What can be done?

RKelliher · 10-14-2018, 03:16 PM

I was told by a top tech official that they had a plan to save comp.and pro stock and were told they where not interested in saving them.

GATOR · 10-14-2018, 03:57 PM

A post from my buddy Chris McGaha posted on compplus forum:
(pretty much sums up NHRA racing)

Mac4264

"Your right there is a long line of people that would love to professional race. Seems to be a problem keeping all these people from showing up like always has been. This sport has no money in it and never will. So it’s left for the wealthy to play in. But even the wealthy eventually look at there whole card and say really. Has there been people who made it drag racing absolutely. WJ is perfect example. But if he started today or even 5 years ago he wouldn’t make it.
Even Schumacher has stated he will not fund cars out of his own pocket so where is that going to leave fuel racing. Ok take money from pro stock yes they did how did that work out for them they still came up short on fields and when they did hmm wonder where that money went.
Remember pro stock guys have been called the millionaires club. We didn’t become this racing so maybe the mass exit your seeing is guys finally seeing how ridiculous this has become from the give and take aspect. But you think the nhra excutives are smart but yet they are running off millionaire customers left and right. But you need to put the kool aid down and or bong cause I’m having a hard time seeing all these people that are lined up to spend millions of there on money to race day and night 24 weekends a year with absolutely no ROI."

Link:
http://forum.competitionplus.com/sho...t=16393&page=5

Macdaddy · 10-14-2018, 04:25 PM

The whole platform appears to lean towards a certain manufacturer these days, when the dodges gained ground in the factory supercar show, they added 50 lbs.go back to weight breaks and lbs per cubic in to at least give the other brands a chance to be competitive without a billion dollar sponsor. Make the class interesting to the point guys like the professor and the likes would be interested again. Nobody wants a race program powered by endless dollars and pointless returns. The whole problem lies with nhra and their blind uneducated changes based solely on their bottom line...,it is at this point in time that wally has achieved mach 7 spinning in his grave....

Billy Nees · 10-14-2018, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Macdaddy

The whole problem lies with nhra and their blind uneducated changes based solely on their bottom line...,

HA!!!

X-TECH MAN · 10-14-2018, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

HA!!!

X's 2 !

midnightbluS10 · 10-14-2018, 10:54 PM

Bob Book already set up a 400ci pro stock class a couple of years ago. It folded after 2 years because of no participation.

10-14-2018, 03:16 PM	#1
RKelliher Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 165 Likes: 48 Liked 182 Times in 61 Posts	Re: What can be done? I was told by a top tech official that they had a plan to save comp.and pro stock and were told they where not interested in saving them.

10-14-2018, 03:57 PM	#2
GATOR Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2018 Posts: 53 Likes: 48 Liked 56 Times in 17 Posts	Re: What can be done? A post from my buddy Chris McGaha posted on compplus forum: (pretty much sums up NHRA racing) Mac4264 "Your right there is a long line of people that would love to professional race. Seems to be a problem keeping all these people from showing up like always has been. This sport has no money in it and never will. So it’s left for the wealthy to play in. But even the wealthy eventually look at there whole card and say really. Has there been people who made it drag racing absolutely. WJ is perfect example. But if he started today or even 5 years ago he wouldn’t make it. Even Schumacher has stated he will not fund cars out of his own pocket so where is that going to leave fuel racing. Ok take money from pro stock yes they did how did that work out for them they still came up short on fields and when they did hmm wonder where that money went. Remember pro stock guys have been called the millionaires club. We didn’t become this racing so maybe the mass exit your seeing is guys finally seeing how ridiculous this has become from the give and take aspect. But you think the nhra excutives are smart but yet they are running off millionaire customers left and right. But you need to put the kool aid down and or bong cause I’m having a hard time seeing all these people that are lined up to spend millions of there on money to race day and night 24 weekends a year with absolutely no ROI." Link: http://forum.competitionplus.com/sho...t=16393&page=5

10-14-2018, 04:25 PM	#3
Macdaddy Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Posts: 8 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: What can be done? The whole platform appears to lean towards a certain manufacturer these days, when the dodges gained ground in the factory supercar show, they added 50 lbs.go back to weight breaks and lbs per cubic in to at least give the other brands a chance to be competitive without a billion dollar sponsor. Make the class interesting to the point guys like the professor and the likes would be interested again. Nobody wants a race program powered by endless dollars and pointless returns. The whole problem lies with nhra and their blind uneducated changes based solely on their bottom line...,it is at this point in time that wally has achieved mach 7 spinning in his grave.... Last edited by Macdaddy; 10-14-2018 at 08:59 PM.

10-14-2018, 10:54 PM	#6
midnightbluS10 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 13 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What can be done? Bob Book already set up a 400ci pro stock class a couple of years ago. It folded after 2 years because of no participation.

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