Overweight Stockers

[Larry Hill]

My car is always at least 130 to 140 Lbs. over in the driver seat.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

My car is always at least 130 to 140 Lbs. over in the driver seat.

But that 130-140# still keeps you in a class without having to go down a class,correct?


Ed F.

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

My car is always at least 130 to 140 Lbs. over in the driver seat.

Sounds like your car is a better TOP STOCK car at 8.25 than an A/SA at 8.00.If you dropped to B/SA,I bet you would break a lot of parts.

[vic guilmino]

HEY ED

your just a young BOY

have a happy b

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by vic guilmino

HEY ED

your just a young BOY

have a happy b

Thanks Vic.Can I call you old timer?LOL

Ed

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Chris1529

the weight breaks in the rulebook are used to classify the car, and tell you the minimum weight you can be.
I don't think any reference is made to maximum weight. The only other references to weight have to do with how much weight you can add to your car.

Danny waters idea of the min/max weight on the stickers would be the only way to remedy this.

Think about this: if me and the car weigh 900lbs over but I still want to run D/S.....why the hell should the NHRA care? I'm going to lose my class every time but why should they care...it's still money in their pocket and I'm racing in the class I want to race in?

Jim

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

Think about this: if me and the car weigh 900lbs over but I still want to run D/S.....why the hell should the NHRA care? I'm going to lose my class every time but why should they care...it's still money in their pocket and I'm racing in the class I want to race in?

Jim

If you entered the car and if it's legal for C then you're giving yourself a better chance at winning class.
Maybe who you have to run will push it and bulb.That's one reason.Also by having everyone run weighing

inside the range for the class would make more cars show what they have and help the AHFS catch bogus HP ratings.
But nah screw 'em I get what I want and **** the rest.
If we don't do our part NHRA sure as poop won't make a move to straighten out the AHFS.
Then of course you race Nostalgia and it's 100% bracket racing,with some high $ cars.
Ed F.

[vic guilmino]

ed

yep

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

If you entered the car and if it's legal for C then you're giving yourself a better chance at winning class.
Maybe who you have to run will push it and bulb.That's one reason.Also by having everyone run weighing

inside the range for the class would make more cars show what they have and help the AHFS catch bogus HP ratings.
But nah screw 'em I get what I want and **** the rest.
If we don't do our part NHRA sure as poop won't make a move to straighten out the AHFS.
Then of course you race Nostalgia and it's 100% bracket racing,with some high $ cars.
Ed F.

I have raced NHRA, IHRA, AHRA, and NASCAR all with max wedge and E/MP cars I moved to NSS when the NHRA went to bracket racing for stock class and super stock. You run off dial in's, NSS runs off indexes! If you're in a class that is 10.00 to 10.49 in weight where does your car fall...at the 10.00lbs or do you add weight and run off the 10.49lbs?

You run in a class that might have 7 cars all with different dial in's in B/NSS all seven cars run off a 10.50 index and I built the car for a little over $5,000.00 I already had the body!....How much did you spend?

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by vic guilmino

ed

yep

Nope!

Once again explain to me what advantage do I have if I want to run D/S and be 400 lbs too heavy and the car should actually run in say L/S?

If you google NMCA rules you will find out that it is strictly class racing, we run on an index and there is no dialing down like NHRA stock racers do.