What I feel nhra needs to do?

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

Hell Art I just turned 33, I'm not far removed from them. But i know that if I want to see hilarity ensue, and mechanical carnage......go to the track on import night.

Chad you were not around in the 60's or 70's. You have no clue how much money I made because of stupidity. In the mid 70's we made 18,500 in one night a bit more than the W.R.Grace Cup.
Believe me those people back then were no brighter than the kids of today.
And there are others on here that saw that race.

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by art leong

Chad you were not around in the 60's or 70's. You have no clue how much money I made because of stupidity. In the mid 70's we made 18,500 in one night a bit more than the W.R.Grace Cup.
Believe me those people back then were no brighter than the kids of today.
And there are others on here that saw that race.

ok, when did we change topics?

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

ok, when did we change topics?

We? are you looking in a mirror?
I was talking about stupidity. No generation has a lock on it.

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by art leong

We? are you looking in a mirror?
I was talking about stupidity. No generation has a lock on it.

i agree there, for sure. But this generation has a whole lot more lazy, and a whole lot less respect for rules. They'd rather bolt a turbo on a stock car and go fast, than build a stocker.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

i agree there, for sure. But this generation has a whole lot more lazy, and a whole lot less respect for rules. They'd rather bolt a turbo on a stock car and go fast, than build a stocker.

Chad you are the type of person that paid my rent back in the days. We never raced a car that wasn't sure they could beat us. Out of 100 or so decent buck races we lost 3. And we were far from the fastest car.
I proved how easy it was to get a turbo car to run. Even I made it go fast.
It is the biggest bang for the buck. And that's why they are stupid? Years ago people had junkyards to scrounge for parts. FLASH!!! They still do, but you ain't going to find a 60's musclecar in them. You find Neons, Hondas Etc.
If you think this generation is dumb. In my generation I made HP while almost everyone else made love (the flower generation)

[Casey Miles]

Art: Back in the day, I would street race my stocker out on Long Island. I would have either the M&H street tires or 9" slicks and tiny headers, the first words out of the other racer was " are you going to race with those small tires?" . I knew at that point that they didn't stand a chance. I'd get the break and they were done fore!
Casey Miles
248H Stock?

[Casey Miles]

What a dumb$ss, I hit the button twice!

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Casey Miles

Art: Back in the day, I would street race my stocker out on Long Island. I would have either the M&H street tires or 9" slicks and tiny headers, the first words out of the other racer was " are you going to race with those small tires?" . I knew at that point that they didn't stand a chance. I'd get the break and they were done fore!
Casey Miles
248H Stock?

Casey. That's the point I'm trying to make. This Generation doesn't have a patent on stupid. If given the chance some of them would gravitate towards stk/ss. Not a lot but enough to replace us. Now there is no chance for that.

[Billy Nees]

Art, the difference isn't about whose generation is "stupider". We are all "stupid" at one point or another. I like to think that our generation wanted to learn from its mistakes and make what we had into a better deal but that takes time and a lot of trial and error. The next generation wants "instant gratification". They don't or won't take the time to figure out how to do something. They want someone to hand it to them "right now" or they don't need it. Go to your local track on a friday night.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Bernie Cunningham

Art, I know I'm off ya Christmas card list already but you're really sounding pathetic now !!! Don't ya live in Florida, heck the sun shines down there 365 days a year or do ya have a nasty cloud over ya head all the time that's ready to piss just on you at a moments notice !!

The newer cars will never go away, it's called evolution, and we need 'em. (in the FX class that could be coming later) This year will see a huge amount of HP handed out with both new and the old, stay tuned !!!

There's plenty of new blood in Class racing, look around.

How the heck did NHRA come up with YOUR HP factor ????????? Now your concerned ?

NO NEW CLASSES NEED TO BE ADDED, PERIOD !!!!!! WTF ! nobody needs any such thing for US to survive.

I'm with you on this one Bernie ..........we have plenty of new cars and the Jr.Dragster progran is churning out new blood.......we certainly don't need new classes.....and without the factories sending in specs there are no rules to follow .All this plus with all due respect to Chrysler racers how many were not going to race their Chrysler 300 in Stock or SuperStock because its not in the guide ?