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Originally Posted by Tom Broome
Dan.....You're the man, it's good to have you around. Don't let me ruffle your feathers.
I did write it down.....You want Pure Stock and Crate Motor cars.....That's the slow cars I was referring to..
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Thank you Tom
This is fun Bench Racing..
Nobody can get a Ticket !
Still do not understand SLOW CARS..!!
PS and CM could fit well in the current A-Z index.
PS cars would fit from G to T/S.
CM's go all the way to AA/S.
Figure my F/PS would fall between O/P/Q/R.
Depending how NHRA rated PS Engines.
My contention is that lower cost alternatives invite Hot Rodders to get into our Sport.
As for NHRA Management, dig what you wrote in your second Paragraph.
My question is what made it work before all the cost cutting?
What made it work before some of the rule changes?
You could buy a car from the Dealer, tune it up and go racing in Stock.
That is what Bracket Racers do now and nobody is considering Stock.
Reeling in new racers to our sport is like fishing, need to lure them in.
There are a lot of second hand affordable Chevy SS, GTO, G8, Dodges, Mustang, Camaro on the market racer want to get into PS.
They are not going to tear a car completely apart to race them in Stock.
Most do not have the facilities.
If I were managing NHRA and the issue is with too many cars.
Would spread it out to a 10 day week.
Have Class Run Offs, National Record Runs, Tear Down, T&T, 4 races
Pair down and race 8 on Saturday. Finalists on Sunday of each heat.
Have some evening entertainment.
One thing that kills Public Interest is the lack of National Records.
That was a real thing years ago.
One minor issue no Points are earned setting them.
I am trying to provide ideas and solutions.
Majority of our cars are 30 ,40, 50, 60, 70 years old.
Our generation is passing away very quickly.
The Big 3 have made some hot new cars which have been a big hit.
Young racers in our day were 20..now more like 50 - 80 years old.
That would be interesting to know everyone's age.
Still most of the older well healed drivers are buying the new cars.
Peace