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goinbroke2 · 10-10-2017, 11:45 AM

HORRIBLE to see this happen.

Many great (valid) points made so far and I'd like to address two.

1) Changing priorities of racers. Very true, everybody and their dog has a toterhome and a stacker it seems, but to me that's because we're not 19 year olds all hanging out at the local track spending our Macdonalds paycheck on the latest cam while eating baloney sandwiches. Now wives and family go along and they are the ones forcing the luxuries. Whether that has an effect on the car is a moot point, now they're racing as a family and the money is still an infinite thing.

2) Combining schedules with other sanctioning bodies. I think this is an excellent way of everybody winning. Locally we have four tracks that coordinate their schedules, then made a "race association" that travels to all four during the summer. This way, you can have YOUR weekend packed with 200+ cars and then either have test and tune or grudge racing on weekends that's not "yours". This has worked incredibly well here and see no reason it wouldn't work elsewhere.

I love dragracing in general and am a huge class racing fan. However, I do love the bracket side of it and see how it has kept tracks open. I guess my M/CM car is now going to be a U/SA if I can find the parts. (even though I've been slowly buying crate motor parts, anybody want to buy a set of GT40P heads and a roller block? Lol)

10-10-2017, 11:45 AM	#87
goinbroke2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NS CANADA Posts: 899 Likes: 1,673 Liked 398 Times in 157 Posts	Re: IHRA Ends Stock & Super Stock Racing HORRIBLE to see this happen. Many great (valid) points made so far and I'd like to address two. 1) Changing priorities of racers. Very true, everybody and their dog has a toterhome and a stacker it seems, but to me that's because we're not 19 year olds all hanging out at the local track spending our Macdonalds paycheck on the latest cam while eating baloney sandwiches. Now wives and family go along and they are the ones forcing the luxuries. Whether that has an effect on the car is a moot point, now they're racing as a family and the money is still an infinite thing. 2) Combining schedules with other sanctioning bodies. I think this is an excellent way of everybody winning. Locally we have four tracks that coordinate their schedules, then made a "race association" that travels to all four during the summer. This way, you can have YOUR weekend packed with 200+ cars and then either have test and tune or grudge racing on weekends that's not "yours". This has worked incredibly well here and see no reason it wouldn't work elsewhere. I love dragracing in general and am a huge class racing fan. However, I do love the bracket side of it and see how it has kept tracks open. I guess my M/CM car is now going to be a U/SA if I can find the parts. (even though I've been slowly buying crate motor parts, anybody want to buy a set of GT40P heads and a roller block? Lol)