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I find it interesting that if you are going to race one of Mother Mopars late model products it is going to be one type of car. You might have to clone one, but it will be one basic car. check the classification guide. This whole situation with the DP is all about marketing, plane and simple.
P.S. I didn't bother checking on the Fords. I was sick enough when I had seen what was done to the classification guide.
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I'm still confused, either NHRA is gaining racers or loosing them, that's all I want to know. I didn't say that you said new racers, man your confusing me.
You can't have it both ways. You can't say NHRA is loosing racers because of the new cars and the way NHRA treats racers, and then say racer will not be able to qualify because of the new cars. If the fields are down 25%, then there is room for everyone to qualify. I have been racing in stock since 1987, and have never seen 180 stockers in a div. 1 race, national or div. The most I had ever seen was 138 at a div 1 points meet. |
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Terry,
Of coarse its a numbers game, numbers can be used to make a point either way...... and that's my point of this discussion. I did not qualify because I choose the wrong class, if I would have been in A instead of AA, I would have been in the top 40. The same thing could have happened last year with only 5 or 6 new cars. AA is a tough index, its 4 tenths from the A index. Very poor judgment on my part. Indy is the only race were anyone will have issues qualifying, new cars or not. Back in 1988 I did not qualify at Indy, who should I have blamed then? |
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Ken,
The people I've talked to say the numbers are more like 30-40 % down in overall attendance with NHRA. Due mostly to economy. As to the new vs old I know a couple of New racers that have bought DP's, but alot more old racers that have parked their other cars/programs and gone to DP's. I can also name a few in the upper classes that have just parked/quit with their upper class muscle cars because of the DP's/Fords. So, I'm not going to fall on either side of the discussion. I'm going to say Times and Things are in a state of Flux/Change.....You just have to accept it. It's just the way it is...
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