What Stock rules would you change?

[jmantle]

[QUOTE=Dan Fahey;602587]Jim..make a good point...!
Just for conversation and from your experience.
What DA would you consider mineshaft..?

That's the hard part as every track is different.
I got HP at Mission this year by going 1.011 under at -76 ft. My scewup as I wasn't paying enough attention to the weather and I knew I already had another 1 under run.
It was true mineshaft conditions but apparently fell short of qualifying as such according to NHRA.

Jim Mantle V/SA 6632

[killintime6968]

I would think any DA below the tracks actual elevation should be.

[DG7050]

In an effort to broaden participation in our sport I would like NHRA to bring back ownership points and/or perhaps add a team championship points series. Such a change would allow me to share my car with my sons, giving my boys a chance to drive my car without the expenses of a second car, tow rig etc. A benefit would be to facilitate a transition of my racing operation to the next generation, rather than just cashing out at the end. In all likelyhood, as a group we would end up racing more. Plus it might help keep the value of our cars up as so many first generation racers age out of class racing.

To avoid abuses, NHRA could require me and a driver or two to register at the beginning of the year as a team. Taking his concept a step further, a points system for teams in stock and super stock (combined) might be created to grow the team racing concept. A team points series might total the combined points of my team,me and my two boys, at 3 nations and five divisional races versus the combined points of other teams in stock and super stock. Of course this only works if NHRA allows us to use the combined grade points as a team owner to enter national events.

It's thinking outside the current box, but maybe that's what we need given the rising cost of racing and declining participation among younger people.

[Billy Nees]

Claimers!

[e vassar]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Claimers!

Hell yes!...now I can walk up and buy the engine out of any stocker for 10K .
This would certainly make at least a few racers think twice about spending 25K for a engine,and reduce costs for all of us . Might take me a couple weeks to heal up from the arse kicking I most likely will get!

[Nmbr1GMfan]

The genie... she ain't going back in the bottle and the AHFS has already been hard at work adjusting indexes with cars running ported heads. 25% of the cost for a competitive set of heads is for cover up work so lets just get it over with. As long as the heads CC properly and have the correct valves as outlined in the guide, they pass. No more over looking the obvious and checking will be a go-no go based on CCing properly.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Nmbr1GMfan

As long as the heads CC properly and have the correct valves as outlined in the guide, they pass. No more over looking the obvious and checking will be a go-no go based on CCing properly.

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No sir, I don't like it. Don't like it one bit.
Spend money in the right places in the Tech Dept..
This is why we have SS.