National Records Poll

[Dyno]

Nice! I agree.

[Hacksaw]

The only problem I see is that they don't always check fuel or weight after every run. Unlike when you claim you are trying a record run.

[tstickff]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

The only problem I see is that they don't always check fuel or weight after every run. Unlike when you claim you are trying a record run.

If they do tear down at Indy they have checked fuel and weight, that?s the first thing they check.

[Bob Bender]

Absolutely !!!!!!!

[west coast]

Here is an idea, anybody that runs faster then the current national record gets torn down and if passed gets the record. This would put the fear back into passing a teardown and curb the cheating. If the record was at a minimum people would be scared and change to a class that does have a actual record which would make more heads up runs and get combos in line

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by west coast

Here is an idea, anybody that runs faster then the current national record gets torn down and if passed gets the record. This would put the fear back into passing a teardown and curb the cheating. If the record was at a minimum people would be scared and change to a class that does have a actual record which would make more heads up runs and get combos in line

This makes too much sense but would also take too much time. Back in the "good-old-days" many of the NHRA employees were "volunteers", Now because of government intervention they are all paid, hourly workers and NHRA doesn't want to afford them.

[Frank Castros]

Does a $20 to 25K stipend for16 Technical inspectors at Indy sound reasonable?

[JGrossijr]

Agree with the poll question, but what's the point of being a record holder anymore? With AHFS in place, being a record holder doesn't necessarily indicate you're the fastest in class. There are more than 65 classes in stock and all but 11 are at minimum. There are more than 125 classes in Super Stock (Crazy) and all but 8 are at minimum. In my opinion, the ability to set records isn't as much of a problem as the penalty for going fast. The only way to take advantage of being fast, is to hide how fast a car is until it's needed in a heads-up race, and then only use what you need to get the job done. It's arguably not a whole lot different than throttle stop racing that so many of us abhor.

I think a better conversation would be how do we incentivize displays of performance capability in Stock & Super Stock.
Here are my suggestions.

• Qualified fields at all national events. Raise the quotas and qualify 32, 64, or 128
• Points for qualifying position
• Pro ladder
• Lane choice to higher qualifier
• Points for setting records
• Points for class round wins
• Consolidate classes to create more heads-up racing
• Some kind of award or special recognition for being #1 qualifier
• Special race for top qualifier points earners
  

[VE6DRW]

Agree - as long as they make two qualifying passes at the same event with the ETs within 1% of each other. On a representative fastest run of 10.00, that would be a 2nd run no slower than 10.10.

[Larry Hill]

I would like to see a record be listed until it is broken.