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Originally Posted by chassis1
How do you ever expect Class racing to move on if you do not appeal to the next generation? Money or not, most kids do not know anything about carbs or distributors. But they do know how to lap top tune and injector tables and maps.
All the whine and cheese here. Why not just get another hobby. Most of you do not even know what it is like to be a fan and not be able to participate. But yet you load up and be there days early why the average fan works his knuckle to the bones to afford to come and watch you race. You have all priviledges and others only dream to have something old or new.....
take it all for granite as others are happy that new cars appeal to the younger guys to keep it alive....
they could always go home and play x-box and Black Ops.....
BE THANKFUL!!!!!!.......others that you do not know thank YOU!!!!!! old or new cars..
Chassis1
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The problem with your position is the new FX factory race cars aren't bringing anyone new to Stock or Super Stock. Plain and simple. They sure aren't bringing new individuals. There are some guys with dealerships that might not have run the class before that have new cars now.
For all the hype we had blown at us about the new cars bringing droves of new fans, new participants, and great coverage, none of it has come true. None of it. The stands are still mostly empty, the car quotas are most often unfilled, there are no new magazine articles about Stock or Super Stock, and no new TV coverage either. Nothing.
What we DO have is guys either sitting at home most of the time or quitting completely.
The new cars have only served to change the basic premise of Stock Eliminator, that was once production cars, legal to license for street use, certified for safety and emissions, with valid VIN's, but is now "what ever the factories want to send NHRA the specifications for, even if they never actually build one single car like it."
I have yet to figure out how changing the basic premise of Stock Eliminator, the foundation of the class, so that it is no longer Stock Eliminator, is going to "save" Stock Eliminator.