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Bracket racing is what has hurt S/SS more than anything, that is all that plays on a weekly bases at local tracks and is full of young people on a Friday nite. How many people under the age of 25 run S/SS that their Dad is not involved? How many S/SS entrys now
are under 50yrs old? Years ago your Pros came from S/SS, now its SG and Super Comp.Will this truly become a HANDYCAP eliminator, or will the SSS's stand for Seniors?

Dale Shannon (old retired S/SS)

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Stk and SS will be gone when the last of the OLD GUYS passes away. The rule keeping and changes could be interpreted to Self Destruct the classes. Many refuse to see it. I believe because many are still owning a very expensive Great car they want to have fun with more times. If someone bought the car and trailer for appropriate price Many would probably be able to RETIRE from Class racing.... Hard to do But possible. When the last 55 chevy owner, Gta racer or Mustang driver decides to recognize the futility of hoping for reasonable rules or enforcement its DONE....
Most will hang on till then....

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What is going to happen when Biondo, DeFrank, Fletcher, and the rest get pummeled by the Ford CJ,and the DP Challenger in semi finals in a heads up run.
1. If these pros or anyone else with a carburetor runs against these cars they will lose.
2. The pros won't make any money.
3. Most if not all of of the the above will be on Social Security before the AHFS will get the correct factor on these "Factory Race Cars"

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No, I don't think bracket racing is the cause of the decline of Stock and Super Stock. Poor control of the classes by NHRA, and failure to promote them is the cause. That and a change in society, especially the younger segment. I don't think it is correct or fair to place the blame on bracket racing.

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Maybe they will get hired by Ford or Mopar to be hired guns to drive the new models.Then the factories will be assured of seeing their new vehicles in the winner's circle?

Just a thought......

P.S.

Bracket racing format is what has made SS/S as popular as it is.If it was all heads up,participation would drop by a HUGE amount!

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I love working on my car, as most do, and I love the heads-up portion of Stock and SS. Here is an observation: I woud guess that 99 percent of the talk on this site is about performance, rules and the competitiveness of different combinations, however, 95 percent of the racing we do is bracket racing.

For all the talk about the CJ, Challengers and other so-called out-of-line combos, how many people have lost a heads-up race to one of these cars? I bet the number is very few and the percentage is very low.

On the topic of value, we race beacuse we love racing and many of us have an emotional attachment to the cars we race. I doubt any car has been devalued by any other combination. I don't think there is a line of people waiting to buy fast Stocker, just becaue they "own" a class. And if that is your motivation, go build a car that is a winner out of the gate. It is done in NASCAR and other forms of motorsports.

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No car has been devalued by another combination. Only the obviously low hp factors ASSigned to other combinations.

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That is the gospel, absolutely true, well said Alan!!

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dial in racing has hurt drag racing whether we like to admit it or not. that and the cost. i remember when only class winners were allowed to run in eliminations with no breakout and there were more cars in a single class than there is at some div. now.some people went to several nats. without a chance to race sunday, but it was exciting. now, you have to bring a crowd with you just to have someone to show off to.

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Evan,
Should everyone wait until a racer with one of the older cars has to race one of the new under factored cars in the final of a national event with no chance to beat him before anything is said? They are not "so-called out of line combos", we all know how fast they are. And now we all know NHRA has changed the rules to protect the advantage these cars have. And yeah, I've seen a really fast 69 Camaro run one of the new Challengers heads up. Not only was it not even close, it wasn't even in the same zip code. So yeah, it has happened, and no it wasn't pretty, or fun.