TESTING AND MORE TESTING
Jeff, A very well written article. Having
helped two different teams win championships
I know what its like to hear the whining.
One thing you omitted from your article is
in the IHRA the squeaky wheel always gets
the grease. If most of the nitrous racers
spent as much time on the dyno or at least
track testing as they do on the phone to IHRA
maybe they would be competitive with the current
rules.
Tom Anderson
MEET IN THE FINAL
I like that idea but IHRA will never go for
that. I can hear IHRA now, we don't have the
money to pay for two 16-car shows. I like
your thought though. Eight cars in each class
sounds good and the winner of each should
have the big run-off.
We can dream.
Thanks,
Bob Plumer
ON SECOND THOUGHT. . .
At first I didn't like your split idea because
it reminded me the early 80's Pro Comp split
with the winner of each class meeting in the
final. After attending Rockingham, I couldn't
agree with you more. Actually there are some
series here in the South that run nitrous
only and they seem to be success. I think
you could bring in the turbos and let them
run in the blown class to add some spice.
Bob Fore III
A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
Jeff, a big part of the appeal of Pro Mod
has always been the nitrous vs supercharger
wars. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I ready
articles by you stating that fact back in
the early 90's. The disparity between the
two combos resulted in a split in the southern
outlaw events and the scene quickly went downhill.
Car counts are dismal and it just doesn't
have
the same appeal without both combinations.
You say that you don't want to turn Pro Mod
into Pro Stock but by following your suggestion,
that's essentially what you're asking for.
Every blown car will be powered by a big blown
hemi.
We've been there before and it ended up with
a field of blown funny cars. Let's not go
down that path again. Although keeping parity
is damn near impossible and requires frequent
changes to the rules to counter racer desire
and invention, it's still the best solution
to keep a multi-power adder class.
Michael Ray
