I can't see why any given Class has any performance based relationship to any other Class in Land Speed Racing.
Why does a Gas Record have to be slower than a Fuel Record they are totally separate Classes.
Most people missed the point of this thread for one reason or another.
SaltPeter, A fuel record does not have to be faster than a gas record, nor does a blown record have to be faster than a normally aspirated record, nor does someone running a four-valve per-cylinder engine have to run faster than a two-valve engine, but you have to admit it looks good if they do doesn't it?
Everyone that races "buys" their trophies and records because racing costs money, but the starter of the thread was not saying anything negative about people spending money to race and have fun. What he was saying is this:
You have the choice to run in an old class that takes a LOT of smarts, skill and experience to set a record in, or you have the choice to run in a class that takes a lot less of those things, and those who do set a record in a very competitive and old class that has had a lot of smart men trying to grab it for many years have a right to crow a LOT louder than someone who sets a record in a class that does not have such a history.
So if two guys are running BSA Goldstars for instance, if the one running ordinary gasoline is an expert tuner who can make it run faster than someone running alcohol or a blower, then YES he has bragging rights.
Likewise if two guys are running Goldstars and the only way the one guy can win the record is to ditch his Goldie engine and to buy a newer design engine with more valves per cylinder, then maybe he will set the record, but he has not really beat the guy that had the faster Goldie engine.
So the thread is simply giving credit to those who set records because of their engine tuning expertise as opposed to those who set records by finding gaps in the rules or record books, and I think those guys do have extra bragging rights don't they?