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Wade Mahaffey · 12-29-2009, 02:04 PM

Savoyracer, You make very good points and I believe them to be true! Randy, makes good points as well. Racing all out with class rules is real racing. The first guy with a green light that gets to the stripe wins. Thats the way it is in almost all sports (track and field, the Olympics, etc). If I'm sitting in the bleachers, (which I do) I want to see a heads-up run all out! If I am a participant, (which I am) I need the bracket format, or I can't play. Well, I could play but it would require the help of others or (team effort), (engine program) and alot more money!
I take pride in building my own cars, and then driving my own cars. I like my racing the old fashion way (Individual effort). Don't get me wrong, I played all the ball sports and am a Retired Career/Professional Firefighter, now I do get the team concept. I just could'nt boast about my car being fast, if I did'nt build the car or the engine (my opinion only racers....please don't get nervous)! I build my cars (and I mean build it, not buy it from a chassis shop...see my photo album) and I can tell you that recieving a "best engineered award" is a big deal for me. I did buy a used (cheap as super/stock engines go) engine for my new car just to get me going in the Super/Stock arena. Anyway, to race in Randy's world is not possible for me. But to race in Savoy's world can and will happen! I can race Savoy style (brackets) against Randy style (fastest) in Super/Stock Eliminator, and they better have a good bracket game! Some would say that bracket racing killed class drag racing. I would say without bracket racing, you would'nt have a legal place to race. Bracket racers could move up to Stock or Super/Stock with some equitment upgrades. There is something else preventing them from moving up.....COST! The average guy can't do it. But he can take his street car down to the local track, pay his money and help to keep that track alive. Thus allowing the possiblility of a new racer to come in and maybe get the Stock, Super/Stock bug.
It would be really cool (just dreaming) to be fast, and to have done it all by myself! LOL
The bottom line is that we are all competitive. Lay down the rules, and I'm going to try my best to beat your azz....! Looking foward to being friends as well as a good competitor with you all! Wade Mahaffey

12-29-2009, 02:04 PM	#14
Wade Mahaffey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 581 Likes: 0 Liked 17 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Thinking about this in depth....... Savoyracer, You make very good points and I believe them to be true! Randy, makes good points as well. Racing all out with class rules is real racing. The first guy with a green light that gets to the stripe wins. Thats the way it is in almost all sports (track and field, the Olympics, etc). If I'm sitting in the bleachers, (which I do) I want to see a heads-up run all out! If I am a participant, (which I am) I need the bracket format, or I can't play. Well, I could play but it would require the help of others or (team effort), (engine program) and alot more money! I take pride in building my own cars, and then driving my own cars. I like my racing the old fashion way (Individual effort). Don't get me wrong, I played all the ball sports and am a Retired Career/Professional Firefighter, now I do get the team concept. I just could'nt boast about my car being fast, if I did'nt build the car or the engine (my opinion only racers....please don't get nervous)! I build my cars (and I mean build it, not buy it from a chassis shop...see my photo album) and I can tell you that recieving a "best engineered award" is a big deal for me. I did buy a used (cheap as super/stock engines go) engine for my new car just to get me going in the Super/Stock arena. Anyway, to race in Randy's world is not possible for me. But to race in Savoy's world can and will happen! I can race Savoy style (brackets) against Randy style (fastest) in Super/Stock Eliminator, and they better have a good bracket game! Some would say that bracket racing killed class drag racing. I would say without bracket racing, you would'nt have a legal place to race. Bracket racers could move up to Stock or Super/Stock with some equitment upgrades. There is something else preventing them from moving up.....COST! The average guy can't do it. But he can take his street car down to the local track, pay his money and help to keep that track alive. Thus allowing the possiblility of a new racer to come in and maybe get the Stock, Super/Stock bug. It would be really cool (just dreaming) to be fast, and to have done it all by myself! LOL The bottom line is that we are all competitive. Lay down the rules, and I'm going to try my best to beat your azz....! Looking foward to being friends as well as a good competitor with you all! Wade Mahaffey Last edited by Wade Mahaffey; 12-29-2009 at 02:36 PM.