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Originally Posted by Brandon Peterson
Being located in central North Carolina 1/8 mile racing is about your only option....there are quarter mile tracks around but 1/8 mile is still what most run on a bracket program..... I love 1/4 mile racing just as much as 1/8 racing....there is a different speed factor but there are other things that make 1/8 racing just as exciting as 1/4 mile racing.....i dont own a NHRA legal stocker so my options are limited to about 3 to 4 quarter mile races a year with IHRA......but it doesnt matter to me which one i do you still gotta drive both ends of the track...
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In IHRA D-1 you better like both! The 1/8 mile is harder for me at the moment due to top end coming up so quick and a lack of an actual stripe on the finish line at a lot of the 1/8 mile tracks increases the challenge. That said, the 1/8 is a lot easier to dial your car, and all things being equal you decide the race at the start line. 1/8 mile is easier on gas, the equipment. If all the tracks had the "good" timing systems painted their finish lines in addition to the cones I think that a lot of guys would be pretty indifferent.
As my opponent Jim Marshall who I broke against at Skyview in the 1/8 mile so perfectly put it....For us(racers) it just doesn't get any better than this.......And that would apply to 1/8 mile, 1/4 mile, when it rains, etc.
I know it has been said time and time again by many more experienced at this than myself, but if racing brings you joy then the distance doesn't matter. I will say this, in my opinion you would be hard pressed to run into a nicer group of people than at the dragstrips.
Eric