Wheelie Bars are not needed for Safety on Stockers!

Alan Roehrich · 06-22-2013, 12:55 PM

Chris, it's like this.

Bruce made a post about wheelie bars and the fact that he was told by an NHRA offical that they were not a safety device on stockers. Pretty much an informational post for Stock racers.

A discussion began about wheelie bars being necessary for safety.

It went fairly well, until some people who do not own, drive, or crew high HP stockers capable of big wheel stands and serious damage as a result began telling everyone who does either own, drive, or crew one of those high HP cars that they didn't know what they were doing and wheelie bars were not necessary.

So now we have people who have zero direct experience with the subject at hand, telling people with decades (centuries when combined) of direct experience with the subject at hand, that they did not know what they were doing. Easy to see where it was going.

Then we have people coming in and making stupid remarks that had nothing to do with wheelie bars and safety. Your friend Nathan, in particular: "I thought that's what this board was? Every time I look at it you guys are crying about something." You want to tell me where the "suggestion", especially a helpful and knowledgable suggestion, was in his first post in this thread? Right, there was not one, he pretty much says class racers do nothing but cry. That was his contribution to the subject at hand, in a nut shell. Well, we knew where it was headed.

I'm all for listening to people who have reasonable suggestions, based on pertinent facts.

Considering what I've seen Nathan and Ed contribute to this board, I don't care whether they're buddies or not.

Here is a suggestion for Nathan, and people who complain that "Every time I look at it you guys are crying about something". If you don't like it, and you have nothing to contribute, don't read it. We won't miss you.

Yeah, class racers complain when they feel the sanctioning body gets it wrong. It's called feed back. From paying customers, and the people who support them. If we did not complain, if they knew we'd just accept what they did without question or complaint, I'm pretty sure we'd be in worse shape.

I'm headed to the track, to do some racing. Enjoy your day at the pool.

06-22-2013, 12:55 PM	#11
Alan Roehrich Veteran Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Murfreesboro TN Posts: 5,107 Likes: 1,564 Liked 1,795 Times in 409 Posts	Re: Wheelie Bars are not needed for Safety on Stockers! Chris, it's like this. Bruce made a post about wheelie bars and the fact that he was told by an NHRA offical that they were not a safety device on stockers. Pretty much an informational post for Stock racers. A discussion began about wheelie bars being necessary for safety. It went fairly well, until some people who do not own, drive, or crew high HP stockers capable of big wheel stands and serious damage as a result began telling everyone who does either own, drive, or crew one of those high HP cars that they didn't know what they were doing and wheelie bars were not necessary. So now we have people who have zero direct experience with the subject at hand, telling people with decades (centuries when combined) of direct experience with the subject at hand, that they did not know what they were doing. Easy to see where it was going. Then we have people coming in and making stupid remarks that had nothing to do with wheelie bars and safety. Your friend Nathan, in particular: "I thought that's what this board was? Every time I look at it you guys are crying about something." You want to tell me where the "suggestion", especially a helpful and knowledgable suggestion, was in his first post in this thread? Right, there was not one, he pretty much says class racers do nothing but cry. That was his contribution to the subject at hand, in a nut shell. Well, we knew where it was headed. I'm all for listening to people who have reasonable suggestions, based on pertinent facts. Considering what I've seen Nathan and Ed contribute to this board, I don't care whether they're buddies or not. Here is a suggestion for Nathan, and people who complain that "Every time I look at it you guys are crying about something". If you don't like it, and you have nothing to contribute, don't read it. We won't miss you. Yeah, class racers complain when they feel the sanctioning body gets it wrong. It's called feed back. From paying customers, and the people who support them. If we did not complain, if they knew we'd just accept what they did without question or complaint, I'm pretty sure we'd be in worse shape. I'm headed to the track, to do some racing. Enjoy your day at the pool. __________________ Alan Roehrich 212A G/S Last edited by Alan Roehrich; 06-22-2013 at 12:58 PM.