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Art,
I ain;t mad at ANYBODY!!! ![]() But, that's pretty non-responsive... ("Just go away.") "You don't own a car," is the reason I am posting on THIS forum. There is a different forum for people who have a current race car in operation. This forum is, ostensibly, for the rest of us... the folks who love drag racing, have friends who race, and who possibly have raced in the past, and may, again. I happen to fit all of those categories, and I enjoy tremendously, the give-and-take exhibited here. The free exchange of concepts and ideas relative to racing, and how it is done, is a wonderful thing, I think. I have learned a lot about how people think,what their opinions are like, and am better off for having read the posts on this board, whether I agree with them, or not. During my fifty-three year involvement with this sport, I've run Stockers, Gassers, E.T Bracket cars, been a Tech at four different drag strips, have written several published articles (Super Stock and DRAG Illustrated) about race cars and the technology they utilized, moderated a drag racing website (Prodigy), and have finally built a street car with a blower on it, something I've always wanted. Two of my close friends are actively campaigning two very different NHRA Stockers, and I try hard to keep up with their operations by monitoring their activities on DRC, if I can't go with them to the races. I am only telling you something about me so that you may have a better idea of why I do what I do. Not that you care... but, sometimes, it's nice to know who you're "talking to." Drag racing has held my fascination for a long, long time. I love it, and when I see things that I think are wrong with it, things that can be fixed easily, I can't help but run my ideas by the people involved. All I've done here, is seems, is piss people off... ,mainly the people most affected by what I have suggested, but not always. Since I went to my first race in 1955, I've seen a lot and done a lot, but I SURELY don't know it all, and don't claim to. But, isn't this forum for just that? A place where we can talk about ideas, and maybe try out new concepts without actually going to NHRA and hitting THAT wall, first? I think the racers' forum, the one for active racers with a current competition number, might be more restrictive, but this forum, I think, should be open to anyone who wants to post. If he's an idiot, so be it. People wil find out, soon enough. My ideas on restricting boost to stock levels in Stock Eliminator didn't sit very well with some of the guys who race the cars in question. (No surprise, there.) I thought that maybe the rest of the readers might have an opinion about this subject matter, but there wasn't much said, except by you, Art. I applaud you for sticking up for your forced induction buddies... ![]() The bad news is, I probably won't be going away anytime soon, but this subject is no longer an issue I wish to pursue. Like the double red light issue I tried to get some support for (I couldn't even get the S-L-O-W cars' owners to go for that, and they're the ones who'd benefit most often), I nust be the world's worst communicator, because I have not been able to explain this VERY simple issue in such a way that folks can readily see the obvious (to me) inequity that's ongoing. So, I'll shut up about this, now. Good luck with the Neon; those are cool little cars! My daughter just bought a new Caliber, supposedly, the Neon's replacement. Pug-ugly, and a weirdo CVT tranny that emulates a Turboglide in operation. Go figure...
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