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[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Pistol Pete

Alan
All of your points are valid.
And Yes i remember when winning class got you into Sunday's Elim's.
Then, a few years later they took Class Winners & maybe what 16 cars
that qualified under the index. So they would have a total of 48 or 64 cars
for the Eliminator.

I ran SS back in the mid 70's & it was a beautiful thing to Win your class.

Your prob 100% correct, that NHRA got away from there roots of class racing.

Sure, your not going to make tons of money racing S/SS unless like the names
you'd mention, but some of those guys Race For A Living & have Big Sponsors.

Today's Class Win should at least give you free oil or even a free candy bar, along
with your Wally.

Again, if you're looking for money, or hoping to get NHRA to share the wealth, forget it.

You're not going to make ANY money class racing. We had a good year in 2010, and we did not win enough money to talk about.

Yes, it would be nice if winning class got you something. And if you deal with the right people and have the right parts on your car, it will. But NHRA has not increased the payout for eliminations in years. To think they're going to pay for class, or to think class should not be contested if they won't, means you may be playing in a class you apparently don't want to be in.