So.. Why aren't RACERS trying to set National records!?

[PONTIAC'S REVENGE]

It use to be a BIG THING! Early days you would get National points for it! Now only bracket laps count! Hmmm

[Frank Castros]

They're saving it for a very special moment in time. Whenever that ****ing might be.

[PONTIAC'S REVENGE]

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

They're saving it for a very special moment in time. Whenever that ****ing might be.

Lolol I tried at Belle Rose it was set pretty deep. I missed it by 5 huns. Record set by mineshaft east coaster... Bucket list for me!

[Jim Caughlin]

NHRA doesn't even consider them important enough to list them in Nat'l Dragster. That, along with the two year rule made me decide it wasn't worth my time.

Jim Caughlin
SS 6019

[tommy d]

As a teenager I would read the NHRA records page so often that I had many of your names and hometowns memorized. Miss that about the DRAGSTER.

[bubski]

Bubski is thinking the problem is class racing has been overtaken by bracket racers looking for a a sitting duck who just wants a personal best ET for whatever conditions may be be !! Not very many racers left who would stay in it all the way to see if they made a positive move in Performance !! The bracket people figured this out quick and made it less desirable to work on your combo or for that matter to care about national records , that drove the record setting performance mentality out of class racing for the most part . Sure theres still guys working their AZZ off to be the best in their class but most of the time their just along for the ride with the shoe polish like the bracket guys !! Racing just like politics !! NO real leaders just politicians !! And not many real racers just bracket guys !! Nothing against bracket guys they play the rules given to them and Stock and Super Stock are pretty much the same as bracket 2 nowadays !!

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Jim Caughlin

NHRA doesn't even consider them important enough to list them in Nat'l Dragster. That, along with the two year rule made me decide it wasn't worth my time.

Jim Caughlin
SS 6019

^^ in bold says it all.

They publish that Magazine 12 times a year but cannot find at least one page every 3 months to post the current records.

However, there is always plenty of room to post up black and white ( full page ) grainy pics of an event that happened over 60 years ago.
Just an observation....

[ALMACK]

It was fun while it lasted.

8 National e.t. records in a span of 28 months with the car.
It wasn't " The Big Go " but I did get to experience at least one tear down in the barn there at a Nat. Open.

Would be nice to do it again but since NHRA does not publish the results anymore it doesn't feel the same

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by PONTIAC'S REVENGE

It use to be a BIG THING! Early days you would get National points for it! Now only bracket laps count! Hmmm

Lack of appreciation by NHRA and zero incentives. In short, the bean counters at NHRA got what they wanted. It cost money for them to support record setting. The decision makers are not racers they are accountants. They want to collect money from membership for services that they don’t provide. They don’t want to spend money.

As far as the ability to tear down. I am sure that most racers would find a way to learn or get support if setting a record was of benefit to them.

We have set a lot of records, but not so much lately. We used to scout through the records list. It was really an inexpensive source of recognition that drove a lot of people to proactively work on their cars, chase the best races to set records, etc. if the execs at NHRA wanted this they could easily fix it.

[Jim Kaekel]

It is disappointing that they don't recognize records like they once did in Dragster. They do list them on nhraracer.com and of course you still get the certificate. My 18-year-old son and myself had the pleasure of setting the D/SA record last fall at Indy and it was a really cool father-son thing for us to experience.