AHFS Excluded From U.S Nationals

4543 · 04-13-2023, 08:54 AM

I think there are several reasons that the AHFS causes so much angst among Stoch/Super Stock racers. The first reason is I’ve never see a stated goal of the system from NHRA other than the vague control out of control combinations. We can all agree it never did a very good job of that. Another reason is that there are several subsets of racers among our classes, each with different goals. There is one group that is perfectly happy running an obscure class .2 or .3 under the index and racing to win rounds. There are people in our classes that still receive their satisfaction by building all their own stuff and making it as fast as they can. There are people who are happy buying a complete car and just being able to go racing. There are your people who want to win clas and be the fastest in the land who are willing to do the work and spend the money to get there. I’m sure you can think of other subsets. We all have goals for our racing and while winning Wally’s is the top goal we each have different performance goals. I have never been the fastest in the land but going to Indy and trying to be is what keeps me thinking about our cars, talking to people about things that might help, trying different things, and going to the shop every day. With all of these different goals I don’t see how the AHFS can ever be balanced to make everybody happy. Mike McMahan 2543 G,H/SA

04-13-2023, 08:54 AM	#16
4543 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 642 Likes: 63 Liked 639 Times in 140 Posts	Re: AHFS Excluded From U.S Nationals I think there are several reasons that the AHFS causes so much angst among Stoch/Super Stock racers. The first reason is I’ve never see a stated goal of the system from NHRA other than the vague control out of control combinations. We can all agree it never did a very good job of that. Another reason is that there are several subsets of racers among our classes, each with different goals. There is one group that is perfectly happy running an obscure class .2 or .3 under the index and racing to win rounds. There are people in our classes that still receive their satisfaction by building all their own stuff and making it as fast as they can. There are people who are happy buying a complete car and just being able to go racing. There are your people who want to win clas and be the fastest in the land who are willing to do the work and spend the money to get there. I’m sure you can think of other subsets. We all have goals for our racing and while winning Wally’s is the top goal we each have different performance goals. I have never been the fastest in the land but going to Indy and trying to be is what keeps me thinking about our cars, talking to people about things that might help, trying different things, and going to the shop every day. With all of these different goals I don’t see how the AHFS can ever be balanced to make everybody happy. Mike McMahan 2543 G,H/SA