IHRA Sportsman racers - Letter from Skooter Peaco

[Harry 6674]

Originally Posted by tpoh815

I agree and disagree with this type of racing format ......But, each of the Accel Survivor Series races had the same bracket race format. One year there were 2 well known B/SA cars and drivers that ran into each other in the semis I believe. These 2 never complained about not running heads up! This is the same idea.
I do see how some "high dollar killer fast respectable cars" would have a problem. Not to be a dick but if you dont like the format dont do it. My slow car will then have a better chance to get in this race. Happy Holidays.

It's crap like this that makes Pinks All Out more popular with the fans than S/SS. It is a performance based class. It's getting pretty gay.

[tpoh815]

Originally Posted by Harry 6674

It's crap like this that makes Pinks All Out more popular with the fans than S/SS. It is a performance based class. It's getting pretty gay.

Harold you must be a top half qualifier! Im glad. . Oh by the way, If you believe everything in Pinks all out well I think thats pretty gay. Happy Kwanza then.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Harry 6674

It's crap like this that makes Pinks All Out more popular with the fans than S/SS. It is a performance based class. It's getting pretty gay.

I have an idea,lets go back to running off the Nat'l record in eliminations.Oh,then only the guys with $$$$
will keep coming back.S/SS will go from gay to extinct.Just look at all the opinions and disagreements on this site.If the people on here were around in 1776 the US would have never evolved.The British would have kicked our asses good.

Ed F.

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by Harry 6674

It's crap like this that makes Pinks All Out more popular with the fans than S/SS.

I think the fans would be interested in Heads Up runs if there was an arm drop by Skooter Peaco.

[442OLDS]

[Harry 6674]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

I have an idea,lets go back to running off the Nat'l record in eliminations.Oh,then only the guys with $$$$
will keep coming back.S/SS will go from gay to extinct.Just look at all the opinions and disagreements on this site.If the people on here were around in 1776 the US would have never evolved.The British would have kicked our asses good.

Ed F.

Can't you buy a national record holder off these classifieds for 10k. That doesn't seem to unreasonable to have a possible dominateing car if this was real drag racing instead of rally racing in a straight line. Don't worry it will never go back unless OPEC gets control of shoe polish. Maybe then it will be cheaper to work on the car.

[Michael Lyons]

The country was founded because the people were sick of living by someone elses rules and tired of payin ridiculous taxes to fat bureacrats much like we all probably are today. I imagine there would be more of us that would agree on those topics than silly racing formats..

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Harry 6674

Can't you buy a national record holder off these classifieds for 10k. That doesn't seem to unreasonable to have a possible dominateing car if this was real drag racing instead of rally racing in a straight line. Don't worry it will never go back unless OPEC gets control of shoe polish. Maybe then it will be cheaper to work on the car.

The only record holder you could get for $10K would be a front wheel drive car,maybe.Look at Yak's
Mustang,couldn't touch that car for $10K.In your so called real racing scenario a competitive car would probably be $25K and up.How long would thew class survive and grow at those costs?
Mike;
There hasn't been a topic of importace on this site since it's beginning where ego's and agendas haven't
torn the subject apart.You have everyone going for the same goals (set records and or win races)and there are guys here willing to do anything to get there,legal or not.
We just elected a guy who is going to "change" our direction.So far over the recent past the advocates for
change have gotten their way and we are slowly morphing into what used to be SS.

Ed F.

[buzzinhalfdozen]

WOW!!!! I don't know about most of the other racers but 10k for a good car of any type sounds cheap. I just finished my new SS car doing the chassis, sheet metal work rear end,Plumbed it wired it paint ect.doing all the work myself and have far more than that as a roller. Add in an engine good trans and converter and you can easily eclipse 25K. Maybe there are some guys out there running for alot less I don't know and I don't care, but if someone thinks their gonna run SS on the cheap they may very well get dissapointed.Joe as the old saying goes"speed costs money haw fast do you want to go?"

[Charley Downing]

Just one more reason not to run IHRA. If you have a slow car that's the chance you take. Stock is not for everyone you IHRA bracket bagels quit trying to kill it. There was a time when stock and superstock racers took pride in making their cars run fast. IHRA stock and superstock eliminator is not real class racing like on the other side of the fence. Let’s all just call it what it really is find a class to hide in bracket 1 because I don’t want to work on my car because I might have to run someone heads up.

Chuck D real class racer that's not afraid to race someone heads up