A subject for discussion on a winter's day.

Ed Wright · 02-13-2019, 04:15 PM

When bracket racing came along, we lost the slow guys to that. Ended up with very small car counts in Stock Eliminator. I asked some local guys why they moved to ET brackets. "Because I have a chance doing that". Mattered if we were fast back then.

We used to have Stock Eliminator, Super Stock, and Modified Elminator every first & third Sunday's at Tulsa. Some of us also ran at Fort Smith, AR second & 4th Sunday's.

Ran off National Records then, run more than a tenth under, you break out. I was often the fast car at Tulsa, about a tenth over my own record.

Now it's all dumbed down to bracket racing. Hard to get motivated to try to make it any faster. Seems very strange to figure ways to slow it down, that can be easily undone for heads ups, which won't effect your lights.

02-13-2019, 04:15 PM	#11
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: A subject for discussion on a winter's day. When bracket racing came along, we lost the slow guys to that. Ended up with very small car counts in Stock Eliminator. I asked some local guys why they moved to ET brackets. "Because I have a chance doing that". Mattered if we were fast back then. We used to have Stock Eliminator, Super Stock, and Modified Elminator every first & third Sunday's at Tulsa. Some of us also ran at Fort Smith, AR second & 4th Sunday's. Ran off National Records then, run more than a tenth under, you break out. I was often the fast car at Tulsa, about a tenth over my own record. Now it's all dumbed down to bracket racing. Hard to get motivated to try to make it any faster. Seems very strange to figure ways to slow it down, that can be easily undone for heads ups, which won't effect your lights. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA