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Originally Posted by Bob Mulry
Even thought NHRA limits the attendance of Stock & Super Stock cars at National Events and requires grade points it has seen fit to add Shootouts to OUR National Events..........
What is the National Record for a small or large tire shootout car?????
Is there a National points list for small & large tire shootout cars??????
Will small & big tire shootout cars have a National Champion??????
How many grade points do shootout cars require for entry into a National Event???????
Do small & large tire shootout cars also have oil down penalties?????
Why are the scoreboards blank, without ET or MPH, for small & big tire shootout cars???????
Why is there discount ticket code (S17BODDIE) for small & big tire shootout cars??????
Best of all...
Do small & large tire shootout cars get Wallys??????
What a load of crap to recognize these cars as real NHRA Racecars....
Just my thoughts on the rudderless ship known as the NHRA.....
Bob
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Seems like a lot of bitterness in the post here. How exactly did these racers being invited to a race for an exhibition affect the outcome of your race weekend? We all already know that most stock/SS guys don't care for any other class but what they run in, and that's cool, but why not educate yourselves instead of b*tching about something that you don't even want to understand?
I can't answer about the cars that you are speaking about, but I know earlier this year at the New England national event, NHRA ran a 8 car X275 race. I happen to run in the X275 class and I can tell you those guys are not rookie racers, in fact the guy that won the exhibition, Dean Marinis, has a Pro Mod car he has ran at NHRA national events. We have records and we have a national points fund, just not thru NHRA. In fact guys like me do business with people who are "class racers". I just picked up my cylinder heads for my X275 car from a pretty well known SS racer, Jimmy Bridges.
Do these cars belong at NHRA national events? Only NHRA knows what the future holds on that, but one thing I can tell you is people like myself and others with these cars, we are as much of a member of NHRA as you guys are. We pay membership, license, and chassis certification dues just like you guys, so whether you like it or not we are in the club too!
I think when Steve Jackson started running a Pro Mod this year, NHRA saw first hand what a following that the small tire radial world has, and like someone else mentioned I am sure they want to try and test the waters to cash in, and I don't blame anyone running a business for doing that! When guys like Donald Long can put on a race at SGMP and have to turn people away because the place is at capacity, and pay 60K winners purse, I am sure that gets NHRA's attention.