Another low car count?

[aspen7709]

I tried to generate interest in a class car show in tucson. I got extra purse money. i got hem to structure the event so we did not have to jump through extra hoops to put it on. STILL NO INTEREST!!!!! I got 11 responses. & only 1 super stock. Every one was either going to Vegas for the double header or not going anywhere. We have no one to blame but ourselves.

[Paul Wong]

Toby I could not agree more. Why does NHRA need my money two months before it has to be there.

[THE LEGEND]

Charlie,
You are absolutely CLUELESS what it cost to build a competitive.90 car.

That being said the reason .90 classes keep filling up is new blood. So many people are tired of the crap going on at Bracket races they have migrated to the .90 races as an alternative.

S/SS on the other hand gets very little new blood because the bracket racers cars can't crossover.
Thats my opinion.
Chip Johnson

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by 7423

You can't compare super class car count to stk and ss. Super cars are cheap to build, very easy to maintain. Most have tug boat motors, alot of them use pump gas and still cover their index by atleast one second.. I believe that 1/3 of the super racers have 2 cars, (1 S/G and 1 S/C) and enter 2 classes. They get more bang for buck at a national.
Not to mention there are 10 or more times the super racers in the USA than stk and or ss racers. Super classes will always fill up fast, nature of the beast.

You better stop what you're sniffing,drinking or shooting up.I've never raced a super category car but know many of them here in Div 1.There is a ton of work and science in these cars,especially the S/G door cars.Go out and build one and race it and come back here and see if your statement holds water.

[7423]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

Charlie,
You are absolutely CLUELESS what it cost to build a competitive.90 car.

That being said the reason .90 classes keep filling up is new blood. So many people are tired of the crap going on at Bracket races they have migrated to the .90 races as an alternative.

S/SS on the other hand gets very little new blood because the bracket racers cars can't crossover.
Thats my opinion.
Chip Johnson

Clueless, thats funny!! I owned and raced a competitive S/G, SST car for 18 years and compared to fast stk ss car, they are dirt cheap to build and maintain.

Not real sure about that new blood going .90 racing because of "crap" at the bracket races. I believe they migrate to the .90 class because they can keep their button and their box and still go fast for cheap $.

[7423]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

You better stop what you're sniffing,drinking or shooting up.I've never raced a super category car but know many of them here in Div 1.There is a ton of work and science in these cars,especially the S/G door cars.Go out and build one and race it and come back here and see if your statement holds water.

Wow, no challenge getting you on the chip, uh Ed?
If ya don't speak from experience, don't speak............................
I ran a s/g sst car for 18 years, and yes, my statement holds alot of water.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by 7423

Wow, no challenge getting you on the chip, uh Ed?
If ya don't speak from experience, don't speak............................
I ran a s/g sst car for 18 years, and yes, my statement holds alot of water.

Ah maybe it's the smog.

[Jeff Lee]

I've run Brackets, S/ST, Stock & Super Stock & I would say that order ranks cost lowest to highest.
I personally think Super classes are so popular is that is the easiest ticket into a national event venue.
You could probably increase participation in S/SS if Super classes weren't allowed in national events.

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

I've run Brackets, S/ST, Stock & Super Stock & I would say that order ranks cost lowest to highest.
I personally think Super classes are so popular is that is the easiest ticket into a national event venue.
You could probably increase participation in S/SS if Super classes weren't allowed in national events.

Yep , just like in the late 70's .
Of course, there WAS Modified Eliminator,but IT had a spectator following too.

[THE LEGEND]

You can take a $10,000 bracket car and run SST with it maybe even SG.
You can also build a stocker for less than 10k also.
Both cars can be raced but are they competitive probly not.

A used S/C dragster will go for 20k plus
A new one 50K plus

How many of you have that much in building a stocker not counting CJ,DP, not many.

My 10.90 camaro in it's condition would go for $20,000plus(other similar cars have sold for more in the off season)
To build that car new would cost much more.

My dragster I won it oh well I guess it would fall in the under 10k argument.LOL
After initial investment some ss cars are costly to maintain, but I would think rebuilds are comparable.

The comment about brackets and .90 another clueless statement. You can use buttons and boxes in both. In the East double entries, 2 rounds of buybacks, and having to go 5 rds to get paid are why people are migrating to the .90,td,ts events.

I guess things are different out west.
Chip Johnson