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10-03-2012, 03:54 PM | #51 | |
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10-03-2012, 04:44 PM | #52 |
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Re: attention NHRA and IHRA Where have all the class racers
Nick, nicely said. I see the biggest problem is money, and it is not having to much! See everyone next spring. Dyno
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10-04-2012, 02:24 AM | #53 | |
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and their assinine rules procedure have ruined both the Sportsman and Pro ranks. As far as fielding a class car I built a lower class car from 1996 to 1999 with alot of help from friends.Raced it till last year with a minor degree of success.It's sold now.I did it on a budget and I've had as good a time as someone with a Renegade and a loaded stacker. Why? Determination and denying myself other things/pleasures to race and travel. And when you get older you will see the younger generation than you does contain a high percentage of bubbleheads.It seems to follow the Theory of Evolution generation by generation.
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10-06-2012, 09:43 PM | #55 |
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Re: attention NHRA and IHRA Where have all the class racers
Heres the deal dont give up hope on the younger generation!!!! I just turned 20 years old and i currently race a low 10 second bracket pinto and I have been watching class racing and IHRA Modified Production since I was 3. I watched the Buchannon Brothers,John,Todd,and Mary Mathias with the Buckeye Shaker and Mike and Ernie Price and the Marshalls among countless others over the years and have admired them. It is my dream to race Stock or Super Stock and I am planning out a race car day to day. I am currently planning a 70 or 71 fastback Torino with a 351 Cleveland or whatever engine/transmission I could possibly come up. Stock or Super Stock is the ultimate goal I have but every other young person I know wants to run the .90 classes with throttle stops and delay boxes but im just the oppisite I would love to learn to race with a clutch and a small block and a lot of poeple think im different for wanting to do so but I think we need some more economic classes in Stock to revive a little bit of life into it and let me tell ya $100,000 Stock and Super Stock package cars isnt the answer! I am cutting my theeth racing a 460 powered pinto for now but soon I plan on class racing wish me luck
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10-06-2012, 11:12 PM | #56 | |
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10-07-2012, 08:23 AM | #57 |
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Re: attention NHRA and IHRA Where have all the class racers
They need a stock class where there are no modifications, aside from safety and common sense maintenance allowed where you drive the car right off the street and into the stocker staging lanes. I guess comparable to the IHRA pure stock class? About 1% of current <30 year olds who even care about racing can afford what was supposed to be the entry level class of stock eliminator right now in its current form, forget super stock and beyond.
Ask Mike Carr about the rest. He had the best idea of new classes. Call this class pure stock, call stock super stock, call super stock modified production. Last edited by Bobby Fazio; 10-07-2012 at 08:30 AM. |
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