Wondering what stock racers think

nhramnl · 07-26-2018, 11:29 AM

I have never understood the logic behind lowering indexes. As others have said, it eliminates the poor guys who don't have a lot of money, but want to experience the pride of making their low-buck stuff capable of running the index, and therefore, able to compete. So a guy runs 1.10 under; who cares? If somebody else runs 1.11 under, he qualifies below him. It has always seemed to me like NHRA has deemed 1.0 second under to be some kind of arbitrary "threshold". The only remotely justifiable argument for lower indexes is that it "keeps out the riff-raff", and I consider that to be nothing more than arrogance on the part of the racers who feel that way. Indexes will NEVER eliminate sandbagging.

07-26-2018, 11:29 AM	#14
nhramnl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 507 Likes: 8 Liked 358 Times in 83 Posts	Re: Wondering what stock racers think I have never understood the logic behind lowering indexes. As others have said, it eliminates the poor guys who don't have a lot of money, but want to experience the pride of making their low-buck stuff capable of running the index, and therefore, able to compete. So a guy runs 1.10 under; who cares? If somebody else runs 1.11 under, he qualifies below him. It has always seemed to me like NHRA has deemed 1.0 second under to be some kind of arbitrary "threshold". The only remotely justifiable argument for lower indexes is that it "keeps out the riff-raff", and I consider that to be nothing more than arrogance on the part of the racers who feel that way. Indexes will NEVER eliminate sandbagging.