Life Support?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by heinriech

NMRA / pro media is gone that is why I came over here. We have a local class that is doing well and growing. Looking for a heads up solution. Looked at 9.90 class but when it says a 1000-1300hp car is needed to run 9.90 I am out. My car runs 9.70s with 500 hp. I would look to the sanctioning body to get things under control!

Cheers and happy new year!

It's a lot harder to run the X.90 heads up classes with a lower HP, lower MPH car, but some people are having some success. Those are the hardest working guys in the classes, though. You really need to be able to drive the stripe, and you need to have your car capable of being deadly consistent.

[Stan Weiss]

OK add some lead 2810 lbs on the stop for .25 less time



1000 Foot ET = 9.1797
1/4 Mile ET = 10.9024
1/4 Mile MPH = 131.6549


Stan

[pmrphil]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

It's a lot harder to run the X.90 heads up classes with a lower HP, lower MPH car, but some people are having some success. Those are the hardest working guys in the classes, though. You really need to be able to drive the stripe, and you need to have your car capable of being deadly consistent.

Bingo! That's about as accurate as it can be.

[James Perrone]

Mark
I answered the question asked
I?m a truth teller if you haven?t heard
By the way ?still racing stock

[Tex013]

Originally Posted by bigshow2966

My personal view is that drag racing as a whole is fine. Some classes are hot, some not so much, but overall the outlook is good.
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Mark ,
always interesting to hear how others see racings future . I race here in Oz so there are certain differences . Biggest being population so the pool for racers is smaller by far . However in saying that Willowbank Raceway holds the Winters which is in top 2 sized races outside USA . I dont see racing going away in my life/race time . It ebbs and flows but seems to maintain a reasonable average of entrants even if it is down a little over the last 20yrs . We also tend to lean more to just bracket racing rather than class again imo due to entrant numbers and cost for sure , I do think we may have too many classes sometimes .. Heck I race a dirty old street car in the low 10s .
Looking to the USA from afar I do have a litlle chuckle . I watch the pit areas full of motor homes and big tow rigs , and hear racers moan about doing it tough . I watch the big $ racing see similar tow rigs and people moan about costs .
You should try racing here . At my local track it costs more to enter a bracket round than I can earn from winning . At national rounds I can cover entry fees normally, but got to win . Contingency , whats that ?
These facts dont stop people racing , it really only affects whether people will travel , I have to travel 10 1/2hrs to my next closest race track . Towing an open trailer and camping @ the track like a lot of other racers here .
Ouch Im off next Thursday to Willowbank to race , I must be crazy
But will enjoy it while I can do it .

Tex

[chris ok]

Originally Posted by heinriech

NMRA / pro media is gone that is why I came over here. We have a local class that is doing well and growing. Looking for a heads up solution. Looked at 9.90 class but when it says a 1000-1300hp car is needed to run 9.90 I am out. My car runs 9.70s with 500 hp. I would look to the sanctioning body to get things under control!

Cheers and happy new year!

There is 10.0 index. Heads up with a breakout. Pretty popular in north mid Atlantic regions like by Cecil county. Among other tracks. But you should check rules to make sure you fit. Like anywhere of course.

[1320racer]

The is no 10.0 class contested at NHRA LODRS divisionals, rather some NHRA member tracks run an 8.50, 10.0 and 11.50 index class.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

The is no 10.0 class contested at NHRA LODRS divisionals, rather some NHRA member tracks run an 8.50, 10.0 and 11.50 index class.

I think that's what he meant. There were a ton of those style cars at the last D1 divisional at Maple Grove this past year. No t-stops or delay boxes I believe as well. A great alternative to the big mph t-stop racing of the .90 classes. I enjoy running the outlaw 6.0 index stuff that is popular in the Carolinas with my dad. Delay boxes are ok, but no roadsters or throttle stops. Timed nitrous is ok as well, that's how I get to 6.00.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

It's a lot harder to run the X.90 heads up classes with a lower HP, lower MPH car, but some people are having some success. Those are the hardest working guys in the classes, though. You really need to be able to drive the stripe, and you need to have your car capable of being deadly consistent.

agreed. From a guy running 9.90 @ 139, it is so much more difficult to be competitive in the class than if you're in the race at 165-170. I have no margin for error on tune-up because I cannot see 30 mph difference. When I run super street, its the same crap, but not quite as bad.

Strangely though, I've found that I have more success in SG than I do in SST. I'm not sure if it's because I have lower expectations so it feels like I'm doing better in SG, or if I'm just genuinely harder to race against because my opponents are dealing with the same MPH difference that I am and it's a much different look.