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Originally Posted by GUMP
I guess that I am hoping that this relaxation is temporary. I'm sure that the schedules that we see are being driven by finances. The daily overhead for NHRA has to be pretty substantial. It is my hope that things will settle down soon and things can go back to normal.
I carry gaskets with me to every race.....
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What was their excuse before Covid? This no tear down policy has been expanded every year since the mid 2000's. Remember when they always tore down at the All Stars? Show up with your head off ? Random tear downs at multiple National events, not just Indy. After those went away at least you still had the 30 cars or so at Indy. Then half that amount, then half that amount, then throttle body's only, now NOTHING....
NHRA has changed so much since we began. I remember thinking if I can just go a couple rounds, I will be running in front of my friends, as back in the day 2nd,3rd 4th rounds could very well be in the middle of the day, usually Saturday's. And that call you got from National Dragster after winning an event. And the nice article and personal things that came out in the articles. Remember the free coolers we all received when Powerade came on board? When you needed parts, just head for the Midway, or even if you needed a new ring and pinion installed ! I bought metering rods up there one year, how ridiculous does that sound now?
And those pesky payouts. Good God, what an embarrassment. I kept them to myself, as when I told people those payouts I would get those " Wow, your an idiot" .. looks. All us old guys remember the challenge to be #1 qualifier and receive enough money to pay your fuel bill to and from the event. I could go on and on. We all know the backsliding our (now your) association has gone through in the last 10 years.
All that is just icing on the cake, but without teardowns and policing you have no basic ingredients for the cake. End of story.... You then have bracket racing with unpoliced very expensive class cars..