What Happened To Competition Eliminator Car Counts? - Page 4

Backyard Bandit · 09-26-2014, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Rose Racing

im sorry I dont see any new racers at these events..........more like the really rich middle aged racer.....young people cant afford those cars lol most men cant afford those cars new racers are running the .90 classes or brackets or whaever but deffinatly not pro mod radial or I mean Pro Drag Radial or X275 or all those classes at SGMP

You guys should go to one of these events. You are totally wrong. This is the future of drag racing! This is how drag racing used to be. All heads up racing. Yes, some people dominate because of deep pockets, but its always been that way in heads up racing. Young people get into racing for excitement. NHRA class racing is just too difficult to understand for the novice. By the way, we race a car in Comp and hold the I/D national record.

boostedf22c · 09-26-2014, 11:21 AM

Look at the stands and starting line area in this video.

Whether you like to admit it or not, "class racing" (in it's current form) will never put fans in the stands. It's just boring and confusing for normal people to watch.

Jeff Teuton · 09-26-2014, 12:32 PM

My personal take on Comp is the 'Diversity' NHRA tries to sell for comp has no buyers. Good guys, work hard, and the group is getting smaller each year. Really too bad, but such is life.

A100 · 09-26-2014, 04:17 PM

I hurt my motor, so I came home to see if I can fix it for eliminations tomorrow

Here is the live feed:.http://new.livestream.com/MotorManiaTV/2014-NoMercyV

I haven't been to a divisional there but today the cars started at the front entry gate and went all the way around to the back gate for the roundy round track. There were another twenty rigs parked on the circle track. The place was packed.

I was up there a couple of years ago and they had over 70 cars trying to qualify for 32 slots. A couple of weeks before Gainesville div had 34 dragster trying for 32 slots in Top dragster. NHRA sent the two dragsters home even though I heard three qualified dragsters broke.They said it would screw up the div points.

. At Ducks race, he added a "B" main with a $1500 pot for the non qualifiers to run for.
That is why the place is packed, he takes care of his racers.

blkjack · 09-26-2014, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Mickey Whaley

comp is pro stock like stock is now super stock

and the blower cars are somewhere in the twilight zone between SS and Comp

Rose Racing · 09-29-2014, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Backyard Bandit

You guys should go to one of these events. You are totally wrong. This is the future of drag racing! This is how drag racing used to be. All heads up racing. Yes, some people dominate because of deep pockets, but its always been that way in heads up racing. Young people get into racing for excitement. NHRA class racing is just too difficult to understand for the novice. By the way, we race a car in Comp and hold the I/D national record.

LOL I HAVE!!!!!!! and I AM YOUNG 22 years old. I attended the Shakedown event at Norwalk last year and follow this kind of racing along with NHRA and IHRA Sportsman and im sorry but these guys spen upwards of 50 grand on these cars. They go fast and are heads up but break and wreck a ton like I called them at that race pro downtime they kept doing huge wheelstands and wrecking breaking and blowing up and basicaaly becoming more hasile than excitment but I am going to give them another shot this weekend. I have no desire to race these cars as I will never even afford to be competitive and could never afford the carnage these cars cause. I would much rather watch and race NHRA or IHRA Stock,S/S or Comp and I know with work I could be competitive in Stock or S/S and im sorry but I have no desire to race in the world of he who has most money goes and buys the biggest engine to put in his Fox Mustang and goes out and wins every race.....thats not impressive to me and never will be! MY QUESTION FOR MY GENERATION IS WHERES MODIFIED PRODUCTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT IT BACK and this happens alot in Drag Radial
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOEdaolOZUw"]Nyce1s.com - Kevin Neal's Drag Radial Mustang Wheelstand & Crash @ Lights Out 3 Radial Revolution!!! - YouTube[/ame]
I would rather race this
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCFd2l_DPTo"]COMPETITIONPLUS.TV - LOOKING BACK AT MODIFIED ELIMINATOR - YouTube[/ame]

rognelson777 · 09-29-2014, 07:23 PM

Thanks for the video of Modified eliminator. It did bring back memories, I used to attend the races at Atco raceway in the 70's and it got me to thinking, x275 is the modified eliminator of Today. What the old highlight video does not show is the clutch blowing out of the car when the driver hit 4th gear and scattering parts all over the track for at least a 1/2 hour cleanup. Or the axle breaking just off the starting line and the car going into the grass (no gaurdrails at edge of asphalt in those days) and jumping the cables and almost going into the parked tow cars. Did you know that a car actually hit the scoreboard at the end of the track after it jumped the guardrail in the 70"s at Atco.

Thanks for making me think, so hopefully this friday, I will be at maple grove nationals for the sportsman and Saturday at Cecil for the x275 cars. I will let you know which ones I like better.

09-26-2014, 11:21 AM	#32
boostedf22c Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Lebanon, IN Posts: 483 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What Happened To Competition Eliminator Car Counts? Look at the stands and starting line area in this video. Whether you like to admit it or not, "class racing" (in it's current form) will never put fans in the stands. It's just boring and confusing for normal people to watch. __________________ Carey Bales 316D DD/AT www.racetactics.net

09-26-2014, 12:32 PM	#33
Jeff Teuton VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houma, LA Posts: 2,717 Likes: 2 Liked 326 Times in 50 Posts	Re: What Happened To Competition Eliminator Car Counts? My personal take on Comp is the 'Diversity' NHRA tries to sell for comp has no buyers. Good guys, work hard, and the group is getting smaller each year. Really too bad, but such is life. __________________ Jeff Teuton 4022 STK

09-26-2014, 04:17 PM	#34
A100 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Gainesville Posts: 67 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: What Happened To Competition Eliminator Car Counts? I hurt my motor, so I came home to see if I can fix it for eliminations tomorrow Here is the live feed:.http://new.livestream.com/MotorManiaTV/2014-NoMercyV I haven't been to a divisional there but today the cars started at the front entry gate and went all the way around to the back gate for the roundy round track. There were another twenty rigs parked on the circle track. The place was packed. I was up there a couple of years ago and they had over 70 cars trying to qualify for 32 slots. A couple of weeks before Gainesville div had 34 dragster trying for 32 slots in Top dragster. NHRA sent the two dragsters home even though I heard three qualified dragsters broke.They said it would screw up the div points. . At Ducks race, he added a "B" main with a $1500 pot for the non qualifiers to run for. That is why the place is packed, he takes care of his racers.

09-29-2014, 07:23 PM	#37
rognelson777 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 372 Likes: 20 Liked 132 Times in 72 Posts	Re: What Happened To Competition Eliminator Car Counts? Thanks for the video of Modified eliminator. It did bring back memories, I used to attend the races at Atco raceway in the 70's and it got me to thinking, x275 is the modified eliminator of Today. What the old highlight video does not show is the clutch blowing out of the car when the driver hit 4th gear and scattering parts all over the track for at least a 1/2 hour cleanup. Or the axle breaking just off the starting line and the car going into the grass (no gaurdrails at edge of asphalt in those days) and jumping the cables and almost going into the parked tow cars. Did you know that a car actually hit the scoreboard at the end of the track after it jumped the guardrail in the 70"s at Atco. Thanks for making me think, so hopefully this friday, I will be at maple grove nationals for the sportsman and Saturday at Cecil for the x275 cars. I will let you know which ones I like better.