Rule changes

[gkamp]

You all need to ease up on the reps. They don't get a dime for anything they do. When I was ask to be the rep and accepted I was given a complete email list of all Div. 3 comp competitors. I didn't have to ask anyone for it. Any time someone new came to comp they approached me to supply their info. If you don't know who your rep is or they don't have your contact info that is your own fault not theirs. If you have an issue I would suggest talking to them about it.
The survival of comp is always a concern of all the reps. I would like to point out though that they don't have the power to make any changes that NHRA doesn't agree with.
Greg

 

[Andrew Holt]

I don't like the personal index, but the tenth given back that year really was in my opinion has caused the most grief with racers. But I definitely understand the rationale for the personal. I think people forget the original motivation. Here's my example:

Two racers in D3 racing in the hot summer months before the personal index rule ---
Racer A is in a class by himself. He controls his own index basically.
Racer B has another guy in his class on the East Coast. That guy goes in April to some race that for some reason is not mineshaft.. and bombs Racer B's index.

In that scenario, Racer B is less competitive to Racer A in his home division because more people... in faster parts of the country... race his class. Thats a problem and I'm sure has kept some guys at home when it happens.... and I can really feel the pain because in reality it's unfair from a competition standpoint. Racer B has to work 25% harder on his stuff than Racer A... just because he has to contend with someone racing that combo in better air.