Unscientific informal poll

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

No, I dont think there is no car culture, I just dont think many of the people here are part of "Car Culture" now, not the same as the strangeo's I hang with.

38

There are like Travis said younger (than myself) people very very active in performance, class cars, no way they see it as too restrictive, expensive and unneccesary. Not much "bang for the buck" in a class car to double street duty.

There are the "ricers" there are the "Kustom Kulture" and the Street fighters out there in DROVES

A class where ANY Car was allowed, foreign or domestic based on Cubic inches would probably attract more, maybe a NA and FI seperation indexed like the SS/GT ? , but the import guys feel a bit "out of the loop" expept in the brackets, drifts, and just about everywhere but the NHRA and IHRA proper.....

That from someone who has lots of friends in the other categories.

Car Culture is alive and well.....its just not NHRA ("worthy", "accepted" ?) Car Culture.

Originally Posted by Travis Miller

Ys 62, but if I may add something else....you knew I would. LOL

There is still a car culture out there. We just do not see it because the new (read as young) fan base is not wrapped up in our type of sportsman racing. Our type centers around Stock and SS that we grew up with. That is why we frequent forums such as Class Racer.

The new car culture is centered around much faster cars than we race. It is not imports as a lot of us would like to think. The imports fans have moved on to drifting or bolted-on body parts at car shows. What I am talking about is the large fan base that follows the fast streetcar group. From the stands, these cars look like your normal late model Mustang, Camaro, etc. That is until they actually make a run down the track. The cars I am talking about get their horsepower from nitrous, turbochargers or pro chargers.

A high percentage of rollcages that I certify today at chassis shops are these type cars. And I am talking about freshly built cars, not re-certifications. If you want to see where young fans are going today, go to one of the fast streetcar races at a local track. You will be amazed at how the young fans of today remind you of when you were young yourself. They have the same passion for racing as we did years ago. We had musclecars off the showroom floor that we bought and modified. They have cars they have bought and modified with stuff that puts out a lot more horsepower than we ever thought possible. They want to see something fast. Our Stock and SS cars just do not tickle their fancy.

Travis

(Disclaimer: Opinions expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions.)