Super Class Survey Results... - Page 2

X-TECH MAN · 12-17-2010, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by WCW

The speed and et's are not why people do not care to watch the .90 classes.

ITS CALLED A TIMER IS WHY NOBODY WANTS TO WATCH TH SUPER CLASSES.
THANKS CW

Its the start and stop with the throttle stops that the spectator dosent care for. The fuel cars use timers for clutch engagement and shift points. The fuel car driver just stabs the throttle and hangs on. Even the parachutes are on a timer.

mopar · 12-17-2010, 10:47 AM

Timers and Stops , MPH ( lack of ) has nothing to do with no people in th stands. These National events are all about the advertised show. We are the filler. How many people come out watch a bracket race. What needs to happen is the purse needs to increase SOON or their will be know filler

Ron Waters
s/st 1346

Mike Rice · 12-17-2010, 02:05 PM

Working on a story for nhra.com and the division web sites. I don't control all of those, so have to wait for somebody to write it and post it up. Hopefully today sometime.

SSTRACER323 · 12-17-2010, 07:58 PM

OK to clarify Fuel cars do use timers for fuel and clutch and timing.
They do not have shift points, the timers move the bearing and as the bearing moves out it makes it sound like they are shifting.
It really is just the clutch locking up.

The chutes are not on timers.... there is a sensor on the track to make them deploy and to kill the ignition and cut off the fuel at a certain spot on the track if it is turned on, or if the blower burst panel pops it will deploy the chutes, kill the ignition and shut off the fuel

In my own opinion people leave the stands when the fuel cars are done cause that is what they have always done.

Oh look the fuel cars are in the pits lets watch them tear the motors down again..

I work on a fuel car at times and it is a lot of fun to people watch..... you see the same people over and over again after each run.

To me the real racers are the ones there at 8:00am when no one is in the stands working on their cars and ready to race in a minute......

i am talking about the sportsmen racer.... you guys are the real racers.
that is my opinion.

No matter what they change or do... the people will always leave the stands when we race.... cause that is what they always do....

H.A.A.C. Racing · 12-17-2010, 09:11 PM

You always hear the same complaint when talking about .90 or bracket racing...... It's not real drag racing if your hitting the brakes at the end. Stock and Super Stock draw more people because of the big wheelies and most of the guys in the stands like to look at cars that look like the first cars they ever had or got laid in for the first time. Sportsman are the "fill in", we will never be the main attraction and will never fill the stands, it is what it is and we will be talking about this until we are racing nucular powered cars.

JMatt · 12-17-2010, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

The speed and et's are not why people do not care to watch the .90 classes.

Time on the stop is the likely problem there, right? And wouldn't that drop along with the indexes? In theory with a 2:1 ratio, dropping 1 second off an index (for example only) would take 2 seconds off everyone's stop.

Not advocating. Just saying.

12-17-2010, 10:47 AM	#2
mopar Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 11 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Super Class Survey Results... Timers and Stops , MPH ( lack of ) has nothing to do with no people in th stands. These National events are all about the advertised show. We are the filler. How many people come out watch a bracket race. What needs to happen is the purse needs to increase SOON or their will be know filler Ron Waters s/st 1346

12-17-2010, 02:05 PM	#3
Mike Rice Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NHRA World Headquarters Posts: 14 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Super Class Survey Results... Working on a story for nhra.com and the division web sites. I don't control all of those, so have to wait for somebody to write it and post it up. Hopefully today sometime.

12-17-2010, 07:58 PM	#4
SSTRACER323 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Coal City, IL. Posts: 775 Likes: 3 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Super Class Survey Results... OK to clarify Fuel cars do use timers for fuel and clutch and timing. They do not have shift points, the timers move the bearing and as the bearing moves out it makes it sound like they are shifting. It really is just the clutch locking up. The chutes are not on timers.... there is a sensor on the track to make them deploy and to kill the ignition and cut off the fuel at a certain spot on the track if it is turned on, or if the blower burst panel pops it will deploy the chutes, kill the ignition and shut off the fuel In my own opinion people leave the stands when the fuel cars are done cause that is what they have always done. Oh look the fuel cars are in the pits lets watch them tear the motors down again.. I work on a fuel car at times and it is a lot of fun to people watch..... you see the same people over and over again after each run. To me the real racers are the ones there at 8:00am when no one is in the stands working on their cars and ready to race in a minute...... i am talking about the sportsmen racer.... you guys are the real racers. that is my opinion. No matter what they change or do... the people will always leave the stands when we race.... cause that is what they always do.... __________________ The Doughboy Lee Lones S/ST 323L

12-17-2010, 09:11 PM	#5
H.A.A.C. Racing Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 320 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Super Class Survey Results... You always hear the same complaint when talking about .90 or bracket racing...... It's not real drag racing if your hitting the brakes at the end. Stock and Super Stock draw more people because of the big wheelies and most of the guys in the stands like to look at cars that look like the first cars they ever had or got laid in for the first time. Sportsman are the "fill in", we will never be the main attraction and will never fill the stands, it is what it is and we will be talking about this until we are racing nucular powered cars.