Glenn, does Gateway create their ladder based on the different index classes ? Case in point, you qualified with a 8.02 on your 8.00 index, but if a 9.00 index car qualified with a 9.01, he would be higher up the ladder than you. Which is what NHRA does in Comp Elim. Also what ladder system are they using, in our series, NHRA Heritage JrFuel, we use a Pro ladder, ie 1 races 8 in a 8 car field, Sportsman ladder is more like 1 races 5 in a 8 car field, again Q times based on indexes .
I hope this helps clear-up what Gateway is doing with Pro Comp.
Jon, Hayden Wheels
Gateway did not set up the running of the NDRL series, NDRL cars were run against themselves, and not cars from Gateway ProComp
Troy was the number one qualifier for the ProComp class. It was explained to me that is why I ran against him.
From what I understand there is no ladder after that for any of the ProComp other than 7.0 and 7.5.
With the way it is currently set up it seems to be a disadvantage to be a faster car (you have to sit at the staggered light and wait for the slower car to leave first).
I know it effected my RTs as I was cutting .020 lights in qualifying but .128 lights when running a staggered light (mind set of do go, don't go until you light comes on).
I do not want to make a big thing out of this, just did not seem right to me that there were three 8.0 vehicles in the first round of eliminations and none of them ran against each other.
It is my intention to express my feeling on this in a very polite letter to the NDRL officers.
In the Gasser Series races I have run locally a board is set up in the pits and vehicles are paired based on qualifying times it it was the responsibility of the drivers to pair up in the staging lanes. This was an ET based system and I really liked the idea of index as there is more skill required in the tuning area, and I was just starting to get comfortable in that area.
I may have to reevaluate my expectations.
The rules for NDRL were written long before I came along so I have no right to complain.
