Most will have to admit that Super class racing did NOT start out as STOP racing. Years ago, with the cost of super stock, comp and other class climbing rapidly, that left LOTS of cars in the 8.90-10.90 range with no good place to race and the SUPER classes were created. Back then the cars for the most part ran all out on these preset indexes and the racing was more exciting because they left together and were racing what looked like heads-up. Fans could more relate to it, although the "breakout" seemed a little foreign.
Me personally, I have ZERO problem with the index classes or SUPER racing in general, but don't care at all to watch car after car be "on the stop" for half the track. So how about a 6.50 class, or a 7.00 class. I just think the performance on the current cars has way outgrown the indexes. I still think it's very viable class, I just think most would like it way better if the cars "appeared" to be racing each other.
...And finally a salient point! When Super Gas came into being at the 9.90 number, those were plenty fast door cars. The Et targets have remained frozen in time while the rest of the performance world has moved forward. They need to drop the indexs down to better represent what the majority of cars in the classes are capable of.
No way you are going to get those 8.5 and 10.5 racers to show up at a National and pay 340$ entry to race for a 1500$ win. Let alone getting a pair of them down the track every minute!
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