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Originally Posted by Mike Pearson
Obviously a small tire car with high horsepower is not a good choice for a bracket car. A dragster or roadster is actually the best choice. Low HP with a big tire is best.
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Many bracket racers have discovered that's not necessarily the case, and have switch to a tire like the M/T Pro Bracket Radials. There are guys going mid to high 5's in the 1/8th on a 28x10.5" PBR, both footbraking, and off the transbrake. I switched my car from the 32x14 Stiff bias to the 29.5x10.5 PBR's, and the car is significantly better. They require little burnout, you can't kill the sidewalls like a bias tire, they print tickets like mad, and most folks are getting 300+ runs on a set. Best tire I've ever had, hand down.
Also, a lot of races separate doorcars from dragsters, which levels the playing field somewhat. While dragsters have a visibility advantage, there are plenty of doorcars that will print tickets right with a dragster.
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A super stock would be a better set up than a stocker chassis wise
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Yes, but don't discount a Stocker chassis. A number of bracket racers utilize CalTracs and other Stocker setups with a great deal of success.
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Stockers are not allowed to have a brake in their transmission so it would not be as easy to add a delay box to a stocker as it would be to a super stock car for a big money bracket race.
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While there are certainly more Top Bulb races (too many in some regions), there are also a large number of big money Footbrake and No-Box events throughout the country. There are a lot of options for different people. All depends on what you want to do.