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Old 01-09-2024, 04:28 PM   #19
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Default Re: The Demise Of Class Eliminations

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Originally Posted by Mike Pearson View Post
With the addition over the years of the new and different classes there is just not enough time for class elimination at most national events. Plus NHRA does not have to buy the class Wally’s. I don’t know how much they pay for them. Glad I have the ones I have won over the years.
Pro mod, MM pro stock, Super Comp,Gas and street. TS and TD. FSS and now FX have all been added at some point. Plus the exhibition stuff that they run. JR’s , bracket cars and TF motorcycle among other things that take up the time that was once used for class elimination rounds. The pros seem to eat up much more time than they did when I started racing. Scrubbing the tires and making engine adjustments at the line. Fanning the doors and wheelie bar adjustments at the line after a burn out. All that takes precious time that is taken from the sportsman classes. There is no way back to what was
I am 65 year old now and hope to race a few more years before I have to retire. I plan to go to the races I can and enjoy the time I have left. See y’all at the races.
But there is time to run Teslas down the track at national events 🙄
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