S/g 1983

[Michael Pliska]

Originally Posted by ItsyBitsySpider

I have driven S/G the old way with no electronics and in current conditions with the computerized mega dollar crap. I prefer the less technical drag racing experience.

....and FYI Rock, I've gone 170, it wasn't all that exciting. (Doing sky high wheelies at 135 was.)

Maybe some of you guys got those go-fast-egos and can't get away from technology, but I'll tell you something. Going rounds and beating heavy hitters with no electronic "enhancement" back then sure felt good for MY ego.
Less electronics and more human.... I'm all for it.
Shelley Wiley
btw I hate the electronics so much I'm switching to Stock

I agree!

I've been 9.90 @ 126 (wheels-up, hard launch) and @ 150, and I much prefer the wheels-up hard launch. Who knows, maybe the difference between 150 & 170 somehow makes it much more exciting, but I doubt it, and I'm not going to spend the money to find out.

Maybe the West Coast was an anomaly, but I distinctly remember (and have old photos to corroborate) completely packed stands in the later rounds of Super-Gas at national events in the late 80's and early 90's. Sure, most of the people were there to watch the pros, but they somehow found us interesting enough to stick around and hold off on the beer and bathroom break. I think one of the key items was the true win light, which eliminated the need to explain things to most of them. They could watch hard-leaving, wheels-up cars who went down the track side-by-side, and were so close at the stripe that you couldn't tell from the stands who got there first.

Incidentally, much of my career has been spent designing automotive electronics, so I could have just about any neato wazzoooo electronic toys for my car, but I prefer not to (and I can't afford the engine necessary to go the huge speeds anyway).

As much as people here want to think that the spectators don't matter, I think they are a key part of the equation that decides whether a class continues to exist.

Regards,