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goinbroke2 · 09-25-2014, 08:30 PM

This is just a continuation of the other thread.......

He who has the most money wins heads up...PERIOD! ANY heads up, ANYWHERE, ANY time.....

Dick I respect you for the time and effort and all the accomplishments you've had in dragracing, but your beating a dead horse. There is no such thing as an "entry level" heads up race. The closest thing I see you doing with a spec engine class is making it like the karts where motors are nothing, just stick it in and run it till it blows and pop another one in..but tires and suspension..now THAT is important. Once you take the engine innovation out and everybody does the "I run a 68 jet because bubba does" and "I run 38* timing because that's what everybody else does" then to me you just made a class as exciting as the iroc series was..which was BORING!

First determine why cars are sitting instead of being raced, and address THAT issue. Most I know, people either moved on to something else/died/can't afford it. I don't think there is a treasure trove of cars just sitting because they got too much hp added.

As novadude said, "For me right now there are just things I am enjoying doing more than racing stock. " In other words, instead of bitching about all the "enhancements", he let his feet do the talking. I think there are many more who would park their car because they're so fed up with the crap too, but love racing too much to stop.

If it was a simple case of being factored out, the guys who are sitting could hit a bracket race instead of letting their $$$ investment rust away under a tarp in a barn.

09-25-2014, 08:30 PM	#33
goinbroke2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NS CANADA Posts: 899 Likes: 1,676 Liked 401 Times in 158 Posts	Re: Want a list of SS or Stk cars sitting. This is just a continuation of the other thread....... He who has the most money wins heads up...PERIOD! ANY heads up, ANYWHERE, ANY time..... Dick I respect you for the time and effort and all the accomplishments you've had in dragracing, but your beating a dead horse. There is no such thing as an "entry level" heads up race. The closest thing I see you doing with a spec engine class is making it like the karts where motors are nothing, just stick it in and run it till it blows and pop another one in..but tires and suspension..now THAT is important. Once you take the engine innovation out and everybody does the "I run a 68 jet because bubba does" and "I run 38* timing because that's what everybody else does" then to me you just made a class as exciting as the iroc series was..which was BORING! First determine why cars are sitting instead of being raced, and address THAT issue. Most I know, people either moved on to something else/died/can't afford it. I don't think there is a treasure trove of cars just sitting because they got too much hp added. As novadude said, "For me right now there are just things I am enjoying doing more than racing stock. " In other words, instead of bitching about all the "enhancements", he let his feet do the talking. I think there are many more who would park their car because they're so fed up with the crap too, but love racing too much to stop. If it was a simple case of being factored out, the guys who are sitting could hit a bracket race instead of letting their $$$ investment rust away under a tarp in a barn.