Wagon Train

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by treekiller

Not trying to rattle cages here and yes I am just a bracket racer but is it really so outrageous in these times to contemplate the idea of eliminating heads ups in eliminations? Wouldn't that level the playing field while probably also upping car counts because I would be willing to bet there are more than a few low budget stock and super stock guys who don't race as often as they would like to because their cars are just not fast enough. Have the dick swinging contests in class run offs and make everybody have a dial in and a chance no matter who they are running . I fully respect and understand the idea of wanting to make your stuff run faster than everybody else when everybody is playing by the same set of rules but that doesn't appear to be the case. Look at Dempsey pendarvis run against someone that was posted earlier. He cut a .191 and just ran the other guy down. I'd be willing to bet you he didn't even look at the tree. He probably just staged and waited for the other guy to leave. That's not fair racing . Not bashing the new cars or owners. They are beautiful but they need to be factored correctly or priced correctly so that everyone can afford one. Gene schmaltz jr. 4928

There is a solution to your thought Gene, it is called Super Pro Bracket. Not everyone can afford that either though.

If there was no other place to race without running heads up, I might understand, but there are plenty of places to run a budget car. Many associations on here and elsewhere have great races that are low key and some don't do heads up runs. There has to be a venue for at least some heads up races. There are few as it is now. Not everyone should expect to be able to go to a National and win class, just because they want to.

We don't have a new soft car and sure don't have the funds to go out and buy the latest new hot thing. We do however, sacrifice and plan to gain the parts necessary and test our car so that, at times, we have a shot at being competitive.

All NHRA needs to do is to do even a decent job a parity, so that everyone can compete and feel that they can have a chance if they make the right choices.

This does not apply only to the old car factor vs. New cars. Look at the tears being shed over the supercar classes. Most of those racers have spent six figures as a starting point.
If you pull heads up runs out of the equation, the performance part of the equation drops away. There are thousands of those races that exist already, we sure don't need another one. We just need to fix this process.