new A/FX CLASS

[freddie tyson]

Tuned in tv and caught the end of Bristol or Norwalk? saw that once again NHRA is adding another class A/FX , another big money class to weed out the backbone of NHRA the Sportsman Racer---Is this another class for certain people with huge wallets or the end of CAMARO PRO STOCK? How many cars do they actually expect to field?Seems to be another class to bump the field of Sportsman down again-If they get their way the field will be cut to 25 for the Sportsman classes only to apeize the the TV time, ,,,Next question is who is going to tech these cars? They dont have anyone on sight any longer to Tech the Stock/Superstock cars,

[Troy Henderson]

Both the Challenger and Camaro are dead so what's the long term plan for this class?

[MR DERBY CITY]

There were a lot of bad decisions made just hours before the Titanic went down ….

[Carguy49]

It was fun to watch Greg Stanfield make the pass, but what is the point??

Will the next NEW class be Pro/ Suv? or Pro/ Ev??

[freddie tyson]

my point exactly. keep adding some high dollar b/s class that will only have a handful, if lucky teams, again NHRA has forgot who made them, The Sportsman racer get basically no money for winning an event now , no sponsorship payout s hardly now, and entry fees are thru the roof, while the FATCATS running the association are getting richer and richer, for doing nothing.

[KRatcliff]

Originally Posted by Carguy49

It was fun to watch Greg Stanfield make the pass, but what is the point??

Will the next NEW class be Pro/ Suv? or Pro/ Ev??

Shock Eliminator

[J.R. Haddad]

There will always be controversy when a new class is added. Some will
love it, some will hate it. I don't know that there will ever be enough
F/X cars to have their own class. I think they will become a mainstay of
Comp. Eliminator. However, if that high-winding manually shifted car,
didn't get your juices flowing, seek immediate health care. Does it make
sense financially? Of course not. Let me know what class does.
To hear Stephen Bell say yesterday that he is building a Tribute Bob
Glidden A/FX car to match race with Greg Stanfield at different Mid-
West tracks was good news. Maybe at some points races to enhance
spectator attendance. I thought it was all good news, and isn't going
to affect S/SS in the least. If people do nothing, we already know the
results. If people try new things, who knows what might happen.

J.R.

[JGrossijr]

I think the class is awesome and I enjoy watching the Stanfields race anything. In my opinion this class is what drag racing is all about. A/FX will bring one hell of a lot more entertainment value to the show than throttle stop cars.

[Carguy49]

When this new class was first brought up I was interested in it.

With the Camaro and Challenger going away, what cars will be used. If any cars that have been available in the last few years then it just might work. Yes, I have changed my thoughts about this.

Doing tribute cars, like the Rod Shop car this past weekend, could bring some fans back. The thought of 2 to 8 of these cars match racing at various events just might work. A way to draw more spectators to events.

Imagine - Rod Shop, Bob Glidden, Don Nicholson, Ronnie Sox, Bill Jenkins and others - very cool.

[Billy Nees]

I have liked the premise from the start. BUT, the initial premise was new Factory Stock car bodies/engines in tube chassis. Right now, THAT's a dead player unless NHRA wants to get into some kind of a Nostalgia deal where they allow ANY YEAR bodies with a MODERN (not current year) engine. NHRA always (at least since the '60s) seems to be about a decade behind Detroit.