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I think the Jr. Dragster program is a great concept if done correctly and safely. Someone once said "I love the human race, it's the people I can't stand". If you can follow my analogy then maybe you can better see where I'm coming from with this whole thing. I have two kids who I considered putting in one of these things back in the day but the interest just wasn't there on their part so I didn't want to waist the money. Yep, at this present time I am the President of the SSSSA. Until someone else wants to step up and put up with the constant crap I have to put up with or I keel over that probably won't change. However, when I became President I didn't relinquish my right to make an opinion or ask a question the same as you. I am very opinionated, you should know that by now. I really don't think any of the Jr. Dragster pilots give two hoots what I have to say about anything! I do think its kind of funny that several other racers have pretty much said almost exactly what I said and you didn't jumped in their feces the way you did me. Maybe I worded things poorly and it hit you differently. OK, obviously I am no expert on the MPH of the various classes of Jr. Dragsters, You and several others here are certainly in a better position to school me on that. For that I thank you. I learned something! I can't say as my eyes are glued to the score boards when they run so I had to pretty much guess on that. It's sort of like the guy on the street who says the Fire Truck was doing 100 MPH when it went by, when actually it was doing 45. Now, I have seen and apparently many others also have seen Jr. Dragsters being driven through the pits. To say they are not is just not true. It might be a rule that they are not supposed to do that but we all know rules are broken all the time by the kids and the adults. And yes safety is and always will be paramount in my mind not just because of my position with the SSSSA but as a 30 year Firefighter and Paramedic/EMT. Safety is the main reason I started this thread! I stated this several times. I'm glad to hear you say I will be seeing plenty more of you AND your family in the near future. That is what Jim Woods and I envisioned for the Association. Good, safe, family fun! We haven' seen much of the Snowballs lately but it will be nice to see them back again also. I'm also glad to hear your kids are so into racing. You truly are a lucky guy! My boy only went with me a few times to the races and had a couple of pretty fast street cars ( 12 second V6 Firebird and a mid 9 second Supra)but just never got into the Class Racing aspect. Since writing this post about the Jr. Dragsters I have received many emails and PM's from racers on here who agree with me who for what ever reason don't want to post publically. Maybe they don't want any part of the abuse they have seen me take by some of you for speaking my mind. Only one has been what I would call abusive but I'm really not sure I completely understood all he was saying as he wrote at about the third grade level and had a hard time expressing himself. Maybe he was a third grader! Oh well. I have thick skin. I think maybe as far as the non-safety aspects of my posts are concerned, I must just attract the rude and disrespectful Jr. Dragster drivers as I have seen way too many situations of thoughtlessness and lack of concern for fellow racers by both kids and parents alike. I have also met a few that give me hope that our sport will do well with them at the wheel. As parents we are all responsible up to a certain age for their actions and their actions reflect on you as their parent. That said remember that your actions teach them how to act and react to different situations, watching how you act and react is mainly how they learn. If you teach them respect at home they will do fine at the track. Oh and the main complaint I have fielded from other racers is the obnoxious noise those engines make! Put a muffler on them!!! Jim .
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Jim Wahl....NHRA #2239 S/SS - IHRA # 8 Stock, D2 Stock Champion (forever I guess) 2019 Baby Gators Stock Champion 2009 NHRA D2 National Open Stock Champion 1982 NHRA D2 West Palm Beach LDRS SS Runner Up Past President, Southern Stock / Super Stock Association. ![]() |
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