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I agree with the exception of the last point. The majority of class records are at minimum now.

This is clearly driven by NHRA bean counters, NHRA is not managed by anyone at the executive level thst has a clue about what racers or at least performance class racers desire.

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Hmmmm Maybe we should advocate participation trophys as well! Lol!

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Exactly my brother! Once you loose your self respect; the rest is easy!

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You have a lot of ideas and backhanded compliments for someone wasting bandwidth with your ideas and opinions
Go put together a soft Pontiac combo and show me some something
If it’s so easy.
We ain’t here to appease you. We out here racing and burning $$$$
Remember the keyboard is your participation.

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The Sport of Class racers was set on a particular pentacle of Ideals. Most of which is toGO FAST! Just like the Spirit of JULY 4th and America We should be internally motivated to Race and be the Fastest! Handicap racing is necessary but SECONDARY NOT PRIMAL! This Sport owes us nothing but a fair playing field! Suggesting there's "no motivation" is extrinsic motivation plagued by "what do you owe me" gambling mentalities. This is what's wrong with Super Stock and Stock in my humble opinion! Why should NHRA feed a bunch of hooligans with their hands out! Ultimately they are giving us exactly what we're asking for...a gamblers race. Lets hold this sport to a higher standard about what we want it to be. Hence this starts from inside US not what NHRA WILL PAY! What I see is happening is the classic denigration of moral fiber to "getting paid" instead of the Glory of being the Best! This is what ultimately whats wrong with this Great sport and our great Country! Wally and George are both rolling in their graves! Stand UP be accountable! Hold TRUTH above Money! Keep the integrity! Most of all... God Bless America and NHRA!

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Which Stock or Super Stock Records are you currently chasing?
MJ

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Ya know, any Racer who's playing this game just for the reason of "getting paid" should find a new game.
The days of making money and/or "getting paid" (or at least even breaking even) are long gone.
Welcome to NHRA racing in the 21ST century!

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If this is for me... I tried to set GTFA at Belle Rose and missed it by 4 huns. Could've set GTEA bcuz it was at the minimum and my 4.88s were blown. No glory with that on my comeback. Will try again this fall. Bucket list item for me, never had one!

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Bubski remembers walking thru the staging lanes and every other car it seemed to Bubski had the " N.H.R.A. RECORD HOLDER "proudly painted on the front fender !! some of the cars had several years and or decades of pride spelled out right there !! Those guys got into class racing cause it was about trying and learning how to make a better mouse trap and the cars were also badazz !! Real muscle and not any factory "ringers" like they have now !! Cars you watch in the stands and wanna drive one real bad not jelly beans from Pro Stock !! If you believe Stock ,Super Stock is only bracket racing and still pissing and moaning about the cost or payout !! You would be a fool not to just stay bracket racing and use all the money you'll save on the super massaged parts to buy buy backs and the like and win more if you do win !! Bubski's also got a feeling that some would rather not have NHRA see what they're doing either !! Online tech and your pinky swear that your legal is about what they have now !! Sure hate for them to see my max lightened ,huge cam tunnel and relocated lifter bore block and very liberal "off the guide centerline" enhanced Stocker heads !! If no ones looking who cares ?? When's the last time you just told a cop you were speeding and would appreciate the ticket ? Bubski also believes a lot of these racers as forementioned with decades of Records to their credit are probably getting a little tired of constant teardowns and nothing for it and lets face it they're not kids anymore !! However Bubski knows who many are and has the highest respect for their achievements to this day !!

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Is anyone voicing their concerns to their SRAC representatives?
Getting away from promoting classes where performance really does matter is not the direction to go. There are and always will be complainers & critics but at the end of the day the appeal of the heads-up runs, class eliminations and setting records is what matters to so many of us.
Teardowns are part of it and the way to show everyone that you are not just legal, that taking it apart is no problem. I remember racers bragging about how fast they could get it done. S&SS Class racers have always been the Big Dogs, those who don't like it can just stay on the porch. The record breakers section in National Dragster was always where everyone looked to see who was running with the Big Dogs.

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^^ in bold says it all.

They publish that Magazine 12 times a year but cannot find at least one page every 3 months to post the current records.

However, there is always plenty of room to post up black and white ( full page ) grainy pics of an event that happened over 60 years ago.
Just an observation....

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It was fun while it lasted.

8 National e.t. records in a span of 28 months with the car.
It wasn't " The Big Go " but I did get to experience at least one tear down in the barn there at a Nat. Open.

Would be nice to do it again but since NHRA does not publish the results anymore it doesn't feel the same

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