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God bless those with Motor Coaches, Stackers, Factory Stockers and nothing better to do but wait in line for 2-3 days.
You can still go racing on a budget, Pick up truck, open trailer and a reasonably classed car and a cheap motel room. The payouts haven't changed much since I last raced because the sanctioning bodies see no reason to based on the high level of participation. Don't stop complaining, but little will change. |
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When I got hooked on Stock/Super Stock racing in the early 80's, I thought it so cool the class racers were pulling their open trailers with those trucks and here were those beautiful cars on trailers for all to see. Not many racers had enclosed trailers then. My 2004 dually isn't as old as yours, but it kind of reminds me of the those great years when I was in awe of the Stockers and Super Stockers.
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I hate towing so much as my golf cart with my S10. At least out here, you don't have many hills to contend with or have to be concerned with towing down the NE Thruway to the Cross Bronx to the GW Bridge
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I went over to the road racers side of the track at PBIR, They were testing 3 Ferraris, they told me that they went through 3 drums of fuel, 2 sets of brake pads and this was just testing. So I asked them what kind of purse they race for. The answer was "it's a gentlemen's race" with a trophy and notoriety as the purse. I asked them how much each car was valued at, this was a few years ago, between 150 to 200k each. So when you look at how much NHRA is going to pay as a purse, let's hope they don't talk to the road racers.
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Towing out West here is much easier in my opinion. |
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I think Clifford will have great new plans of NHRA good changes. He just needs to talk to Bill Bader he has his place packed when its just a D-3 race !
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