NHRA President - Special Presentation - March 16

[FED 387]

SC383 --- you are correct I do not like bracket racing never have never will. Now I do not believe that any form of bracket racing belongs at an NHRA national event !!! a divisional event possibly. You want to bracket race go to those events that cater EXCLUSIVELY to bracket racing. Top whatever or Super whatever (super stock ) is not racing its out there putzing around and trying to run an arbitrary number that some body dreamed up it is not a performance oriented class because if you go faster than the magic number you lose. I think NHRA has deviated away from performance based racing and settled for those that cannot for whatever reason race in those performance based classes get to go out there and "have fun"--- I do not believe in CIC or HP hits on Monday or any of the other BS that NHRA has come up with. You race FLAT OUT TO THE STRIPE no lifting no protecting your index, no dumping at 1000 feet none of that crap... First car there wins!!! As far as bracket racing take away ALL OF the electronics and let the driver determine what the car is going to do and we will see how good some of these guys really are. Flame away!!!!=====FED 387

[Brett C]

Maybe if the new president would have gotten out of the corporate palace and came viewed the dues and entry fee paying sportsman in their conditions this weekend, maybe just maybe someone would give a .....

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Brett C

Maybe if the new president would have gotten out of the corporate palace and came viewed the dues and entry fee paying sportsman in their conditions this weekend, maybe just maybe someone would give a .....

Brett that's not going to happen. It's all about the pros period and it will continue to be that way count on it.

[Mike Pearson]

I was at the meeting at the Gators. It was interesting to listen to the head honcho Peter Cliford. Peter is a very good public speaker and did a very good job with his presentation. He seems very passionate about the NHRA. It is clear that at the national events it is all about the pro show and the TV time. He made that perfectly clear. He did say that the healthier that NHRA becomes the better it will be for all involved. The only issue I had with his presentation was that he thought Pro Mod and the alcohol cars were sportsman categories. I guess in all reality they are but not like the true sportsman like comp, stock and SS. That was the first time that I have ever actually seen the person that runs our assn. I would say he is a big improvement over Compton. He put a lot of emphasis in growing our sport and making sure the media is aware that NHRA is the 2nd largest Motorsports organization in the world. He is stepping in after many years of bad management so let's see how he does over the next few. I know we all want bigger purses and lower entry fees but that is not going to happen. Maybe if things get better some of the contingency sponsors will start to come back. There have been some small improvents since his tenure started.

[600ci]

in his words were the foundation of the pyramid daaa is that the same
as the bottom ?

[MadMax404]

Originally Posted by FED 387

SC383 --- you are correct I do not like bracket racing never have never will. Now I do not believe that any form of bracket racing belongs at an NHRA national event !!! a divisional event possibly. You want to bracket race go to those events that cater EXCLUSIVELY to bracket racing. Top whatever or Super whatever (super stock ) is not racing its out there putzing around and trying to run an arbitrary number that some body dreamed up it is not a performance oriented class because if you go faster than the magic number you lose. I think NHRA has deviated away from performance based racing and settled for those that cannot for whatever reason race in those performance based classes get to go out there and "have fun"--- I do not believe in CIC or HP hits on Monday or any of the other BS that NHRA has come up with. You race FLAT OUT TO THE STRIPE no lifting no protecting your index, no dumping at 1000 feet none of that crap... First car there wins!!! As far as bracket racing take away ALL OF the electronics and let the driver determine what the car is going to do and we will see how good some of these guys really are. Flame away!!!!=====FED 387

So what you're saying is get rid of super categories, top categories, stock, super stock, and comp. Then NHRA can replace it with Radial Tire racing, Big and Small tire heads-up racing and for good measure throw in the factory stock showdown.

[randy wilson]

Originally Posted by FED 387

SC383 --- you are correct I do not like bracket racing never have never will. Now I do not believe that any form of bracket racing belongs at an NHRA national event !!! a divisional event possibly. You want to bracket race go to those events that cater EXCLUSIVELY to bracket racing. Top whatever or Super whatever (super stock ) is not racing its out there putzing around and trying to run an arbitrary number that some body dreamed up it is not a performance oriented class because if you go faster than the magic number you lose. I think NHRA has deviated away from performance based racing and settled for those that cannot for whatever reason race in those performance based classes get to go out there and "have fun"--- I do not believe in CIC or HP hits on Monday or any of the other BS that NHRA has come up with. You race FLAT OUT TO THE STRIPE no lifting no protecting your index, no dumping at 1000 feet none of that crap... First car there wins!!! As far as bracket racing take away ALL OF the electronics and let the driver determine what the car is going to do and we will see how good some of these guys really are. Flame away!!!!=====FED 387

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