Wondering what stock racers think

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Ed Carpenter

Alan If u remember, I put a proposal together to nhra about getting back to Performance in s/SS. It involved qualifying points, points and money for records, class racing contingency money and several other ideas. I was told by Glen Gray they would look at it. Then he said he put it to our SRAC reps and they didn’t want it so it died there. I plan on trying again at the end of the year. To many racers today don’t want to do anything but run the eliminator and do nothing else. No class, no records nothing. We’re supposed to be in a performance class and it’s no where near that now. We won class at Houston in April and it felt great to out run a few guys. I live for that stuff but not many do. It’s kinda sad really.....

Ed,
I'm all for it, I'd love to help you. I think it needs to be run by the racers, too, and then taken to the SRAC.



We also need to present it to the sponsors, the people who sell parts and already pay contingency. The real problem there is that NHRA is not real friendly toward them, the program really doesn't incentivize itself to the sponsors.

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Ed,
I'm all for it, I'd love to help you. I think it needs to be run by the racers, too, and then taken to the SRAC.



We also need to present it to the sponsors, the people who sell parts and already pay contingency. The real problem there is that NHRA is not real friendly toward them, the program really doesn't incentivize itself to the sponsors.

Alan,

I sent out over a 100 emails to racers. I put it on here and my facebook page. 90% said they were for it. Ive tried twice the past couple of years. No dice. I didnt contact any potential sponsors because it went nowhere.