Has anyone changed their mind about AA/SA index?

[Bruce Noland]

Dave,
I heard you were a pretty busy fellow at Indy last year but I do believe you threw up your best number in between your other activities. Given the air at Indy and your passes at Atco, all the numbers are pretty close. You are out here trying to influence a debate when you don't even run in the class and you're smart enough to know you couldn't qualify in AA at Indy. This is where the debate is centered - INDY. Everywhere else the AA cars are receiving a gift.

[Jeff Teuton]

I have to go with Larry Hill and the Chuck Rayburn rule; I don't have one so I got no vote. However;;;; I really don't know the theory from to move beyond the normal (by what standards I have no idea) from about .10 to .15 class to class to the .40 to that AA class. But I got no vote so I guess it don't matter. Consider this clutter.

[rod butcher]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

Dave,
I heard you were a pretty busy fellow at Indy last year but I do believe you threw up your best number in between your other activities. Given the air at Indy and your passes at Atco, all the numbers are pretty close. You are out here trying to influence a debate when you don't even run in the class and you're smart enough to know you couldn't qualify in AA at Indy. This is where the debate is centered - INDY. Everywhere else the AA cars are receiving a gift.

Bruce
We were .28 slower at Indy (3900) DA on friday running class than the Atco open race (600) DA on thursday's record runs Just for a comparison. Indy did correct .02 better but I think my stuff runs better at altitude.

rod

[Bruce Noland]

Thanks Rod

[Dave Casey]

My car is a natural B car, so I cannot make AA. However on a number of occasions I have considered switching to the L88 combo which would put me in AA. I don't want to do that because of 2 things 1. the index is too fast and I occasionally go to Indy and also care about how I qualify. 2. I wish there was a class faster than AA, I don't like running a car any heavier than need be so I wouldn't wish to run the current AA weight brake.

To answer the original question, I would want the index to be moved slower 1-3 tenths.

[Jim Bailey]

In a preview of Indy, at the Jegs Sportsnationals, with a qualified 128 car field, I was just wondering how the large contengent of AA/ stockers made out ?

[GTOMayhem]

Originally Posted by Jim Bailey

In a preview of Indy, at the Jegs Sportsnationals, with a qualified 128 car field, I was just wondering how the large contengent of AA/ stockers made out ?

http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2016#indextop

127 2020 AA/SA Brenda Grubbs, Magnolia TX, '69 Camaro 10.260 10.60 -0.340

Looks like only 1 AA car showed up. 127th.

Rick Thomason
GTOMayhem

[Dave Ficacci]

Originally Posted by Jim Bailey

In a preview of Indy, at the Jegs Sportsnationals, with a qualified 128 car field, I was just wondering how the large contengent of AA/ stockers made out ?

When the sole AA car there is outrun by B/SA cars you can't really put much into the debate..
What I found interesting is that considering Larry was going 9.89/9.90 in A had he not lifted he would have been a low 9.70s in AA based on the math earlier discussed in this thread. That would have put him around the #50 qualifier.

[Larry Hill]

No way we could get the car that light. Our best chance to get "that" light would have Allison Smyth run the car by remote control.