Part of what hurt drag racing

Mark Yacavone · 09-21-2014, 06:57 PM

Randy ,
I don't think the local track operators went to bracket racing back in the 70's in order to run off the spectators, but rather to keep the car counts up.
Stock ,Super Stock and Modified was already becoming scienced out and semi- professional in nature.
Add to that more *HRA regional and national events, and that's were a lot of the local cars ended up going to.
I believe we wouldn't have about half of the national and divisional tracks today, if it wasn't for bracket racing.They couldn't have survived.
Be that as it may, here we are, a generation or two later. I don't know about you, but changing the past has never been my strong suit.

Now, I agree that et/ breakout style racing is not real exciting to the average Saturday night spectator, and it shows, in most cases.
A heads up , flat out format that is truly affordable might get some of those local spectators back.
By truly affordable I mean for the average young ,working family fan...or even the average single guy.
So far, I haven't seen it.

09-21-2014, 06:57 PM	#10
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,845 Likes: 2,938 Liked 5,157 Times in 1,969 Posts	Re: Part of what hurt drag racing Randy , I don't think the local track operators went to bracket racing back in the 70's in order to run off the spectators, but rather to keep the car counts up. Stock ,Super Stock and Modified was already becoming scienced out and semi- professional in nature. Add to that more *HRA regional and national events, and that's were a lot of the local cars ended up going to. I believe we wouldn't have about half of the national and divisional tracks today, if it wasn't for bracket racing.They couldn't have survived. Be that as it may, here we are, a generation or two later. I don't know about you, but changing the past has never been my strong suit. Now, I agree that et/ breakout style racing is not real exciting to the average Saturday night spectator, and it shows, in most cases. A heads up , flat out format that is truly affordable might get some of those local spectators back. By truly affordable I mean for the average young ,working family fan...or even the average single guy. So far, I haven't seen it. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers