Bracket Racing vs Stock/Super Stock Racing

nhramnl · 06-08-2017, 07:59 AM

Like all of you, I have no beef whatsoever with bracket racers. Truth is, they might be smarter than we are, because they focus on the fun part...racing. I've gotten to the point where I don't even compete at national events anymore, because it's just no fun. We're treated like cattle, waiting for hours while nothing happens, only to then be hustled through everything with an attitude on NHRA's part of "C'mon, get up here and get that POS down the track; we've got Super Street and snowmobiles to run!". It's been said a thousand times, but NHRA has become something it was never, ever intended to be; entertainment for the masses. And when they made that decision, they stopped being about the fun part.

Bob Don · 06-08-2017, 08:20 AM

I echo Ken's sentiments. We go through a lot to be able to run national events, running divisionals and accumulating grade points. For local racers to be able to waltz into a national event and get preferred pit spaces and, in some cases, pay no fee is just wrong. If you want to run a national event and earn a wally, run one of the contested classes and start going to divisionals. Weekly bracket racers should aspire to move up, not be "showcased". This cheapens the wally.

Strawboss · 06-08-2017, 08:32 AM

The problem with NHRA and the s/ss quotas is that they don't need all our money when they charge big bucks for the many trailers that the professionals bring in and take up so much space. Just like an old friend told me once, we are just like carnies except carnies go from town to town putting on a show and getting paid for it and we go town to town putting on a show and we pay them to let us do it and we still love doing it. So we have to take the cards they deal us and play their game.

06-08-2017, 07:59 AM	#1
nhramnl Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 507 Likes: 8 Liked 358 Times in 83 Posts	Re: Bracket Racing vs Stock/Super Stock Racing Like all of you, I have no beef whatsoever with bracket racers. Truth is, they might be smarter than we are, because they focus on the fun part...racing. I've gotten to the point where I don't even compete at national events anymore, because it's just no fun. We're treated like cattle, waiting for hours while nothing happens, only to then be hustled through everything with an attitude on NHRA's part of "C'mon, get up here and get that POS down the track; we've got Super Street and snowmobiles to run!". It's been said a thousand times, but NHRA has become something it was never, ever intended to be; entertainment for the masses. And when they made that decision, they stopped being about the fun part.

06-08-2017, 08:20 AM	#2
Bob Don VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Greater Boston Posts: 1,498 Likes: 1,151 Liked 905 Times in 193 Posts	Re: Bracket Racing vs Stock/Super Stock Racing I echo Ken's sentiments. We go through a lot to be able to run national events, running divisionals and accumulating grade points. For local racers to be able to waltz into a national event and get preferred pit spaces and, in some cases, pay no fee is just wrong. If you want to run a national event and earn a wally, run one of the contested classes and start going to divisionals. Weekly bracket racers should aspire to move up, not be "showcased". This cheapens the wally. __________________ Bob Don 128 SS

06-08-2017, 08:32 AM	#3
Strawboss Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 15 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Bracket Racing vs Stock/Super Stock Racing The problem with NHRA and the s/ss quotas is that they don't need all our money when they charge big bucks for the many trailers that the professionals bring in and take up so much space. Just like an old friend told me once, we are just like carnies except carnies go from town to town putting on a show and getting paid for it and we go town to town putting on a show and we pay them to let us do it and we still love doing it. So we have to take the cards they deal us and play their game.