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Originally Posted by Hagen Gary
I did read and reread your rules posted on this forum. I listed four things that are a sticking point with S/SS purest. Weight, fuel check, heads up, and possible tear down. No disrespect to your organization, but you don't do 2 of those things all together (Fuel, Heads up) and then "most" of the time you weight, and it seems to be a point of arguement as to if you would have to tear down or not. Forgive me if I'm totaly wrong here since I never raced at your events, but it sure is hard to get purest involved in that. Going to have fun is cool, if its in your back yard. This arguement goes the same for The Southern S/SS. Put a big payout up there and do those 4 things and I bet a bunch of cars show. BTW, I know I'm not risking anything so its easy for me to say that.
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Our members voted two years ago not to have heads up racing in like classes. We immediately saw a rise in participation. The whole idea for our organization was to let everyone who wants to race with us have a great time and go away with a positive experience. We have several racers who couldn't win a round in class at an NHRA or IHRA class race but who can have the chance to go rounds at one of our races and may just have a good enough experience that they stay with the sport and be competitive at one of the HRA races in the future. I fully agree that there should be heads up in NHRA and IHRA racing but at this time not with the SSSSA. We are trying to grow racers not run them off. Hope you understand the philosophy of our organization. It is working.
Hagen, I am what you would call a purist, maybe an ultra purist. I've been racing since I was 15 (I'm 59 now) and I understand what you are saying. We have many of the best racers in the North and South race with us, most of who I would call purists, but they keep coming back to our races. We have great relationships with guys like Scotty Richardson Michel Beard, Myron Piatek, The Helms brothers, the Teutons, and the list goes on. We race at big quarter mile tracks and small eighth mile tracks and our biggest goal is to provide the racer and his family with a good positive and fun experience. All S/SS racers, not just the purists. Try us out some time and then let me know what you think. Jim
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Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess)
2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion
2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion
1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up
Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association.
