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Rich Biebel · 12-29-2009, 01:05 PM

Bob Glidden once said on camera in an interview, if it wasn't for bracket racing...Drag Racing would not be where it grew into and I agree 100%.

The early 70's saw participation at such a low level many tracks would have shut down if bracket racing in some form had not gotten going.

My local track had very few cars there untill a bracket program was tried. It started to catch on and grew quickly.......Class cars were not keeping things going on the local level and were not that plentiful at NHRA races.

Rules favored too few cars and NHRA needed time to get a better program formed that kept people coming back and get more participation.

12-29-2009, 01:05 PM	#1
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Thinking about this in depth....... Bob Glidden once said on camera in an interview, if it wasn't for bracket racing...Drag Racing would not be where it grew into and I agree 100%. The early 70's saw participation at such a low level many tracks would have shut down if bracket racing in some form had not gotten going. My local track had very few cars there untill a bracket program was tried. It started to catch on and grew quickly.......Class cars were not keeping things going on the local level and were not that plentiful at NHRA races. Rules favored too few cars and NHRA needed time to get a better program formed that kept people coming back and get more participation. __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R