Hood Scoops to Comp

[randy wilson]

i run a hoodscoop car and would have no problem going to comp, but better yet, bring back modified. it is not that i will be competetive in comp, but i understand where legitimate ss cars are coming from. we did not ask to get dumped in there, that is where they told us to go. again, i know where ss cars are coming from, and take no offense.

[sprnova]

Ok Don I will bite. I see your point on trying to keep the class more stock appearing. So lets go one step further any and all GT cars that were produced front wheel drive must stay front wheel drive or else move up to comp also? How does this sound?

New SS racer Josh Edwards (needed a reply so here is my name)

[Don Kennedy]

The real problem it seems to me is the lack of cars in comp eliminator and Plenty of cars in Super stock eliminator ,me personally if comp goes away it will hurt everyone even stock and Super Stock ,some of you all don't remember when NHRA did away with Modified it was not good so if you want comp to stay around I would be pro active in getting the car count up . If you think comp is not being looked with ways to increse car count then think again it is .

Jason said "So lets go one step further any and all GT cars that were produced front wheel drive must stay front wheel drive or else move up to comp also? How does this sound?

Don responded by "cool" I would not mind that > I like comp they get the good pit spaces and actually have a set time to run .


Michael said This :"Once again, you have to think long term and consider all of the ramifications"

don says I agree

Michael said "This would be like telling certain Stock & Super Stock cars, "Oh, you run 9's... you can just run Super Gas." And how many have done that?

Is this going to be another post as Super Stock has plenty of car count this post is about looking in the future and seeing if comp may be in trouble and solving the issue of no car count before comp goes away because lack of car count in my opinion

[Ed Wright]

Aint gonna happen, so it doesn't matter what anybody here says.

Hood scoop cars don't bother me, and we have plenty of them around here.

Comp is crazy expensive, not all that far off of Pro Stock if your going to be really fast, with less pay back. It would just hurt our car counts. I don't see the upside.

[Dave Kommel]

Don,

I realize that this may not be the typical scenario, but in Seattle this year, there were 22 cars in SS, 6 of which were hood scoop cars and Sonoma had 38 cars, 7 or which were hood scoop cars.

Memphis had 56 SS, 15 of which were hood scoop cars and Virginia had 52 cars, 16 of which were hood scoop cars.

I'm really not sure we can say that there is an abundance of Super Stockers...

[art leong]

Originally Posted by sprnova

Ok Don I will bite. I see your point on trying to keep the class more stock appearing. So lets go one step further any and all GT cars that were produced front wheel drive must stay front wheel drive or else move up to comp also? How does this sound?

New SS racer Josh Edwards (needed a reply so here is my name)

I could deal with that rule, But then they would have to allow 4 cylinder motors because thats what most of those cars came with.

[sprnova]

I dont mean any disrespect in my post. It was just to show how dumb the first idea was. Leave well enough alone. Just remember anybody and everybody can be beat. Isn't it just a bracket race anyway?

[Michael Lyons]

Beard you sound like one of the guys from that show, big bang theory... readin your reply made my head hurt :P

I already have one comp car that ain't competitve(w/a spare obsolete chassis to boot!), now you want me to have two? :P lol

[Don Kennedy]

Josh (A good driver) Edwards said This " Isn't it just a bracket race anyway? '

Don Says That is kind of of true except a bracket car has no engine rules ,just safety rules , a bracket car cannot set a national record , a bracket car does not ever qualify , a bracket car never has to tear down, and a bracket car doesn't not have a national index to run off , other that I guess Josh you could say that the only common thing Comp , Super Stock and Stock have with a bracket car is shoe polish . and dialing the car

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

Not to hijack the thread,but I really need an explanation of Comp Eliminator.I really don't understand it anymore.

I was reading my last National Dragster and a comment was made about not wanting to take a permanent hit,even in the final,by running .66 or .67 under.

" I'm just not going to render this car useless" was the quote.

How does Comp work?

It doesn't sound like a very appealing class.Run too slow and you lose,but run too fast and your car is useless?

Wait, isn't that Stock Eliminator?
(Just missing something called "the possible heads up run" correct?)