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Most class racers don't like 1/8th mile racing. Even if they had an NHRA race with 1/8th mile racing, most wouldn't go. Remember the grove race when we sat in the rain and 3 days later we went to 1/8th mile, alot pulled out. The next year, even people who stayed the year before went up to Dave Mohn as we sat in the rain and said if he was even thinking of 1/8 mile they were pulling out.

Our cars aren't built for those races, at least my car isn't. Most of the good bracket cars that run money races are big tire, big block, high mph cars with power glides. If we manage to go late in the rounds with those races, we can't cool our cars down or transmissions. When I ran the consolation race at the Classracer race, they were calling us back before I got my time ticket the last 3 rounds. My battery was dead with no alternator, my filled block was 30 degrees hotter even using my chiller with fresh water, and when I Ran Ronnie Morehead and puked trans fluid on the track, my trans was almost 300 degrees and I pushed the front pump gasket out from the heat.

another problem is the amount of weekends we race and the amount of runs some engines can go. I raced 7 divisionals, 2 opens, the classracer weekend, 5 Dave Ley races, Indy, the Sportnationals, and the Keystones. My engine is used up, and my vacation time and wallet was also. I dont really have a race that I could say I would have missed to spend 1000.00 and buybacks (another hangup) on a bracket race.

James, I agree, I don't know why more people don't attend the ECSSA races at Atco, it's a great race, great payout, and a chance to race and practice against some heavy hitters. I consider Daves races and the Classracer race my extent of non NHRA races. The Tyler Bohannan race is the same weekend as the Atco points race. I doubt many div1 racers will travel to his race instead of going to Atco that weekend.