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Billy Nees · 05-15-2024, 09:34 AM

Hi Sarge! I'm not gonna dig out my history books to try and understand the Hamilton/Burr comment but I'd like to comment on the Entry Fee subject.

In my discussions with young people and potential Racers who have followed my "Dime Rockets" over the years I've generally found that the price of building a Stocker isn't really the deciding factor in going racing. It's the cost of going to (time-off), getting to (truck, trailer, fuel, accommodations) and entering the races that gets to be the main issue. I can say from experience that to go to the closer races I'm going to spend $600-700 for the weekend and $900-1000 for an "away" race. And that's not even considering the "Doubles".
I guess that there's just no "Entry Level" NHRA racing to be had anymore.

Oh, this thread should probably be in S/SS, not Tech.

05-15-2024, 09:34 AM	#3
Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,485 Likes: 3,587 Liked 7,682 Times in 1,730 Posts	Re: Entry Fee's and Ticket Prices Hi Sarge! I'm not gonna dig out my history books to try and understand the Hamilton/Burr comment but I'd like to comment on the Entry Fee subject. In my discussions with young people and potential Racers who have followed my "Dime Rockets" over the years I've generally found that the price of building a Stocker isn't really the deciding factor in going racing. It's the cost of going to (time-off), getting to (truck, trailer, fuel, accommodations) and entering the races that gets to be the main issue. I can say from experience that to go to the closer races I'm going to spend $600-700 for the weekend and $900-1000 for an "away" race. And that's not even considering the "Doubles". I guess that there's just no "Entry Level" NHRA racing to be had anymore. Oh, this thread should probably be in S/SS, not Tech. __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS I'm not spending 100K to win 2K Last edited by Billy Nees; 05-15-2024 at 09:36 AM.