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jrace · 01-04-2008, 07:54 PM

Reasons for the death of bracket racing:

#1 Electronics
#2 Buy backs
#3 Big dollar races

And the main reason: THE ECONOMY
Drag racing is soley "disposible" income. The adverage family does not have that kind of disposible inccome.
Yes there are many "regular" people racing locally, but most are on the edge financially. They race instead of paying bills, it's like an addiction to some.
I figure that 85% of the people racing can't afford it, the other 15% are millionare's (ie. the Butler types). The millionare's are out of touch with reality, and for the most part the struggling economy doesn't affect them much.
What I see locally is the car count may look the same, but there is a shift from real race cars to street cars.
With $3.75 per gallon gas being said to happen by spring on the news, we'll see how that affects the "state" of the sport.

01-04-2008, 07:54 PM	#22
jrace Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The death of bracket racing........ Reasons for the death of bracket racing: #1 Electronics #2 Buy backs #3 Big dollar races And the main reason: THE ECONOMY Drag racing is soley "disposible" income. The adverage family does not have that kind of disposible inccome. Yes there are many "regular" people racing locally, but most are on the edge financially. They race instead of paying bills, it's like an addiction to some. I figure that 85% of the people racing can't afford it, the other 15% are millionare's (ie. the Butler types). The millionare's are out of touch with reality, and for the most part the struggling economy doesn't affect them much. What I see locally is the car count may look the same, but there is a shift from real race cars to street cars. With $3.75 per gallon gas being said to happen by spring on the news, we'll see how that affects the "state" of the sport.