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Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN
Gas was what? 39 cents a gal. Car bodies were $50 to $200 bucks, entry fees were $40 (in 1977) or less in 1970. Parts like your dual quads were maybe $15 to $50 dollars. Firestone 7 inch slicks were maybe $89 a pair. The win money was UP THERE in comparison to today. Dave Boertman won over $13,000 at Indy in 1970. Whats that in todays money. Some guys made a living to survive running locally when times were tough. Today NHRA rapes you for every nickle and have you asked what some one made this year at a race while running a $100,000 stocker. It was fesable to race back in the day. Its carzy today unless your well off.
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I remember those days and miss them lots...especially when I could afford to race 24 times a year (at two different tracks), but sadly nowadays I'm lucky to race 5 times a year, and glendora's enhancements are a big reason why. Thank GOD, IHRA is on it's way out west!
