Index Change Rumor

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Jim Caughlin

This is the best idea I have heard so far. Most heavily populated classes have so many slugs that the fast cars couldn't get hit even if they tried. This idea would work.

This has nothing to do with the class the car runs it had to do with the horsepower factor on the car and engine combo. The AHFS does not change the index on a class except for some of the modified classes in Super Stock. It changes the HP rating of the engine in the body style that it is running. Now it could result in the car having to run a different class if it gets more power added it might have to drop down a class. If power was removed it might move up a class.

All of this has come about from the guys that have been protecting their combo for years don't want to get hit by the AHFS. They want to be able to run all out and not get hit with HP. This is just a ploy by the fast guys to get their way and not pay. None of this is going to help the class get more participation or new blood. It wont help get more heads up races. Most likely it will backfire like everything NHRA has done recently with regard to our classes. Take a look at Comp Eliminator. That class is almost non existent due to similar things that the fast guys want to do to stock and super stock.