prove it.

Lastly on this subject, I am all for "all count" runs towards the AHFS but keeping the same grace 2x per year on exceptional wether.

Dave, car's in the shop getting improvements here and there. Should be ready for next season.