Maple Grove 50th Anniversary Stk / SS Series

[Chris1529]

I don't wish to discourage anyone from racing. I know how expensive it is to run a car, and I have to tow at least two hours to get to a track with mine. I want to encourage anyone that has a class car to support all the association races they can, but at the same time, I feel they should attend an NHRA/IHRA race or two if they can as well. If they want to race a class car, or say they race a class car, they need to enter it at a race sanctioned by the organization that they belong to.

[Michael Beard]

Just for example, Joe Heustis runs nothing but local combos. Considering he bought Philbrick's old motor, I have zero concerns about the legality of his combo. He doesn't need to go to a Pro-Am race to earn some kind of legitimacy. If someone has questions about a particular car, deal with them on a case-by-case basis.

$.02,

[Doug Blackley]

Originally Posted by Chris1529

I don't wish to discourage anyone from racing. I know how expensive it is to run a car, and I have to tow at least two hours to get to a track with mine. I want to encourage anyone that has a class car to support all the association races they can, but at the same time, I feel they should attend an NHRA/IHRA race or two if they can as well. If they want to race a class car, or say they race a class car, they need to enter it at a race sanctioned by the organization that they belong to.

Chris, racers may have had to cut back and simply put the total cost of a weekend divisional can wipeout a budget as opposed to running a single day combo race that costs significantly less. Generally speaking both associations know all the class racers in their areas whether they are members or not. This is not the time to take a hard line against participants just because they can't race as much as they used to.

[Chris1529]

I wish Marty and the Maple Grove staff the best of luck with getting a race or some races scheduled. It is about 6 hours from me, but I will try to come to at least one if time and money permit. I haven't raced at the Grove since June 2000 at one of their last track run all Ford Weekends. Really like the place.

[David Barton]

I think this is a great idea. I love racing NHRA events but I have to admit I'm getting really tired of them too. Having to take two to three days off work to attend a points meet is getting old. With S/ST, S/G, S/C, Stock, S/S, T/S, T/D, Comp, TAF, TAD, there is just waaaay too many classes. Not to sound selfish but I could care less about some of these classes. And I'm sure they feel the same way.They really need to be separate events such as these. Its nothing personal against anybody, its mainly because it can't all be done in one weekend.

The main reason why I've always supported NHRA is because they were the only show in town that means anything when it comes to heads-up racing and setting records. Well guess what, that is the first thing they take away from us when the schedule is tight. Lately you're lucky if you get 2 runs for a record. And class racing, what a joke. Every time I have entered Top Stock is was cancelled. And how many times has class been cancelled at Nat'l events in the past 5 years. I understand they can't control the weather and blah, blah, blah, but it's simply because there is too many cars.

From an NHRA Stock/Super Stock racers point of view, if they keep cutting back on record runs and heads-up racing, why bother going? I'd rather go to a one day event, or better yet, a two day double race weekend without 10 classes involved to drag it out for four days and put a dial on the window. And don't even get me started on the parking situations, we all know where they park Stock and SS.

I'm in, where do I sign up?