Horsepower Adjustments are Posted

[RJ]

Stand at the entry gate the next time your local track has a Test and Tune nite. I don't know about anyone else, but I sure don't see any 40+ year old Camaros, Belvederes, or Mustangs coming through. The young crop of racers for the most part are not into old cars with distributors and carburetors. The latest cars with the low hp ratings will help generate interest in the new cars, get them built, and get them on the track for all the young racers, (and kids) at the track to see, touch, taste, and smell. Don't get me wrong, my car as well is not competitive against the low rated newer stuff, but what else is going to get these youngsters out of their Hondas and Subarus and into Detroit iron?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by RJ

Stand at the entry gate the next time your local track has a Test and Tune nite. I don't know about anyone else, but I sure don't see any 40+ year old Camaros, Belvederes, or Mustangs coming through. The young crop of racers for the most part are not into old cars with distributors and carburetors. The latest cars with the low hp ratings will help generate interest in the new cars, get them built, and get them on the track for all the young racers, (and kids) at the track to see, touch, taste, and smell. Don't get me wrong, my car as well is not competitive against the low rated newer stuff, but what else is going to get these youngsters out of their Hondas and Subarus and into Detroit iron?

Like I posted in the other thread where you had a similar post, before you edited it, these $50K to $100K new cars aren't going to do it. The kids you're talking about do not have the money, the time, or the interest. We sell parts and services to them every day. They're not interested in class racing with all of the rules, all of the effort, and all of the expense. If they did want to run Stock or Super Stock, and they didn't want old iron, they'd be scarfing up all those LSx F bodies and building them, or the Mustangs, or the ones with money would get Corvettes. But they aren't. Because they don't want to spend the money, the time, or the effort, and they don't like all the rules. I hear it every day when we open the doors.

[RJ]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Like I posted in the other thread where you had a similar post, before you edited it, these $50K to $100K new cars aren't going to do it. The kids you're talking about do not have the money, the time, or the interest. We sell parts and services to them every day. They're not interested in class racing with all of the rules, all of the effort, and all of the expense. If they did want to run Stock or Super Stock, and they didn't want old iron, they'd be scarfing up all those LSx F bodies and building them, or the Mustangs, or the ones with money would get Corvettes. But they aren't. Because they don't want to spend the money, the time, or the effort, and they don't like all the rules. I hear it every day when we open the doors.

I posted on the wrong thread before, so I posted here. These kids are already going to the drag strip every week, might as well put something on the track from Detroit for them to see. The kids around here (Charlotte) spend a ton of money (or their parents') on their imports. So where do you think the next breed of S/SS racer is coming from?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by RJ

I posted on the wrong thread before, so I posted here. These kids are already going to the drag strip every week, might as well put something on the track from Detroit for them to see. The kids around here (Charlotte) spend a ton of money (or their parents') on their imports. So where do you think the next breed of S/SS racer is coming from?

I do not claim to know where the next generation is going to come from. I just know what those kids will tell you about NHRA (or even IHRA) class racing. They have no interest. And it isn't the cars that don't interest them. It is the rules, the format, and the structure. They like the "adrenaline drags" and all of that. They like nitrous, they like big cams, they like adding a supercharger to a normally aspirated car. They do not like RULES, they certainly do not like the idea of thrashing on the car, especially not teardown.

[danny waters sr]

Originally Posted by alan roehrich

i do not claim to know where the next generation is going to come from. I just know what those kids will tell you about nhra (or even ihra) class racing. They have no interest. And it isn't the cars that don't interest them. It is the rules, the format, and the structure. They like the "adrenaline drags" and all of that. They like nitrous, they like big cams, they like adding a supercharger to a normally aspirated car. They do not like rules, they certainly do not like the idea of thrashing on the car, especially not teardown.

new class = " imports all out "

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by danny waters sr

new class = " imports all out "

GAG, PUKE, Vomit, FART, Yeah.....sounds like an import with a fart can muffler.

[442OLDS]

There was a pretty good indoor car show in Rosemont,IL a few weeks ago.I went there on a Saturday night and was surprised that there weren't that many people there.Hardly anyone under 40.
I really don't think that today's generation,for the most part,is in to fast cars.If they were,how many can really afford some of the things at the show that were on display,like this?


http://www.nickeychicago.net/vehicle.php?id=251

[art leong]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

There was a pretty good indoor car show in Rosemont,IL a few weeks ago.I went there on a Saturday night and was surprised that there weren't that many people there.Hardly anyone under 40.
I really don't think that today's generation,for the most part,is in to fast cars.If they were,how many can really afford some of the things at the show that were on display,like this?


http://www.nickeychicago.net/vehicle.php?id=251

A lot of "kids" today can afford more than you think.
When I was a "kid" you could not wait to get out on your own.
Now "kids" live at home, and mommy and daddy don't take a penny of their hard earned money.

[art leong]

Originally Posted by RJ

Stand at the entry gate the next time your local track has a Test and Tune nite. I don't know about anyone else, but I sure don't see any 40+ year old Camaros, Belvederes, or Mustangs coming through. The young crop of racers for the most part are not into old cars with distributors and carburetors. The latest cars with the low hp ratings will help generate interest in the new cars, get them built, and get them on the track for all the young racers, (and kids) at the track to see, touch, taste, and smell. Don't get me wrong, my car as well is not competitive against the low rated newer stuff, but what else is going to get these youngsters out of their Hondas and Subarus and into Detroit iron?

At the Atlanta national event Jimmy Ronzello was pitted about 5 rigs down from me.
There were 2 or 3 very nice looking older stockers or superstreet cars between us.
Well there was a crowd of people by Jimmy's car just about all the time. And there were a lot more people coming over to look at my car than any of the cars between us. I can't tell you how many people copme up to me and say I've got a Neon or my girlfriend drives one etc.
The nostalgic cars are not going to draw the newcomers. Why should they
We look at a fast A/SA car it goes in the nines. Well a lot of the "kids" out there can go just as quick and drive their cars to the track..

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by art leong

At the Atlanta national event Jimmy Ronzello was pitted about 5 rigs down from me.
There were 2 or 3 very nice looking older stockers or superstreet cars between us.
Well there was a crowd of people by Jimmy's car just about all the time. And there were a lot more people coming over to look at my car than any of the cars between us. I can't tell you how many people copme up to me and say I've got a Neon or my girlfriend drives one etc.
The nostalgic cars are not going to draw the newcomers. Why should they
We look at a fast A/SA car it goes in the nines. Well a lot of the "kids" out there can go just as quick and drive their cars to the track..

Same deal here... my Turismo gets a lot of looks and a number of people coming up to talk about it everywhere I go.

I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I bracket race my Stocker every weekend that I'm not at a S/SS event. I talk to a *lot* of people about the car and the sport, and have gotten several people -- younger generation -- interesting in class racing. It's not like we have to convert half of the Test n' Tune crowd in order to keep S/SS racing alive... a few here and there adds up, and everyone can help simply by making themselves accessible, and putting your car out in front of a different crowd now and then.