dont give into the pier pressure doug, all i've heard from you for years is if you cant cut a light you'll never win !!! I'll agree that driving the stripe is also very fun and important, especially after losing a race this weekend in the 6th round with a .000 light to his .003 light unfortunatly i took a little to much stripe! but if he wasn't .003 on the tree driving the big end would have been alot easier. and driving the stripe at 130 - 140 mph in the 1/8th is alot harder than 130 to 140 mph in the 1/4 you got alot less time to make decisions. But it seems like alot more tracks are switching to 1/8th mile for super pro for insurance reasons