Part of what hurt drag racing

novanicks · 09-15-2014, 04:34 PM

My perspective. I am 35 years old and race 20+ weekends/year.

Money is the killer for participation with young people. Any NHRA class car which is reasonably competitive is $35,000 and has pretty high operating costs. As you know a top tier car is generally $70-80k.

The NHRA divisional format can also be dull for some. I recently competed at an event and there were 7 time runs before eliminations on Sunday. I much prefer to enter big bracket races where we have two time runs and then have 4 days of competition over 4 days.

09-15-2014, 04:34 PM	#15
novanicks Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 16 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Part of what hurt drag racing My perspective. I am 35 years old and race 20+ weekends/year. Money is the killer for participation with young people. Any NHRA class car which is reasonably competitive is $35,000 and has pretty high operating costs. As you know a top tier car is generally $70-80k. The NHRA divisional format can also be dull for some. I recently competed at an event and there were 7 time runs before eliminations on Sunday. I much prefer to enter big bracket races where we have two time runs and then have 4 days of competition over 4 days.