Rumors:

THE LEGEND · 10-08-2008, 10:06 PM

This is probably the stupidest idea they have ever come up with. I heard the rumors also. Their thinking is you will go to more races to get in the shootout or more races to knock somebody out. I think this will cut car counts in half at some races. Guys will drive thousands of miles to finish top ten. This is way worse than the "BEST OF BOTH WORLDS" idea they had. It dillutes the world championship concept.
I know many of you don't bracket race but back in the day They had 1 bracket finals with each track sending top 10 in both classes. It really meant something to even make the team. Then GREED set in.
Now they have a Bracket Finals in each division with some divisions having 2. Each track carries 48 cars too. The winner gets an iron man( which you can also win at select bracket races now), a silver card(good only for bracket races), and of course money.

Back in the day NHRA took the division champs and raced them for the World Championship, now thats not a bad idea, but like someone else said don't fix what ain't broke. Figure out how to put "Hot Dog Eaters" in the stands and let us race.
Chip Johnson

10-08-2008, 10:06 PM	#11
THE LEGEND VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fayetteville, n.c. Posts: 1,411 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Rumors: This is probably the stupidest idea they have ever come up with. I heard the rumors also. Their thinking is you will go to more races to get in the shootout or more races to knock somebody out. I think this will cut car counts in half at some races. Guys will drive thousands of miles to finish top ten. This is way worse than the "BEST OF BOTH WORLDS" idea they had. It dillutes the world championship concept. I know many of you don't bracket race but back in the day They had 1 bracket finals with each track sending top 10 in both classes. It really meant something to even make the team. Then GREED set in. Now they have a Bracket Finals in each division with some divisions having 2. Each track carries 48 cars too. The winner gets an iron man( which you can also win at select bracket races now), a silver card(good only for bracket races), and of course money. Back in the day NHRA took the division champs and raced them for the World Championship, now thats not a bad idea, but like someone else said don't fix what ain't broke. Figure out how to put "Hot Dog Eaters" in the stands and let us race. Chip Johnson