on 9/13/00 1:58 PM, Jim Dincau at jdincau@qnet.com wrote:
> 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
>
>
I'm surprised you passed on the chance to include computer controlled and
handicapping by the number of sensors on each cylinder.
Wes
ps Coule we call this the Absured Dry Lakes Handicapping Association
(ADLHA) or would that not be politically correct?
W.
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