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Originally Posted by Ed Wright
I personally won't go to an 1/8th mile race. I don't see the "makes you a better driver" part. Easier to "drive the stripe" at 105 than 135. I find it boring. Bad enough we are bracket racing now anyway.
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That is the very reason I do not go to IHRA events. I quit bracket racing for the very same reason. I used to support the southeast Super Gas Association, but quit going to those races as well when it became all 1/8th mile. The Super Gas Association thought that they would increase their car counts by going to 1/8th mile 6.40 index. They thought it would bring in the IHRA cars that weren't licensed for NHRA. In reality they went from 35-40 cars an event to barely getting 16 because the 1/4 mile guys quit coming. They also had to go to buy backs ( which is something I don't like to see in Super class racing ) just to be able to pay the purse. Yet they still fail to see the light and go back to what made the association in the first place.
Chuck