How's this for a classification structure that will offend all competitors
equally?
Engine breaks;
AAA
AA
A
B
C
D 501 +
E 440 - 500
F 373 - 439
G 306 - 372
H 261 - 305
I 184 - 260
J 123 - 183
K 93 - 122
L 62 - 92
M 46 - 61
N 31 - 45
O 30 -
Each of the following moves you up one class;
Fuel other than gasoline, LNG, Propane or Diesel.
Supercharger
Overhead Valves
Overhead Cams
Other than Day cycle (Otto, Wankel, scotch yoke, free piston, etc.)
These handicaps are cumulative.
Car types
Enclosed Wheels
Streamliner
Open Car
Closed Car
Open Wheels
Lakester
Open Car
Closed Car
Streamliner and Lakester would be special construction as now.
Open cars (roadsters and convertibles) and closed cars (coupes and sedans)
would be production based with no body mods allowed except for removing
fenders.
Jim in Palmdale, who hoped to get away from all this handicap stuff by
leaving the NHRA
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