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[impstocker]

Here is my 1977 Chevy PU I just dug up out of the weeds of my buddies back yard of his shop. Has not been started in 9 years.Started right up. I used it to tow my 68 Impala back and forth to track in 2002-2005 I will use it again with an open trailer to get me back and forth with my 65 Impala in progress. In the Race car Build section. I cannot afford a nicer truck, an enclosed trailer ect plus I am building my 65 doing most of the work myself. But I WILL be racing, For a guy like me if I want to be real comfortable I'll stay home weekends, sell everything and.. play video games and watch Football.

Will Lamprecht Div 1 65 Impala I/SA 396/325 HP

[Chris Barnes]

Is it just me or does "alternative lifestyle weekends" sound like getting naked and/or smoking dope? I know that would certainly be cheaper than drag racing!

Seriously, I have always thought that there are some great stories in sports, including sportsman drag racing, that could be told well enough to keep people's attention, and generate interest. It just never happens. I can't tell you how many times I have been watching NHRA on TV and it seems like they are just wasting time. Sometimes I even see cool sportsman cars driving by in the back ground, usually during some especially vapid interview segment.

There is no sport I can think of where I can compete against David Rampy or Dan Fletcher or Jimmy DeFrank. It would be like pitching to Alex Rodriguez at a softball game. Nothing compares. I know John Force and Big Daddy, they ask about my kids. They admire my car. Lebron James? Not so much.

[Ed Fernandez]

Maybe I'm wrong but I think you guys are missing the point as far as sportsman racing. Who do you think the "fans" at a Natl. event come to see? Eric M. in my old gremlin?
they come to see the "pros". The low cash flow is divisionals. I could fill the stands with more butts with female mud wrestling than sportsman racing. The casual drag racing fan dedicated to sportsman racing is long gone. Whoever can figure out a formula to pack in divisionals and increase the gate will be the salvation of drag racing as a whole.
Any suggestions? Come on Billy you can think of something.

[Frank Castros]

God bless those with Motor Coaches, Stackers, Factory Stockers and nothing better to do but wait in line for 2-3 days.
You can still go racing on a budget, Pick up truck, open trailer and a reasonably classed car and a cheap motel room.
The payouts haven't changed much since I last raced because the sanctioning bodies see no reason to based on the high level of participation.
Don't stop complaining, but little will change.

[Dave Muller]

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

God bless those with Motor Coaches, Stackers, Factory Stockers and nothing better to do but wait in line for 2-3 days.
You can still go racing on a budget, Pick up truck, open trailer and a reasonably classed car and a cheap motel room.
The payouts haven't changed much since I last raced because the sanctioning bodies see no reason to based on the high level of participation.
Don't stop complaining, but little will change.

That's the way I'll be doing it. Just please, guys, hold the laughter until my Ranger and tiny open trailer move along to where I'm out of earshot.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Dave Muller

That's the way I'll be doing it. Just please, guys, hold the laughter until my Ranger and tiny open trailer move along to where I'm out of earshot.

Not into the big rigs, but you've got more nerve than I do, buddy.
I hate towing so much as my golf cart with my S10.
At least out here, you don't have many hills to contend with or have to be concerned with towing down the NE Thruway to the Cross Bronx to the GW Bridge

[Casey Miles]

I went over to the road racers side of the track at PBIR, They were testing 3 Ferraris, they told me that they went through 3 drums of fuel, 2 sets of brake pads and this was just testing. So I asked them what kind of purse they race for. The answer was "it's a gentlemen's race" with a trophy and notoriety as the purse. I asked them how much each car was valued at, this was a few years ago, between 150 to 200k each. So when you look at how much NHRA is going to pay as a purse, let's hope they don't talk to the road racers.

Casey Miles
248H "F" NHRA Stock

[Frank Castros]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Not into the big rigs, but you've got more nerve than I do, buddy.
I hate towing so much as my golf cart with my S10.
At least out here, you don't have many hills to contend with or have to be concerned with towing down the NE Thruway to the Cross Bronx to the GW Bridge

Ah, the Cross Bronx Expressway was always my favorite part of the tow!

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by impstocker

Here is my 1977 Chevy PU I just dug up out of the weeds of my buddies back yard of his shop. Has not been started in 9 years.Started right up. I used it to tow my 68 Impala back and forth to track in 2002-2005 I will use it again with an open trailer to get me back and forth with my 65 Impala in progress. In the Race car Build section. I cannot afford a nicer truck, an enclosed trailer ect plus I am building my 65 doing most of the work myself. But I WILL be racing, For a guy like me if I want to be real comfortable I'll stay home weekends, sell everything and.. play video games and watch Football.

Will Lamprecht Div 1 65 Impala I/SA 396/325 HP

Love those ol' crew cab duallies.

When I got hooked on Stock/Super Stock racing in the early 80's, I thought it so cool the class racers were pulling their open trailers with those trucks and here were those beautiful cars on trailers for all to see.

Not many racers had enclosed trailers then.

My 2004 dually isn't as old as yours, but it kind of reminds me of the those great years when I was in awe of the Stockers and Super Stockers.