Part of what hurt drag racing

randy wilson · 09-21-2014, 07:09 PM

The car counts were less at most tracks with class racing. I agree. But for instance I was at Eddyville getting my butt handed to me in 77, and 78, and they had well over 150 cars each time I went there, but it was an exception. Getting beat did not discourage me then it just made me want to do what I'd seen others do. Bethany, on the other hand was lucky to have 50 cars a week, but still had between 500, and 1,500 spectators every night clear up to 2008. There truly is a way to make an affordable class, but the naysayers say it's impossible. From what I gather is they say people will cheat it out of existence. I think they are selling it short. We had rules I helped write, and most nights races were decided by .01 to .001 from 4lbs. per c.i.d. to 11.5 lbs. per cube with a .1 handicap for every 1\2 lb. per cube. Bracket racing gets cars, but local competition gets people interested. Also, Eddyville went to bracket racing because of tech responsibility, not car count.

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randy wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 882 Likes: 0 Liked 22 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Part of what hurt drag racing The car counts were less at most tracks with class racing. I agree. But for instance I was at Eddyville getting my butt handed to me in 77, and 78, and they had well over 150 cars each time I went there, but it was an exception. Getting beat did not discourage me then it just made me want to do what I'd seen others do. Bethany, on the other hand was lucky to have 50 cars a week, but still had between 500, and 1,500 spectators every night clear up to 2008. There truly is a way to make an affordable class, but the naysayers say it's impossible. From what I gather is they say people will cheat it out of existence. I think they are selling it short. We had rules I helped write, and most nights races were decided by .01 to .001 from 4lbs. per c.i.d. to 11.5 lbs. per cube with a .1 handicap for every 1\2 lb. per cube. Bracket racing gets cars, but local competition gets people interested. Also, Eddyville went to bracket racing because of tech responsibility, not car count. __________________ don,t have one Last edited by randy wilson; 09-21-2014 at 07:15 PM.