Question Please

[Toby Lang]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

(and have to go back to shallow staging and change my starting line driving style.)

Ah yes, deep staging. Those were the days.


-Toby

[THE LEGEND]

Dave,
Was not talking about any race in particular. I know that all the combo's I ever ran were simply a bracket race. I was just making a point about some of these "CLASSY RACERS" who are to good to bracket race but still run the combo's.
I think the real reason is they are scared to get their ***** handed to them by some lowlife bracket racer in a beater.LOL

The only new car for me next year will be long and skinny with the motor in the back.
My 18 yr old wants to race and we are undecided about putting him in a footbrake/stocker or my Camaro.
Lot depends on the money which right now not a lot.
Chip

[THE LEGEND]

On a side note about the "CLASSY RACERS".
I was impressed with a few things this season: In no particular order:

1) Jeff Hefler doubles at the bracket finals then goes to Pomona and almost doubled again.

2) Watched Duckboy win a Top E.T. $3,000 race at Rockingham in his stocker.

3) Duckboy won a race of champions race with the "Kiddie Car"

4) Scotty Stillings got r/u at the NHRA div5 bracket finals in Top E.t. with his Super Stocker.

I know there were a lot more amazing feats this year of Stockers kicking butt.
Congrats guys.
Chip Johnson

[greg fulk]

Chip for me it's NO BUY BACKS!!!!!!!!!!! Look if you come to race & get beat 1st round GO HOME or run the "gamblers race"!

[THE LEGEND]

Buybacks and double entries too. I will give ya'll that one. Thats why I like going to the IHRA/NHRA races.
Chip

[Rusty Davenport]

Instead of telling class racers they are scared or they will get their ***** kicked, why don't you wake up and grow up.....people do things because they WANT TO for their own enjoyment or pleasure......including RACING FOR THE FUN OF IT !!! NOBODY is going to get rich or famous either way.

[Dave Ribeiro]

Chip,

I don't think they are scared , because they get there butts kicked in NHRA & IHRA .... I also think they do much more racing in brackets
than you will ever know.... They just don't brag about it & keep a low profile ... As Greg & others say they don't like some of the rules , Boxes,no-box, buy-backs,staging lane games, etc.... But, they do go bracket racing and do pretty well ... Lot's of NHRA guys don't like 1/8 mile or IHRA either, but they doesn't mean they are scared.. Lot's of good racers never go to National / Div. events ....

You see it's all about having choices on where & when to race, thank God we still have some choice's ... As we have said before there are great racers in both NHRA & IHRA ... It's just too bad more of them don't cross-over more often... I know
that in most cases there aren't IHRA tracks close by for alot of racers. Choice's & the $$$$$$ are hurting racing & tracks ....

[Tom keedle]

here's why I'm building a stocker, there's a chance at running a headsup race where there,s NO chance of a headsup in brackets.
plus it seems like a challenge to run something with rules attached (that's why all the stupid "legal" questions from me...)

[Greg Barsamian]

Gary Stinnett World Champ in S/C, runs a Superstocker and occasionally a Stocker!

All one needs to do is atttend an East Coast Stock/Superstock Association race or an All-Star Racing Association race to see the car counts and how successful both organizations are!

[Bobby Zlatkin]

How can you have a fair heads-up class run when one car is at NHRA weight and the other is at IHRA weight (different HP factors)? Apples & orange's.