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09-12-2014, 04:22 PM | #1 |
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Part of what hurt drag racing
I think enclosed trailers hurt drag racing attendance as bad as anything else. No highway car show for fans to see. That's what brought me to my first race. What say you all?
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Re: Part of what hurt drag racing
Has nothing to do with the problem. Money is the problem.
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Re: Part of what hurt drag racing
You're probably right.
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Re: Part of what hurt drag racing
I think many things hurt and are hurting drag racing. Rising costs and poor economy don't help. Enclosed trailers, larger tow vehicles sure don't help. I think things are changing and some are for the good and some are not. JMHO
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Re: Part of what hurt drag racing
Younger people have little to no interest in cars. There's your problem.
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Re: Part of what hurt drag racing
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i think muscle cars for them is too much work, so why bother they say. i could race my honda with a shot of n.o.s. and be quick.
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Re: Part of what hurt drag racing
I think there's some merit to this, but more specifically it's possibly hurt drag racing FAN attendance. It's cool to see race cars being transported on ramp trucks or open trailers. I still love it myself. Who knows, maybe seeing the cars out in the open on the highway would get some new people to the track. Probably not too many, but maybe a few.
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Re: Part of what hurt drag racing
I think we "dinosaurs" are the problem, as we are unwilling to adapt to change. Let the XYZ generation and the cars of this generation let the motorsport we love evolve.
Pro stock needs to be about today's Muscle cars. Muscle cars of the sixties and seventies are of my era and should have a place in NHRA drag racing forever. PS; I love open trailers and haulers too. |
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