I hear what your saying casey, but then it would just be another bracket race.

The part about setting your dial in is part of the challenge. If you know how your truck runs...weather changes and such will not hurt you. You just change the truck to meet the condition.

Your suggestion is a perfect example of the lack of respect for the TT class. There is skill involved in running 3 qualifiers and intentionally setting your number. It is the driver making the truck run a number, instead of the truck telling the driver what number to run.

Rocks

 

you are missing the point!

pepole want to run their truck as hard as it can go.

 

Its really "Mod Motor, Mod Motor, Mod Motor" .... "turkey leg time"

Never understood the turkey leg connection - but Pat said it 7 or 8 times..

 

Thats what Test and tune is for .... If you take away the brackets then it becomes a wallet contest ... Who ever has the biggest wallet wins....

 

you can run your truck consistently as fast as you can, cant you?

 

most of us do not want to sandbag incase of bad conditions for eliminations

if eliminations are on the same day i can see a no dial in change.


here is a news flash for you " you can still have a bracket race when you wright your own dial in"

 

I think your missing the point. It isn't a heads up class.

 

do you know what heads up means?

 

Since you want to take this to a smart a$$ level, let me tell you what I see from your posts. I see a feller who doesn't have a clue as to how to make his vehicle hit a number, so he wants to see rule changes to make up for his stupidity.


Rocks

 

ha ha ha thats funny there, for your info little buddy i got sent home on a perfect dial in last october in pheniox
its my reaction time that is inconsistant.

the rule changes that i have mentioned are only suggestions to incress the FUN factor.

right now there is no incentive to run faster, i think there should be.




my do you know what a heads up statement was said with no disrespect intended/ smart a$$ intentions


so do yourself a favor if you come out to the west coast bring your bikini cause your gonna get a WAXING

 

I get that your saying, YOU, feel like it would increase the fun factor. But now you should think about how proud you where...and are that you could land that close to a number you had to achieve the "hard way".

It isn't that hard to run a few test runs in the morning and then just pick the number you will run in the next pass. Doing it the way it's done in TT makes it a little tougher to do right.

Way to go on hitting your dial, I have alot of respect for the fellers that do that in the TT class. But only because of the method you had to use to get the dial number. Simple, choose your number, brackets are not as hard to hit the number.

That is my point...it is part of the game in TT. Change the rule and it is a different game. It becomes simple bracket racing.


Rocks


I had aleady typed my response before you added the waxing part...LOL...but I decide to leave it as is........ I probably won't be making it to California any time soon, so you'll have to come this way to get your but handed to you... .

 

is that your idea of an appology for calling me a smart a$$ and the stupidity comment

you got a deal july 10 at KC for the nmra event, be there or be shunned

 

No...your still a smart a$$. .......it was my way of pointing out how much more of an accomplishment it is to intentionally set your dial by running that number in qualifications rather than just yanking it out of your a$$ an hour after making a pass.

I will be at Norwalk that weekend...running another round or two in TT...LOL.


Rocks

 

No offense taken. I just didn't want to write a book.
I was kind of shocked when Jim offered the motor due to the events prior to the awards banquet. It just goes to show how much JDM cares about the T/T racers. I think it's BS that Jim had to be the one to come out of pocket for something Ford & FFW screwed up. Hats off to Jim and team JDM for going above and beyond.
I can understand the frustration caused by the FFW ruling but things got a little out of hand before the banquet. Ultimately, Paul G. was really hurt by some uncalled for accusations. I have a feeling that's one of the reasons Paul hasn't been following the circuit this year.
It is definitely expensive to attend these races. I can't remember the last race I attended where I didn't spend between $800-$1000. Amen on the JR quote.
I've seen races where there were only 3 or 4 Pro cars and the last few FFW's have only had 2 or 3 cars show up for Drag Radial yet they still get respect. The truck class consistently has 20+ trucks and we are made to feel like they could care less if we were even there. Oh well, what can ya do?

 

stop rewarding those who run the event with your money and attendance...