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The Gassers I grew up with are liable to be VERY different from what you have in mind, lol.

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Tony, It all starts with letting out the clutch on time if you want to turn on win lights. ;-)

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We raced air cooled VW, in both H/G and B/MC.

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A lot of younger folks into NT / Grudge and No-Prep racing.

Not so much into these other classes. Cost and relatability are two issues.

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I think because of less safety restrictions , cameras covering teams and Discovery. TV.

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I'm so tired of boomers saying my generation won't work. We can't afford anything, much less a factory stock combo.

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Lot's of truth to this. My local dragstrip packs out every thursday night for testing and grudge, but when's the last time you saw more than 10 fans at a divisional to watch Stock eliminator? Not bashing STK of course, I think it's awesome and I make sure to spread the gospel to all my friends, they just don't get it or understand the history behind it.

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A good deal of the "kids" at my local track will run Street or Trophy or whatever they can in whatever they have. They want to race and that's what they can afford.

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Agree, IF the "kids" want to race they will race whatever car in whatever class they can afford. The issue though is they don't want to race, have little to no interest in cars no mind drag racing..

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Ed, there is no problem getting a good crowd of "kids" at my local track. And when they're not at the local track, most of them have an old Farmall H or a FWD pickup that they're at a local truck-and-tractor pull with.

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the fact remains that

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Or "in 10 years from now" the nukes could fly, the aliens could take over or the zombies could get us.

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so you don't believe those classes car counts will be effected by the racer's attrition rate

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What I believe is that it's something that I don't have any control over so I'm not gonna worry about it. When the NHRA asks/tells me not to come back, I'll spend my time and money at my local tracks.

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Keynes once said: "In the long run, we're all dead."

I'm with Bill here, instead of all the doom and gloom, why not focus on how we can continue to enjoy the sport and class we love and work everyday to make it better? If NHRA isn't listening, we'll just yell louder.

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and "in the long run", all S/SS Racers need to know how to teardown their cars. It's part of the game that we play. ;-)

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NHRA's new engine classes are a bit much, right? Building my 2014 Challenger on a budget is a ride. Not sure about NHRA's V6 move at 305, though.

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Fair enough, I'll get there one day. All I need is a little help from a great group of people (which I'm told this group is) and I'll have the confidence to recall all of my inhibitions.

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The first time I ever saw the delay stuff was the Seattle NW Nats. I recall a red 57 CHev, Harding I think the guys name. Pretty much a ProMod car and running in Super Gas (may have even been Super Street) It moved off the line and rolled slowly for a couple seconds then ran 9.90 at around 200. That was interesting because it was crazy but once everyone did that it is just annoying. I hope that never happens in Stock where the 632 Copo fits K/SA and runs a 4 second 60 foot time and 11.40 at 179 and becomes the norm.