Heads up today vs yesterday

[novassdude]

Originally Posted by fastlane

When I started racing in the mid 60s it was only class I ran mostly A/S and I ran all the other A/S cars and every other class ran each other the same then at the end of the day the winner of each class ran each other on a handicap system for overall eliminator. Why did it ever change that is the way it should still be but it is not. I know people will say you can't get a big enough car count today because the slower cars wont come. Why is it different today, back then if you had a slower car you worked on it to make it faster for next week. The payout was 25 bucks for a class win and 100 for overall eliminator. Why can't we go back to what worked there was no AFHS you tried to go as fast as you could and every week you tried to do better. Am I just dreaming of the good old days.

How many classes where there at that time? I am sure part of the reason it can't work today is too many classes. You would have a lot of singles for the win today.

[Pistol Pete]

One way of having more heads up runs you would have to go to 1lb. weight breaks instead of 1/2lb. breaks.

[FireSale]

Originally Posted by novassdude

How many classes where there at that time? I am sure part of the reason it can't work today is too many classes. You would have a lot of singles for the win today.

I have a 1966 rule book I found in a model building forum.
There were 27 classes (A - O) in Stock/Super Stock with stick and auto totaled. Super Stock was one class, S/S and S/SA. FX had three classes. Most of what we know as SS cars would have been either in FX or classed as gassers/altereds. FX could swap engines like GT but Stock and Super were original motor only. Cams were allowed in S/S S/SA and A/S A/SA only.

Quote that applied to Stock and Super Stock.

"Engine equipment other than regularly produced for assembly line production by the manufacturer is not permitted except as noted in these class rules."

You could change pistons as long as the CR stayed the same. How many grand would that slice out of the cost of class racing????? I ask because I'm math challenged...

The entire rule book was 28 pages long and the NHRA was run by 10 people. Membership was $8 per year. Base 289 2BBL Mustang $6000 off the lot.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

More heads up!

[Jim Hanig]

Originally Posted by Nmbr1GMfan

More heads up!

Be carefui what you wish fore.

[fastlane]

Originally Posted by Jim Hanig

Be carefui what you wish fore.

Why all I think about is heads up racing every day I think about and plan to go faster and work at it and there are guys who do nothing to go fast they are just bracket racing in nhra stock super stock and can win with no real effort there should be bracket and heads up but both should not be the same. It should be separate.

[Hacksaw]

Originally Posted by fastlane

Why all I think about is heads up racing every day I think about and plan to go faster and work at it and there are guys who do nothing to go fast they are just bracket racing in nhra stock super stock and can win with no real effort there should be bracket and heads up but both should not be the same. It should be separate.

Just go and build a car to run Comp elim.

[fastlane]

Originally Posted by Hacksaw

Just go and build a car to run Comp elim.

My car is going to run Comp NHRA has been meeting to settle the rules for letting the showdown cars run Comp when not in there 8 events They don't want them screwing up the stock classes like happened this year in FS/AA

[Bill Harris]

Originally Posted by FireSale

The entire rule book was 28 pages long and the NHRA was run by 10 people. Membership was $8 per year. Base 289 2BBL Mustang $6000 off the lot.

$6000 !!???? Hardly. Base sticker price for a 1966 Mustang Hardtop was around $2500. Convertible was around $2700. I doubt you could get one to $4000 with every possible option. Yeah, those were the days!

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by Bill Harris

$6000 !!???? Hardly. Base sticker price for a 1966 Mustang Hardtop was around $2500. Convertible was around $2700. I doubt you could get one to $4000 with every possible option. Yeah, those were the days!

Here is my uncles 64 Ford window sticker