Drag Race Central closing???

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by voltdr

I'm very glad that both Summit and Jegs do as much as they do for both Sportsman racing and that they continue to be, consistent, the low price leaders for most of our parts.
Dan Foley

Most GOOD local speed shops can match and occasionally beat their pricing

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

So because a company is "second to none", sponsors tons of stuff, and gave you years and years and years of live race reporting from multiple series all over North America for free, you wouldn't buy from them anymore??? Funny way of saying thanks, IMO.

I'll be placing another Summit order soon, most of which will be taken care of by Summit gift certificates won at sponsored events.

I won't totally disagree, especially in this economy. But a nice little marketing tool Summit will lose themselves, is the convenience of checking out DRC then jump to Summit when ordering parts which I did many times. Call me lazy, but I found it very helpful.

[cutta]

This is sad to here because dragracecentral was my opportunity to get the most comprehensive results year to year, and exceeds that of any other site I've seen that's comparable. The live timing sites are great but are excessive for most peoples needs which made dragracecentral so great. I will surely miss it! I have no idea how I will follow Comp Eliminator and Super Stock round by round now.

[4284spd]

I would pay a yearly membership to keep it going.

[Randall Klein]

Me 2

[Julie Jordan]

Originally Posted by cutta

This is sad to here because dragracecentral was my opportunity to get the most comprehensive results year to year, and exceeds that of any other site I've seen that's comparable. The live timing sites are great but are excessive for most peoples needs which made dragracecentral so great. I will surely miss it! I have no idea how I will follow Comp Eliminator and Super Stock round by round now.

From how I read Larry Sullivan's reply you will get the national event information, as before, and the divisional information at the end of the day. It's not like we're not going to get this information, just won't be as timely as it was. We will survive. ;-)

[SStockDart]

How this brings back memories of waiting for the National Dragster in the mail......to see if anyone "hit" your national record, thus the "index" you had to run on.... (Yep I am old)

I will be disappointed if we only get division race information at the end of the day. As I get older, and attend fewer races, DRC is my lifeline. But, realistically, in these economical times, I also understand where advertisers need to cut back. Personally, In the case of Summit (in which I buy probably 90% of my stuff).....I would like for them to consider only one Pro Stock car instead of Two.....and "plowing" a portion of the advertising funds back into DRC.

Regardless of a Summit decision, I will probably still buy from them because of pricing, service and availability.

We are facing the times when High Performance parts are not in demand.....IMO...anyone with a muscle car already has a garage full of parts. Very few are building new ones. So, suppliers are required to diversify and spread out to "off road", "dirt car", and "street rods"...Summit has already done this.