Make the Chevrolet Win - Page 9

Jim Bailey · 09-12-2018, 09:37 AM

If you wanna have the Big Three factory Wars, then let the Big Three battle it out. Don't try to settle the war with well fair from the NHRA board room. Let the factories/engineers, with feedback from their racers, develop new parts and get them approved. Then supply the parts to all the racers. If they don't wanna do it, then it must be ok for their sales to run second or third.... Funny how no one said a word when Turk was basically going it alone, and barely making the show.....

Paul Sarvas · 09-12-2018, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by nhramnl

And that is exactly what has caused the steady decline of Stock and Super Stock drag racing. People with ridiculous money see a new potential way to be cool, spend money and show-off; they set down their golf clubs, park their CVO Harley, write a few checks and are suddenly drag racers. They get the best car, engine, trans, etc. that money can possibly buy (and there are always "name" guys ready to take as much of their money as they can get), and the guy who actually races out of love for the sport is relegated to "poor sap" status. Can't help but wonder though, why the Comp guys seem so different; they appear to just show up and race, without all of the controversy and hand-wringing.

Yawn...

pS

nhramnl · 09-12-2018, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by GUMP

It could also be that some people who were too young or too broke to experience factory race cars the first time around don't want to sit and watch it pass by a second time. A lot of you guys have way more money in your motor home than others have in their factory cars. It's all about choices.......

Really? So all I need to do to be competitive with Don Schumacher Racing is choose to tow my $150,000 Stocker with an old pickup truck, on an open trailer? Cool; I thought there was much more to it than that.

GUMP · 09-12-2018, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Ralph A Powell

The first ones built had production Blocks and Heads couldn't keep heads gaskets in them!

Nope. Even the proof of concept had an LSX block.

Hint: They are powder coated red. ; )

Billy Nees · 09-12-2018, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by nhramnl

Really? So all I need to do to be competitive with Don Schumacher Racing is choose to tow my $150,000 Stocker with an old pickup truck, on an open trailer? Cool; I thought there was much more to it than that.

I hope that this is a poor attempt at sarcasm otherwise it's just a foolish statement.

GUMP · 09-12-2018, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by nhramnl

Really? So all I need to do to be competitive with Don Schumacher Racing is choose to tow my $150,000 Stocker with an old pickup truck, on an open trailer? Cool; I thought there was much more to it than that.

You need to go back and read your own post. You clearly stated that people spending money on the new cars were impacting Stock and Super Stock. I have already shown several times that you can run a new factory car in both classes for way less than a nice new motor home.

For Factory Stock it would have to be a higher end motor home!

Lenny5160 · 09-12-2018, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Bailey

If you wanna have the Big Three factory Wars, then let the Big Three battle it out. Don't try to settle the war with well fair from the NHRA board room. Let the factories/engineers, with feedback from their racers, develop new parts and get them approved. Then supply the parts to all the racers. If they don't wanna do it, then it must be ok for their sales to run second or third.... Funny how no one said a word when Turk was basically going it alone, and barely making the show.....

The problem is defining 'welfare' and who you think is getting it. Is it the cars benefiting from the weight adjustments, the manufacturers allowed to run non-production combinations, or ??????

Brett C · 09-12-2018, 10:19 AM

Can’t we all just get along and just race?

Billy Nees · 09-12-2018, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Brett C

Can’t we all just get along and just race?

We could but we never will.
Just imagine how scary that would be to the NHRA. If we all agreed and got along, we would have the ability to dictate to them instead of them to us.

Rick Schilling · 09-12-2018, 10:39 AM

Is anyone who has been around the sport for any length of time really surprised all of this is happening? Deja vu all over again.

09-12-2018, 09:37 AM	#81
Jim Bailey Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 674 Likes: 15 Liked 584 Times in 94 Posts	Re: Make the Chevrolet Win If you wanna have the Big Three factory Wars, then let the Big Three battle it out. Don't try to settle the war with well fair from the NHRA board room. Let the factories/engineers, with feedback from their racers, develop new parts and get them approved. Then supply the parts to all the racers. If they don't wanna do it, then it must be ok for their sales to run second or third.... Funny how no one said a word when Turk was basically going it alone, and barely making the show.....

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Brett C VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Thibodaux, LA Posts: 1,195 Likes: 327 Liked 1,018 Times in 217 Posts	Re: Make the Chevrolet Win Can’t we all just get along and just race? __________________ Brett Candies 4192 Stock/SS God Bless America

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Rick Schilling Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Indy Posts: 103 Likes: 18 Liked 14 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Make the Chevrolet Win Is anyone who has been around the sport for any length of time really surprised all of this is happening? Deja vu all over again.