I never said Rash would win an NMRA event, but he would go rounds. Da Silva can't even run in the NMRA. He can only run FFW. Last year I believe the Mobil 1 Challenge was won by a 7.10 or something like that with both competitors shaking the tires. What excuses are you talking about? The chain breaking is an excuse?
Rash never bought the car to go and win races in the NMRA. Fact of the matter is, it takes way to much money to compete with guys at that level. You need huge sponsors or super deep pockets. Look at Da Silva, he has unlimited funds and he's been doing the Pro 5.0 thing forever. Thats why he's going that fast!
Honestly L8ton, if it were the other way around and Dal came out this weekend and ran a 6.99, you'd be all over the internet claiming him to be the quickest thing to ever hit the track.
Rash bought a chassis that had no drivetrain, electronics, plumbing. Built the car, came out and ripped a six second pass in a matter of a half a dozen shake down passes and you still can't give him the credit. Not to mention these cars your talking about that are running these 6.40's are way under weight compared to Rash's car. Those cars are all Carbon Fibre or Fibre Glass. Rash's car still has tons of steel in it and weighs considerably more than Sameuls or Da Silva's cars.
Either way, Rash wanted to run a six and he did. If he can get the car to run a 6.60, thats pretty impressive in my books considering Donny Walsh, who as you know won the champoinship last year got his car to run something like a 6.65 with the bigger f-3RR blower in a non NMRA event. If Rash can run a time like Donny's thats pretty impressive considering Donny has unlimited funds and Rash is racing on a budget. But I guess Donny Walsh was slow too because he didn't run a 6.40