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03-28-2017, 12:19 PM | #1 |
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03-28-2017, 12:29 PM | #2 |
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Re: Comp racers seek to show eliminator is very much alive
I wish them success.
I wonder when the last time NHRA raised the payouts for Comp or any of the Sportsman Eliminators? |
03-28-2017, 01:04 PM | #3 |
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We started in 98. The NHRA payouts are the same as back then. But there's half as many contingency's. I bought my first Superstock engine for ten grand. A new one was 13 ( from Koewn, our builder back then) , so I bought used . Now compare that to today . New ones are 35, 40 with all the whistles ...
Back then there was top qualifier money also, I remember some went for that, as it paid their fuel bill to get to and from the races. Someone had the Sportnationals from Diamond P ( remember them !) on facebook last week and the commentator was saying that the winner < Bobby Warren, just won 8 thousand dollars ....In 1978.... That's the same as last years US Nationals SS winner ( if everybody pays him) .....40 years later
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03-28-2017, 02:18 PM | #4 |
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Re: Comp racers seek to show eliminator is very much alive
In 2008 I got $21500 for a S/S win @ Norwalk--2016 S/S win by Bryan @ Charlotte netted less than $13000--But of course tires -motors-fuel-parts and entry have gone up!
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03-28-2017, 04:57 PM | #6 |
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Re: Comp racers seek to show eliminator is very much alive
I love Comp but let's be real it is extremely expensive to be competitive and that's what is keeping the cars home and new people from entering the class. I was recently looking at the classified ad Mr Aragona had on this site, what a steal for that altered but not many can justify buying it when there might not be a year or two left them you're stuck with something that's worth pennies on the dollar.
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I also agree that inclusion of the faster FS cars in to Comp could very well help save the class and the good news is they already exist.
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03-28-2017, 06:49 PM | #8 |
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To all--- that $9500 in 1976 would be $41,300 in 2017 ---my how times have changed
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03-28-2017, 08:38 PM | #9 |
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Re: Comp racers seek to show eliminator is very much alive
I probably should mind my own business on this one, but seeing it's in our section, here we go anyway.
So plan to rejuvenate and replenish Comp is to tell the same semi-retired racers to freshen up their stuff and come on out and race, because Comp is not going away until there are no cars left? That's it? Come on, boys. You can do better than that.
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03-29-2017, 12:04 AM | #10 |
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Re: Comp racers seek to show eliminator is very much alive
In 1988 I was runner up in Montreal in SC won $8300 the following weekend at the IHRA Sportsnationals in Marion Ohio I won QR and won over $12,000 not even close these days for payouts but I really hope there is a save for comp eliminator
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