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Ed Wright · 11-12-2008, 02:49 PM

NHRA nor IHRA's purses have come close to keeping up. When I quit drag racing in 1979 a Div 4 NHRA points race paid about the same as now. In the early '70s Indy paid Stock Eliminator about ten grand with all the correct contingencies. If you had to kill your record (before this soft index bs) in the final to win you could collect enough to build another car. Today, if you are one of the guys that have to buy engines, winning Indy won't pay for a new engine. Be really close if you build your own. There are so many classes now, like the old AHRA, I don't see how a class contingency sponsor can afford to keep doing it.

11-12-2008, 02:49 PM	#64
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Have you heard what IHRA is thinking of doing with the points? NHRA nor IHRA's purses have come close to keeping up. When I quit drag racing in 1979 a Div 4 NHRA points race paid about the same as now. In the early '70s Indy paid Stock Eliminator about ten grand with all the correct contingencies. If you had to kill your record (before this soft index bs) in the final to win you could collect enough to build another car. Today, if you are one of the guys that have to buy engines, winning Indy won't pay for a new engine. Be really close if you build your own. There are so many classes now, like the old AHRA, I don't see how a class contingency sponsor can afford to keep doing it. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA