Bracket Racing vs Stock/Super Stock Racing

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Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

Most of the stock and SS guys that are upset about this are PO'd because of the reduced quota in our classes. NHRA has steadily cut back on the quota for stock and especially super stock. This limits the amount of national events that a stock or SS racer can attend. If his closest national event happens to be one of the more attended races then the chance getting in the race is even smaller. Stock and SS racers have a fairly finite amount of races to run their cars. National and divisional races and a few stock an SS associations through out the country. We are being told that there is not enough space at the tracks for any more cars at the national events. Then they add these so called exhibition classes. No wonder people are aggravated They already have big money bracket classes running at the national and divisional level. They are called top sportsman and top dragster. They don't need the local bracket guys at the national events. They don't need snowmobiles and draggin baggers either. We don't race at their events do we. Its difficult to get the grade points to be able to enter. It involves a lot of money and time. The divisional races in my home division are all one on top of another. If you have any mechanical problems you could miss 2-3 races real easy.

This argument loses a lot of steam if you look through the event entry statistics so far this season. More often than not, classes are not filled so even a Grade 1 will get you in. If a class is filled, it is likely Stock.

I can imagine that it is frustrating to be a local racer for some early and late-season destination races, such as your local Gators. The out-of-towners will make it more difficult to get in those.