NHRA/NMCA heads up vs bracket

[ALMACK]

The class I am most impressed with is the NMRA Coyote Stock.


Those are production line Mustang GT engines that are pulled and sealed.

Ford provides the flash tune on race day so every driver gets the same tune.
The difference in performance in that class comes down to chassis tune and driving skills.

I also believe the NMCA and NMRA are missing out on at least showcasing the Stock/Super Stocks at their events.
I still believe the fans would love to watch the class cars pulling the wheels. They may not understand the staggered starts tho.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

The class I am most impressed with is the NMRA Coyote Stock.


Those are production line Mustang GT engines that are pulled and sealed.

Ford provides the flash tune on race day so every driver gets the same tune.
The difference in performance in that class comes down to chassis tune and driving skills.

I also believe the NMCA and NMRA are missing out on at least showcasing the Stock/Super Stocks at their events.
I still believe the fans would love to watch the class cars pulling the wheels. They may not understand the staggered starts tho.

Kind of like S/SS in NHRA, it boils down to one major issue; give the racers less classes, give the fans more heads up runs!
Sure wish there was some of that NMCA action on the west coast. Looks like a lot if fun to watch; if not participate in.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

Kind of like S/SS in NHRA, it boils down to one major issue; give the racers less classes, give the fans more heads up runs!
Sure wish there was some of that NMCA action on the west coast. Looks like a lot if fun to watch; if not participate in.

Good luck with that Jeff. Too many want to crawl off into a class nobody runs, then say "I'ts not my fault nobody else runs my class." They don't want a heads up, and want a trophy & contingency money for driving down the track by themselves for a class "win".

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

Kind of like S/SS in NHRA, it boils down to one major issue; give the racers less classes, give the fans more heads up runs!
Sure wish there was some of that NMCA action on the west coast. Looks like a lot if fun to watch; if not participate in.

Check out the NMCA West events!

http://www.nmcadigital.com/

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

I also believe the NMCA and NMRA are missing out on at least showcasing the Stock/Super Stocks at their events.
I still believe the fans would love to watch the class cars pulling the wheels.

I am not sure that is true. Both the NMCA and NMRA put on a good show. The NMCA's nostalgia classes pretty much have Stock/SS covered without the associated hassles of tech.

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by GUMP

I am not sure that is true. Both the NMCA and NMRA put on a good show. The NMCA's nostalgia classes pretty much have Stock/SS covered without the associated hassles of tech.

I agree the Nostalgia Super Stocks are fun to watch.
Too bad a driver has to own a REALLY old car to paticipate.

Hard to believe my antique 27 year old '86 T-Bird is too new to be nostalgic.

And yes, they put on a really good show.

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by ALMACK

I agree the Nostalgia Super Stocks are fun to watch.
Too bad a driver has to own a REALLY old car to paticipate.

Hard to believe my antique 27 year old '86 T-Bird is too new to be nostalgic.

And yes, they put on a really good show.

It's not hard to believe at all.

As one of the initial group that raced in NSS I remember why it was started. It was founded to honor the early to mid '60's factory race cars and bring back the hey day of super stock racing not late model cars like yours but you can race yours in the NMCA...they have several classes your car could fit into.

JimR

[kdanner]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

not late model cars like yours

That's the thing though, late model? In 1968 was a 41 Willys a "late model"? Same 27 year difference. Some perspectives have changed over time.

[ALMACK]

I remember in 1987-1988 when the original NMCA was formed.
I was a Buick guy then with '70-'72 GS's.
We thought those '64-'72 Muscle cars were OLD !
There were alot of 17-18 year old cars running in that series.

Those cars were 24 years old at the most .

Now the 1989-1997 cars are the same age.....to put this in perspective.