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[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

[Mile High]

Originally Posted by 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

This has happened to Pueblo Motorsport Park in Colorado. City owned facility has a contract with a road racer lady to run the place. She's in her 3rd year. Nearly ran everyone off the first year with her antics toward drag racers, a lot of the fast guys haven't come back. Apparently she didn't even want to take advice from the Bandimere's. The contract says she has to do 4 drag races a year so any time after the 4th race she might pull the plug. She has been heard to refer to drag racers as " bottom feeders" but loves her road racers.

Jeff

[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!

[Dave Muller]

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

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

The Cross Bronx was the reason I switched to the George Washington Bridge. It's longer trip to Englishtown from Long Island that way, yet so much easier.

Towing out West here is much easier in my opinion.