BIG $$$ Race

[Lenny5160]

If money were the primary incentive for a racer, they wouldn’t build a S/SS car.

Yes, there are a lot of complaints about NHRA payouts, which are embarrassing, but for the most part racers want better payout while still maintaining the rest of the NHRA experience, whatever that means to each racer.

The money by itself obviously isn’t it.

[MR DERBY CITY]

[QUOTE=Lenny5160;673696]If money were the primary incentive for a racer, they wouldn’t build a S/SS car.

I will drink to that . AMEN Lenny ….QUOTE]

[Ron Ortiz]

Well we still have contingencies to fall back on. Heard that there is a whole new line of them that could come on board. Instead of performance based items there could be such things as eggs, you know, a dozen to win, half a dozen to R/U. Quickly followed by the dairy companies, then there is the meat industry. The possibilities are endless.

[J.R. Haddad]

Ron, if we continue to invest?? the amount of money we have in our
"Stock" Eliminator operations, for the current sanctioning body purses,
we may HAVE to race for groceries.

J.R.

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by J.R. Haddad

Ron, if we continue to invest?? the amount of money we have in our
"Stock" Eliminator operations, for the current sanctioning body purses,
we may HAVE to race for groceries.

J.R.

Ya know, I've spent years (literally) trying to teach Racers how to race with junk for junk (literal junk for a purse that is junk) and the only thing that I can ASSume is that an awful lot of Racers have a terrible ego problem or they need to get new accountants!

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Ya know, I've spent years (literally) trying to teach Racers how to race with junk for junk (literal junk for a purse that is junk) and the only thing that I can ASSume is that an awful lot of Racers have a terrible ego problem or they need to get new accountants!

Billy. I just didn't want to drive a race car that was slower than my High School street driven car. Heck I was driving an L-88 69 camaro to high school and running 11.80's on weekends in 1973. What fun would it have been to "race" something slower. My wife put her foot down and said "nothing faster than mid 9's". The reason being when we grew up bracket racing she noticed every time a car, or a pair of cars went tumbling down the track they were usually faster than her recommendations. My choices were all about thrill, and rules from the rules committee. LOL

[Billy Nees]

Originally Posted by Jeff Niceswanger

Billy. I just didn't want to drive a race car that was slower than my High School street driven car. Heck I was driving an L-88 69 camaro to high school and running 11.80's on weekends in 1973. What fun would it have been to "race" something slower. My choices were all about thrill, and rules from the rules committee. LOL

Jeff, I can appreciate you racing whatever you choose to race. BUT, ya know what the coolest/craziest/strangest thing about S/SS racing is? "Fast" is relative to your index.
OBTW, my high school ride was a very fast 57 Chevy and I'd have gone for a hundred against your Camaro.

[Mike Gray]

[QUOTE=MR DERBY CITY;673705]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

If money were the primary incentive for a racer, they wouldn’t build a S/SS car.

I will drink to that . AMEN Lenny ….QUOTE]

Call me crazy for building one but what I did out here on the west coast was to make sure I could use the car for more than just NHRA stock eliminator. I am purposely building an older car than can run nostalgia races and I'm using the largest radiator allowed along with a trans cooler in case of lapping or the hot temps at Bakersfield and Las Vegas.