Crate Engines in NHRA?

[HR9121]

Originally Posted by Hagen Gary

Who do you agreeing with ED? You posted 1 min after the post in front of you who is claiming that you were bashing CM and IHRA. I don't read it like that at all. People just said, Why on earth would you build a CM and only race IHRA? Thats not bashing. What they were bashing was the lame excuse that CM are easier to find so NHRA should allow them. Go look again, Cratecamaro and his buddy from Canada are the ones who brought out the useless name calling and insults. None before that.

I do apologize after rereading from the beginning you are correct on who started what. The gentleman who started the thread was the one if NHRA had considered adding these crate motors was not the one who started the fire that came later. The only thing I would add is that these crate motor cars are class cars, maybe not what you guys consider class but indeed they are they were built to specifications required by class. I really don’t see that big of a deal about these cars other than that. I too am more impressed by what you guys call the pure class but these guys do some impressive things with these cars too. Should NHRA add them? It shouldn't matter I mean how and why would it affect the other classes that you run other than having possibly more cars at an event. People just don’t like change, I look at like this if I ran our business the same way it was run 30 years ago where do you think we would be? Sometimes you have to change with your surroundings and environment. Just my thoughts and again I apologize to Mr Gary.

[Ed Fernandez]

The crate motors cars were devised by IHRA to fill the low turnouts they get.NHRA's
least problem is having enough NHRA legal stockers to fill a field.The low turnouts
presently in NHRA nationals are attributable to both economic and the racers being pi$$ed off at the organization for the many enhancements brought upon us in the recent past.Crate motors are IHRA's baby and that's where they will stay.
And Ed I only fired back in retaliation.

[Hagen Gary]

Originally Posted by HR9121

I do apologize after rereading from the beginning you are correct on who started what. The gentleman who started the thread was the one if NHRA had considered adding these crate motors was not the one who started the fire that came later. The only thing I would add is that these crate motor cars are class cars, maybe not what you guys consider class but indeed they are they were built to specifications required by class. I really don’t see that big of a deal about these cars other than that. I too am more impressed by what you guys call the pure class but these guys do some impressive things with these cars too. Should NHRA add them? It shouldn't matter I mean how and why would it affect the other classes that you run other than having possibly more cars at an event. People just don’t like change, I look at like this if I ran our business the same way it was run 30 years ago where do you think we would be? Sometimes you have to change with your surroundings and environment. Just my thoughts and again I apologize to Mr Gary.

No need for an apology, You didn't offend. Thanks for keeping your points level headed and admitting when you misread or misinterpreted something. Alot of us feel like if CM would be allowed to compeate against a traditional stocker heads up that we all know what the factory will start doing with their CMs and NHRA will just lay down for them. It would totally change the idea of stock. We still have plenty of legit cars and engine combos to go through before a CM is needed.