Interest in Modified?

[Scotty D]

the fans will come back for this,and dont forget about ernie's engine builder dr dave watson still out there rowin'em also.as a helper with an organization for nothing but stickshift doorslammers(the umtr united manual transmission racers)you dont know how refreshing it is to hear this kind of chatter,it would be great to see some old corvette's and chevy 2's with little inchers and highwinding small blocks banging gears again.

[buzzinhalfdozen]

Venice, Hi Car turned out pretty good, took longer than I thought to finish, working full time and trying to build a car in less than a year by yourself was a tough road. I did finally get it going however really late in the year only managed to get to the Jegs Sports nats at Columbus and the Osceola points race. I'm fairly pleased with initial results, but still have some issues to iron out. Hopefully I'll be ready to go in the spring. As for the IHRA SS NOT being a joke as posted by someone else just look at the qualifying sheets at most any race, then tell me the same thing. Thanks Joe Buchanan SS/AX SS/BX 3117

[thrash7781]

283 destroked to 277, tunnel ram/w 660's, 5 speed, 650 gear, left the line at 11,800 and shifted at 10,500 in a 69 camaro, (year...1982. class...e/mp....index...10.50...ran 9.60...front tires droping in the middle of third gear...driver...my machine shop owner/bulider... Bill Reichert. Interested ??? I think i enjoyed watching him more then than what i do now. thanks for listening, "Thrash"

If it wasn't for IHRA there are a lot of Stock, Super Stock & Modified racers that would not have never run class IHRA brought class racing to the South, in particilar, NC,SC,TN, &Va. In the 70's & early to mid 80's, IHRA had 20-30 "WCS" races. That allowed a lot of racers to get there feet wet in class racing at the local level. NHRA had little to offer in those areas at that time, and frankly, it's not much better now. There are a lot of NHRA class racers that got their start with IHRA over the years. I agree that there are things that need to changed or tweeked, but so does the NHRA. Look at the NHRA schedule, 1 Nat'l event in NC, not running SS, no points races, 1 Nat'l.& 1 points race in Va, 1 Nat'l in the eastern part of TN., 0 Nat'l or points races in SC. For those of you not in these area's, this may not mean much to you. But for those of us who have jobs with not a lot of vacation time or in a sales/commision job where you lose money by not being at work, this is a huge factor in where & which organization we choose to spend our money with. So, before kicking IHRA in the dirt, take a look at NHRA and see how much they have done for the class racers in the last 10 years. 50% of what I read on this forum is compliants about how the NHRA is treating the sportsman racers. Each Association serves it purpose for class racing, in different ways.

Scott Tilley
IHRA SS Nat'l R/U
IHRA SS"WCS" R/U
Many time SS IHRA Record Holder
S/SS Combo wins & R/U

[Rusty Davenport]

Originally Posted by tilley2007

if it wasn't for ihra there are a lot of stock, super stock & modified racers that would not have never run class ihra brought class racing to the south, in particilar, nc,sc,tn, &va. In the 70's & early to mid 80's, ihra had 20-30 "wcs" races. That allowed a lot of racers to get there feet wet in class racing at the local level. Nhra had little to offer in those areas at that time, and frankly, it's not much better now. There are a lot of nhra class racers that got their start with ihra over the years. I agree that there are things that need to changed or tweeked, but so does the nhra. Look at the nhra schedule, 1 nat'l event in nc, not running ss, no points races, 1 nat'l.& 1 points race in va, 1 nat'l in the eastern part of tn., 0 nat'l or points races in sc. For those of you not in these area's, this may not mean much to you. But for those of us who have jobs with not a lot of vacation time or in a sales/commision job where you lose money by not being at work, this is a huge factor in where & which organization we choose to spend our money with. So, before kicking ihra in the dirt, take a look at nhra and see how much they have done for the class racers in the last 10 years. 50% of what i read on this forum is compliants about how the nhra is treating the sportsman racers. Each association serves it purpose for class racing, in different ways.

Scott tilley
ihra ss nat'l r/u
ihra ss"wcs" r/u
many time ss ihra record holder
s/ss combo wins & r/u

well said Scott Tilley !!!!!!!!!!!

[Tracy Robbins]

Very well said Scott...and I still can't believe there is no NHRA divisional in Charlotte!!!

[BPotts]

Scott makes a good point. I don't think it's worth the trouble and expense to race NHRA when most of the division races are in FL or south GA. If NHRA had put one in Bristol, one in Charlotte, and left the one in Atlanta then it would have been a resonable distance for the racers in the Carolinas to participate.

As for the Modified racing I say bring it on!! I'm too young to remember how it worked with out "chalk", but the dial-in stuff needs to go. I also think these all run fields need to go. IMO the fields need to be set on 32 or 64 car qualified field using CLASS ELIMINATIONS and then field with fast qualifiers. I'm just getting started in this Super Stock thing and would honestly have to say that currently I probably wouldn't make the show, BUT that means I need to go do my homework, not cry for shoe polish!

[chris3racing]

I would really like to see the modified classes come back. I am old enough to remember the gas and modified races at Kinston. What ever your class record was that was what you ran off of.