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Wade Mahaffey · 08-31-2019, 11:59 AM

I love the Super/Stock and Stock Racing, it's my favorite of all motorsports by a long shot. I am preparing a car to compete in Super/Stock, but it will never be close to fast. But it can be competitive in the eliminator, as long as I don't wind up with a "heads-up" race. The future of the classes is very scary, as is most of what we had in life in the past ... it's not what it used to be. To me the bottom line in Stock and Super/Stock is just like Comp and the Pro Classes ... FAST IS JUST MONEY ! Plain and simple BIG MONEY BUYS THE LATEST PARTS, THE BEST SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY, THE BEST TEAM MECHANICS, MANAGEMENT, ***AND DRIVERS*** .... and then they take all of that, and throw it all at me with my little entry built in the back yard. Now I'm not saying it's unfair, especially in the "Dial-in" eliminator. I'm OK lined up beside deep pockets in a bracket format for sure. But deep pockets usually equal Seniors. And as the Seniors move on, and there is no back fill ... I don't know how it can live. The older crowd fell in love with these classes back in the day when things were simple, and have pressed on, and stayed with it. But todays folks won't do that, there's to much stuff to do that's a lot easier! Having said all of that .... FAST IS VERY COOL ... EVEN IF YOU JUST STROKE A CHECK TO GET THERE! Just think how cool it would be to have "Class" contested at each divisional and national. That way we could appreciate fast, as well as the Dial under Eliminator for us with less deep pockets. But please don't make it Class Winners only in the Eliminator ... oh no! mo money, mo money! There are no "new blood lines" on the farm. All of the youngsters (18 - 45) racing have family that raced. Super/Stock and Stock racing has some serious challenges ahead and pretty soon. The amount of energy needed in the form of MONEY, EFFORT, DEDICATION, MOTIVATION, AND DETERMINATION all for the chance to say you won an NHRA event and a lit bit of money ... is not as enticing as it used to be!

Wade Mahaffey

08-31-2019, 11:59 AM	#22
Wade Mahaffey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 581 Likes: 0 Liked 17 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Interesting Thoughts-- Future of Stk/SS I love the Super/Stock and Stock Racing, it's my favorite of all motorsports by a long shot. I am preparing a car to compete in Super/Stock, but it will never be close to fast. But it can be competitive in the eliminator, as long as I don't wind up with a "heads-up" race. The future of the classes is very scary, as is most of what we had in life in the past ... it's not what it used to be. To me the bottom line in Stock and Super/Stock is just like Comp and the Pro Classes ... FAST IS JUST MONEY ! Plain and simple BIG MONEY BUYS THE LATEST PARTS, THE BEST SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY, THE BEST TEAM MECHANICS, MANAGEMENT, *AND DRIVERS* .... and then they take all of that, and throw it all at me with my little entry built in the back yard. Now I'm not saying it's unfair, especially in the "Dial-in" eliminator. I'm OK lined up beside deep pockets in a bracket format for sure. But deep pockets usually equal Seniors. And as the Seniors move on, and there is no back fill ... I don't know how it can live. The older crowd fell in love with these classes back in the day when things were simple, and have pressed on, and stayed with it. But todays folks won't do that, there's to much stuff to do that's a lot easier! Having said all of that .... FAST IS VERY COOL ... EVEN IF YOU JUST STROKE A CHECK TO GET THERE! Just think how cool it would be to have "Class" contested at each divisional and national. That way we could appreciate fast, as well as the Dial under Eliminator for us with less deep pockets. But please don't make it Class Winners only in the Eliminator ... oh no! mo money, mo money! There are no "new blood lines" on the farm. All of the youngsters (18 - 45) racing have family that raced. Super/Stock and Stock racing has some serious challenges ahead and pretty soon. The amount of energy needed in the form of MONEY, EFFORT, DEDICATION, MOTIVATION, AND DETERMINATION all for the chance to say you won an NHRA event and a lit bit of money ... is not as enticing as it used to be! Wade Mahaffey