140 Stockers at Columbus...

[MR DERBY CITY]

WOW !!!! Nice turnout...Unfortunately only 128 get to race tomorrow and at the sports....A few might get in as alternates. That first round of qualifying for the sports will be VERY important for some....

[gsa612]

Today # 128 is -0.38 under...gsa612

[nssracer]

Is the Friday race an all run field or top 128?

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by nssracer

Is the Friday race an all run field or top 128?

All NHRA divisionals and national events are always 128 qualified field for stock and superstock ...very seldom see a crowd like this because of class quotas ......

[Paul Precht]

I watched the live feed and was surprised that probably 80 percent of the drivers were in their 60s and 70s, at 65 it made me feel a bit young.

[J.R. Haddad]

It's interesting what can happen when you do the following things:
A) Give racers two races for one tow.
B) Make one of the events a National Meet.
C) Eliminate the stupid, silly, childish," We'll manage you and tell
you when and if you can race" point grading system..
What do get when you eliminate the nonsense? How about 140
Stockers for a four day race, and assuming only 1 crew member each,
the Stock entry fees are 67,200.00. The purse for Stock is 6000.00.
Ladies and Gentlemen that is 61200.00 in gross profit from Stock
alone!
While NHRA is struggling with covid, as are a lot of business', if they
end up putting their Pro year on hold, maybe, just maybe, they could
spoil the heck out of us for a year, and make very good money doing it!

Just some thoughts, posting for a friend. J.R.

[mannymen]

"I watched the live feed and was surprised that probably 80 percent of the drivers were in their 60s and 70s, at 65 it made me feel a bit young.

I had the discussion regarding age in Stock and SS a couple of weeks ago, at the Lebanon Valley D1 race. I also noticed maybe 7-10 racers under 60 years of age in either of these classes.

What is going to happen with these cars in upcoming years???

I hope this doesn't happen. A friend passed 8 years ago and had an original 70 SS Chevelle in amazing shape. His sister and brother inlaw (younger) inherited the car and had no idea what to do with the car. They tried making it street legal, but had no idea how to do that, so they tore the car apart, got overwhelmed and now it's a pile of pieces and junk.

Unfortunately, it has been passed over to one of their friends, who also has no idea what to do with it. It frustrates me, as I want to the car and will pay for it, but they will not part with it. It sits and I hope this doesn't happen in the next 7-10 years, to a lot of the cars currently racing in Stock and Super Stock.

Please consider selling your Stocker & Super Stockers and not letting the above happen.

I've been trying to get my nephews (4) in their early 20s interested in this type of racing, but they have no interest in these cars. Unfortunately they like the dragsters. So, I guess we'll see what happens to these stockers & super stockers in 7-10 years.


Sorry for the long winded reply.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Numerous NO SHOWS in superstock but not ONE alternate raced in stock....