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09-12-2014, 06:22 PM | #11 |
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Re: Part of what hurt drag racing
Randy,
I do like seeing cars on open trailers... my boys both point them out when they see them on the highway, if I dont first! LOL Not sure that had major impact on the tracks and sport, but probably did not help any. I am old enough now to say I remember when (45)... tracks had good car counts and good crowds in the stands. Was a cheap night out when I was in highschool to go to the track. BS with friends, watch the cars, no cops to worry about if I was drinking beer until we left... etc. Some good reasons, some not so good... LOL Less cars hurt the track. They raise fan prices, trying to make up for it, and then lose that also. Not making any money, so dont want to gamble on paying for show cars to come, for bigger purses, etc. BAD spiral. I dont have the answers. Just agreeing and sounding off I guess. Have a good weekend. Ken Stock 412 |
09-12-2014, 06:51 PM | #12 |
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Rising costs and poor economy . I was looking at the Super Stock class winners at Indy and thinking where are all the young people !
Even Stock is filled with older people, Most of the young people you see today have Mom and Dad paying the bills,,, It just cost to much for a young family to build a car and keep it up. |
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Thanks guys. Just thought I'd throw that out there. I just remember going through K.C. or Eddyville, or Omaha, (Cornhusker) or Detroit dragway, (I worked up there in 73) and see open cars on the trailer, and if I had the opportunity I'd head for the track. I remember my first time at Eddyville in 77 to race, (I did not qualify in GG\Hot rod, formula 2) pulling in behind a pinto, a monza, a 48 ford pickup with a small block in it, an altered with an injected hemi, a 55 chevy, a 65 chevelle, etc. and just the excitement. 64 car field in SS, and a 64 car field in Top Street, (Comp). Full field, with 86, count em, 86 non qualifiers, with standing room only.
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09-12-2014, 07:26 PM | #14 |
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My 18 year old Son has no interest in driving my Super Stocker.
However, he is about to get a Subaru WRX, and likes the idea of hopping it up and running it down the quarter mile. The customer base is changing. |
09-12-2014, 07:49 PM | #15 |
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I think we "dinosaurs" are the problem, as we are unwilling to adapt to change. Let the XYZ generation and the cars of this generation let the motorsport we love evolve.
Pro stock needs to be about today's Muscle cars. Muscle cars of the sixties and seventies are of my era and should have a place in NHRA drag racing forever. PS; I love open trailers and haulers too. |
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On another note the young people are not interested in spending the amount of money we spend to race a class car. . They can run an outlaw car far cheaper , alot quicker and faster and run races every weekend at a cheaper entry fee and if they win get paid a good amount...
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When we started to race jr dragsters we had a jr on an open trailer and a mini bike ( kinda like the Clampets going racing) Every time we stopped someone would come over and ask about the car. We then purchased a new enclosed and when we would stop no one ever asked what was in the box. When the girls finished jrs we then put my street cars in the box and again no one ever asked what was in the box. We purchased a new open trailer last year and if I stop for gas or food someone asks about the car. BUT if I die my daughters would have a toterhome and a stacker
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"Adapt to change" - how preposterous .. OMG .. what heresy
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Kevin just explained it better then I. What made me think of this was today I took the Cobalt down to a good friend of mine I do tractor pulling motors for to look at the brake drag problem we have. We plan to make another blast with it to get people interested in the car that is for sale. I just put it on my open trailer, and whenever we stopped, a crowd came over. When in an enclosed trailer, not one interested person even spoke to us.
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