Really?

[fatcat]

Haven't run as a real competitor in NHRA for nearly 25 years, but, having have competed in S/S P/S Mod Elim for a long time, and having followed the sport with a real passion, it was a real downer to read the qualifying tonight. When real outstanding cars like Jason McCormack and Jimmy Bridges do not make the cut, it screams that once was envisioned by Wally Parks is gone forever and sadly never to return. I'll watch and continue to be an avid fan, but it will be forever more with a heavy heart of what might have been.

 

[Jeff]

politics seems to be impacting Stock to the favor of the modern cars .... there have always been complaints in the horsepower adj classes, but now the playing field is not level in the favor of the recent factory products

 

[Butch]

Unfortunately it seems in all Motorsports nowadays.
It's not how good you are at building a fast car. It's all come down to how fast you can deplete your fat wallet.

 

[Reese]

One of the problems is that the Factory Stock A and B cars are not subject to getting horsepower for running more than 1.15 under the index. They can run it all out with out penalty of getting horsepower added to that combo. Next year they will have the same index and weight unlike the truck that qualified #1 in stock will have weight added to him on Tuesday. I love the newer cars but think that is very unfair that they are not playing to the same rules as the older cars which is not there fault.

 

[Jeff]

Qualify on Fri/Sat and sell on Monday (Tuesday in this case) has it's costs to the "normal" guys .... but really just for this one race right? Or does this happen a lot and I've just been missing it?

 

[StockersRock]

This happens more when there are Factory Stock shootouts, depending on entry list size. Not many national event entry lists are over quota anymore. It's most prevalent at Indy because just about everyone is there, and most of the new cars that can are running FS/A or B, instead of their "natural" class. The "no AHFS" rule is horrible. However, I saw, on another forum, how somebody said "those poor guys that didn't get in", and while I get that, they put up their entry fee knowing what they're getting into. This is what it will be until the new cars are factored correctly, put in their own class, or held to the same index holding standards - or all of the above.

 

[Reese]

I still say let the factory stock cars take the place of pro stock. Ford, GM, and Mopar support these cars more the pro stock class anyway. Well maybe not more than Mopar. And they would not have to worry about not having 16 cars show up.