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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez
Greg,I hate to pee in your corn flakes but in reality the S/SS races are really no more than
a bracket race.They have nothing in common with traditional S/SS racing.
1-No serious class related tech
2-no heads up runs
3-no scales
4-no records to run for
4-See #4 so no tear down
This isn't to say they aren't fun and very competitive,but in a bracket race kind of way.
The guys that put them on do a lot of hard work to put them on and I'm sure spend a lot of time doing so.They deserve a lot of credit.
Now if NHRA did their work and:
1-Fixed the AHFS
2-Reigned in the run away combos aside from the CJs and Drag Packs
3-Worked on a way to get class money back
4-Increased the payouts to at least more than chump change
5-Got us air time on the Lucas Oil shows
6-Scale back some of the financial enhancements we've been hit with
7-Add anything I've missed
Then I would say there's been positive happenings.Until some or all of the above come to fruition we're just farting in the wind.We'll go to the races to be with old and new friends,having a great social time on Friday nights and maybe do a little racing
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Ed, if the racers take more control they can change these things that they don't like. At Bowling Green we qualify, run off a ladder, have heads up runs and weigh if there is a heads up run. As racers we also self police. The last race of the year we had 61 cars. It's just as much fun as any other race.