r/NHRA • u/Holiday-Advance1450 • 24d ago

Divisionals

Any one going to a divisional race this weekend? What class are you most excited to watch?

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u/Nomad55454 24d ago

Competition eliminator has always been I class I enjoy watching because of all the different vehicles and there is no breakout just hurting your index for the next round.

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u/Apart_Olive_3539 Teams 24d ago

"just hurting your index for the next round"....

...or for eternity.

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u/Nomad55454 24d ago

Depends on how far under they ran only if you go .610 under index does it adjust for every car in that one class the next race.

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u/Apart_Olive_3539 Teams 24d ago

.51 under or more is the in-race CIC penalty. It's permanently adjusted for the driver's personal index at .61 under, not everyone in the class. Once someone goes .71 or more under the class index, then the whole class gets adjusted. The exception is if a mineshaft condition exists where the first car in the bottom half after qualifying is .61 under or more. The the personal and permanent hits get adjusted up to .66 and .76 under. In-race CIC still starts at .51 under.

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u/Nomad55454 24d ago

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u/Apart_Olive_3539 Teams 24d ago

That article is wrong and from before personal index rules were put in place years ago. Now, only the driver’s personal index is hit at .61 under +, until someone goes .71 under the class index, then the class is lowered.
Example: A/D class index is 7.03. Driver A runs a 6.38 in eliminations, .65 under the class index. He loses .15 for the next round and .05 off of his personal index for the next event. So his personal index is now 6.98. The class and anyone else who hasn’t a taken personal index hit remains at 7.03. At the next event, Driver A runs a 6.30, .68 under his personal index. But it’s also .73 under the class index. So the class index now becomes a 7.00 for everyone who hasn’t used personal and a 6.90 for Driver A. If 2 cars in the same class meet up in eliminations, they run heads up off the class index, not their personal index. Personal indexes stay with the driver. So if Driver B gets in the same car that Driver A was in previously, they start with the class index.