National Records

[5919 SSKA]

What does setting a National Record pay??? NADA! Not even bonus points! But, you do get to tear down...use $100 + worth of gaskets, $100 + worth of oil/filter and donate about 6hr or so of your time.

Hell, Class Eliminations doesn't pay anymore either!!! In the early 2000s when I started, I use to get around $500-$600 for a Class win.

Pretty much just a glorified Bracket Race now days.

[Crew Chief]

Oldskool,

NHRA always printed class records in National Dragster every week. They started doing that when National Dragster began in the early 60's and continued until recently when they began putting current records online. Find some old National Dragsters and you will find what the records were for each class at the time that issue was printed.

[Mike Carr]

Here is a list of some 1986 Super Stock records. Some familiar names still at it. And amazing how times (as in 1/4-mile elapsed times) change in thirty years.



And only two records here were 'minimum', as opposed to nowadays.

[John Duzac]

Nhra use to award points for ET and mph. Records. They need to go back.

[Mike Pearson]

I would say that most guys don't want to go through the hassle of tearing down the engine. Cost is high for gaskets and its a lot of work for basically no reward. Some racers don't build their own engines and do not have the mechanical ability to go through the tear down procedure. Most of us have been there and done that and have our certificates hung on the wall. Now we would just rather race and go some rounds.

[ALMACK]

The last time NHRA published 1/8th mile records in National Dragster was Dec. 2012.

If anyone wants to see what the current 1/8th mile records are, here is the link for Stock:

http://www.nhra.net/stats/stk_rec_e.txt


This is the one for Super Stock:

http://www.nhra.net/stats/ss_rec_e.txt

[Bimbo Jones]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

I would say that most guys don't want to go through the hassle of tearing down the engine. Cost is high for gaskets and its a lot of work for basically no reward. Some racers don't build their own engines and do not have the mechanical ability to go through the tear down procedure. Most of us have been there and done that and have our certificates hung on the wall. Now we would just rather race and go some rounds.

Mike you nailed it for me. I love racing but I'm not that good at the mechanic side of things. This totally scared me off from class racing plus the cost of traveling in the division. So I became an bracket racer, same driving skill set and I get to race almost weekly. But I still like to keep up with y'all and hope to give it a try again someday.