Sports compact racing lawsuit
 

As reported on several other sites the Sports compact guys are starting a lawsuit ala Pro Stuck truckover their being shifted over to NOPI---Let the games begin.---Comp 387

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All SEVEN of the racers ??? :-)

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Well I guess its about time NHRA saw the light and got tired of the loud music and the undressed women, well maybe not the women!!

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GM has some serious dollars into sport compact. It dwarfed what chrysler was putting out which was over $250,000 to one of their teams
I'm sure the bowtie set arn't pleased

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They had to see it coming - the fields kept getting smaller every year and the better teams left for "the big show."

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The series was created for import racers, so when Ecotec cars began dominating one of their pro catagories most of the ricers whimpered off to other organizations that do a better job handcuffing the domestic entries.

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Yep, the entire field

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did they actualy have 7 racers that was propably their version of indy

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I remember at Topeka a few years back I figured we would have qualified 3rd in the proRWD drive class with our Nova stocker. Well, there were only 3 cars and one never really got down the track. That whole program just got ahead of itself from the start. Some NHRA marketing exec probably trying to get ahead of the curve only to find out there wasn't one. I wonder what he is doing now?

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Probably pulling his trousers past his waistline, straightening his hat back to normal, and learning to use correct English words without talking with his fingers:D:D:D

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Nhra blew it big time when they promoted the "pros" in the sport compact stuff. There is bracket racing and "pro" racing nothing in between where a racer (or ricer) can learn. There was a lot of interest in those go fast classes a few years ago. But the "pros" Chrysler and GM etc.came in with their big rigs and chased out the little giys. Think about what would happen if nhra sudenly enhanced us by "combining" stock and superstock with pro stock. How many of us would still be racing?
What nhra did with the sport compacts years ago might have been a trial run to see if they could enhance sportsman cars some more. They made the rules so they didn't have to check much of anything. first allowing alcohol, getting rid of the gas checking debacle. then just minimum weights run what you brung, no checking engine size etc.
If it would have worked I wonder how many of us would have had the resourses to run with Warren Johnson etc heads up with no breakout
I wish the import guys would have had classes like we do. They are not all morons some show quite a bit of ingenuity and racing sense. After all, think about how dumb wheelie bars seem on a FWD car, but they help traction a lot more than RWD bars do. The FWD cars aren't going to get airborn but the bars keep weight on the front wheels

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Those 7 race cars must have been loaded because there must be 30 fans in the stands in the pictures in National Fishwrap.

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The Titan Pro RWD team has actually been showing up at a few Outlaw 10.5 events and the CC/AT that Robbie Hudlow has been running in Comp is Justin Humphries old Sport Compact Series car.

Biggest thing that killed racing the sport compact series for me was the schedule - Only a funded team can run in Florida or Englishtown one weekend and Vegas two weeks later. There was no sportsman or divisional level (Heck until this year there wasn't an event in traditional Div 3).

They tried to create the Pro FWD and Hot Rod equivalent classes in Comp this year but I'm not aware that anyone even entered one. Maybe those guys think its foolish to run a class where you penalize yourself by running the full 1320 feet under power!!

Art - have you got your car running yet?

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jim im sure he's in charge of marketing the sportsnational events (NOT PATS)
where he isnt allowed to spend any money anymore !!

jack

wet t-shirt contests on class day would increase spectators !!