[Carguy49]

I have read and re-read most of the posts in this thread. This thread started out about what hurt drag racing. It is now time for my 2 cents, which isn't worth that much probably.

Several have mentioned that cost has been a factor. If you look around everything costs more than it did many years ago. So you can't blame it on the cost, totally. Look at the Pro classes, all cars in Top Fuel and Funny Car look very similar. The Pro Stocks don't look like production cars anymore.

Take the Pro Classes and give the cars some identity and the fan base would grow. Even us guys that have been around for many years are tired of the way the "big boy" cars look.

In the thread about Larry Morgan quitting Pro Stock one guy mentioned that the factory super stock blower cars aren't that far from the Pro Stocks. Replace the Pro Stocks with the FSS cars and that would be fun to watch, and we would see what those cars are really capable of.

Have the Funny Cars look more like a car and see what happens. Maybe even take some power away and go back to 1320 feet for the race. I am sure that will bring out some enthusiastic comments.

I am not sure how to fix Top Fuel, but there needs to be more than one engine that can be run, and limit them on power and go back to 1320 also.. There may be more than one engine that meets spec, but I would like to see all the makes represented (ford, chevy, buick, chrysler, etc. The Top Fuel and Funny Cars can only run one specific tire made by Goodyear, where's the competition in that???

These ideas are probably the dreams of an older guy, but would make for some interesting cars going down the 1320 again.

In all, let's put some fun back in drag racing and more people would get involved and more fans would go to the drags.


Just one last thought. I understand the need for enclosed trailers, but I applaud the guys that still use an open trailer and travel in "old school" class to each event.