Comp racers seek to show eliminator is very much alive

[FED 387]

To all--- that $9500 in 1976 would be $41,300 in 2017 ---my how times have changed

[Mark Yacavone]

I probably should mind my own business on this one, but seeing it's in our section, here we go anyway.
So plan to rejuvenate and replenish Comp is to tell the same semi-retired racers to freshen up their stuff and come on out and race, because Comp is not going away until there are no cars left?
That's it?
Come on, boys. You can do better than that.

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

In 1988 I was runner up in Montreal in SC won $8300 the following weekend at the IHRA Sportsnationals in Marion Ohio I won QR and won over $12,000 not even close these days for payouts but I really hope there is a save for comp eliminator

[kmawhee]

Boy, I look at that ad every day and think, "do the boys really need to go to college?!"

I'd love to have that car and compete in Comp. I've seen how hard it is and how much luck in involved and I'd still love to give it a try. How bad does that make me :-)

I'll still pick up a couple lottery tickets and I've probably got Jr and Sr's numbers memorized from looking at them so much.

[G Schenck]

Originally Posted by kmawhee

Boy, I look at that ad every day and think, "do the boys really need to go to college?!"

I'd love to have that car and compete in Comp. I've seen how hard it is and how much luck in involved and I'd still love to give it a try. How bad does that make me :-)

I'll still pick up a couple lottery tickets and I've probably got Jr and Sr's numbers memorized from looking at them so much.

Korey, with that runner up last weekend, stay in SS and put your kids thru college. Congrats

Greg

[Rich Biebel]

The old saying probably applies to Comp eliminator racing more than some other categories...

"How to make a Million dollars in drag racing......Start with 2 Million! "

[Mark Yacavone]

Not much interest over here, I see.
I was thinking a few guys would offer suggestions to help our Comp friends.

How about a nostalgia Super Modified for 1st gen Camaros and Chevy II's ?
Maybe a spec or crate motor, stick shift deal?
Main problem with one class and index...As soon as one guy beats up the index, the rest of the new guys will be chasing him around with pitchforks.
Maybe this one needs some fine tuning.
A place to start a dialogue from, anyway.

[Alan Roehrich]

Much as I love the original old school modified classes (those videos from Bowling Green are ones I can watch all the time) not too many of the "modern fans" NHRA seems to be catering to would give a damn about them. It would be nearly impossible to revive those classes, or the original Modified Eliminator as it was. The cost would be out of control over night, and NHRA would never want to bother with tech and factors in a class such as the old Modified Eliminator. Spec stuff and crate motors aren't going to help either.

I'd love to see it. But we can barely keep Stock and Super Stock from extinction. They seem to linger on the brink constantly.

[randy wilson]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Not much interest over here, I see.
I was thinking a few guys would offer suggestions to help our Comp friends.

How about a nostalgia Super Modified for 1st gen Camaros and Chevy II's ?
Maybe a spec or crate motor, stick shift deal?
Main problem with one class and index...As soon as one guy beats up the index, the rest of the new guys will be chasing him around with pitchforks.
Maybe this one needs some fine tuning.
A place to start a dialogue from, anyway.

I like this. But we were basically turned down because they didn't think the class would be fast enough with a spec head. Crate anything will never go over in comp.