Should Pro's be seperated from Sportsman

[442OLDS]

I think there are a lot of fans that also attend National events to see "regular" type cars.

In fact,there was a survey in National Dragster many years ago that asked fans...What is your favorite class?

The class that had the most votes was SUPER STOCK.

I don't think this would be a good move from the NHRA point of view.

I could see the end of National event payouts,if National events go away.NOT good for any Sportsman racer!

[GUMP]

No. If you don't want to run Nationals, you can always stay home.

[sammy pizzolato]

i say NO. what should be done is to take and limit all stock super stock super gas super comp comp and so on at nationals events only. to grade points. put a number on each class for the amount lets say 75 per class and stick to it.first come first serve. races like houston if you have money and a NHRA # and pulse and no grade points you can enter. not fair to the ones that make points meets for grade points.that would make more room at nationals.why should you reward someone who has never raced before to go to a national event without paying your dues. JUST SAYING!!

[Brett C]

Originally Posted by sammy pizzolato

i say NO. what should be done is to take and limit all stock super stock super gas super comp comp and so on at nationals events only. to grade points. put a number on each class for the amount lets say 75 per class and stick to it.first come first serve. races like houston if you have money and a NHRA # and pulse and no grade points you can enter. not fair to the ones that make points meets for grade points.that would make more room at nationals.why should you reward someone who has never raced before to go to a national event without paying your dues. JUST SAYING!!

Limit it to 64 and that takes an extra round out of the eliminations schedule.

[Greenlight]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

I think there are a lot of fans that also attend National events to see "regular" type cars.

In fact,there was a survey in National Dragster many years ago that asked fans...What is your favorite class?

The class that had the most votes was SUPER STOCK.

I don't think this would be a good move from the NHRA point of view.

I could see the end of National event payouts,if National events go away.NOT good for any Sportsman racer!

NHRA Fan Poll results: Favorite classes 05/01/2002

Funny Car 10.78%
Top Fuel 10.62%
Pro Stock 10.19%
Top Alcohol Dragster 7.58%
Top Alcohol Funny Car 7.55%
Pro Mod 7.46%
Pro Stock Bike 7.02%
Super Stock 6.80%
Comp 6.64%
Top Fuel Bike 5.93%
Stock 5.45%
Super Comp 5.03%
Super Gas 4.91%
Super Street 3.98%


Points values were assigned to all rankings 1-14. Percentages listed reflect the percentage of points earned of the available TOTAL, not the actual total of people who voted for the category or for that category’s position in the standings.

http://www.nhra.net/2002/news/May/050101.html

[boster]

Maybe Sportsman Thursday & Friday , Pro's Sat & Sun , that way everyone has a 2 day event

[James Perrone]

Im with Bo...finish by saturday.

Depends what you're interested in. Do you actually want to race, be able to make time runs, pit in a decent area, ... then yes. However, if you're only intersted in being part of the "show" and all that goes with it (both good and bad) then no, keep them together.

We have a Pure Stock C5 and thus can only run IHRA. That wasn't by accident and every time I'm tempted to update it to a "regular Stocker" it's incidents like Houston that remind me we like where we are now.

[James Perrone]

Pure stock doesnt count,What you have is a STREET car ,Stay bracket racing.

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Pure stock doesnt count,What you have is a STREET car ,Stay bracket racing.

You're absolutely correct. I do have a "street" car with AC, all power equipment, and can 60' in the 1.50s and run a half second under the index and I still have stock exhaust manifolds and haven't been in the engine YET. In fact, I'm not far from the almighty NHRA B/SA index with a stock LS1. Forgive me for not needing someone to build me a $10K engine with $4K heads to run how far under? Another 3 or 4 tenths ...

And you wonder why people think SOME NHRA racers are pretentious.