Positive things happening.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

10 years ago you almost never heard about combo stock and super stock races happening on a local or regional basis. Now it seems like they are everywhere in the country. This is really good news because it means racers have a lot more control over their own future. I would like to encourage everyone to come out and support your local combo races instead of driving 600 miles to a points race.

Greg,I hate to pee in your corn flakes but in reality the S/SS races are really no more than
a bracket race.They have nothing in common with traditional S/SS racing.
1-No serious class related tech
2-no heads up runs
3-no scales
4-no records to run for
4-See #4 so no tear down
This isn't to say they aren't fun and very competitive,but in a bracket race kind of way.
The guys that put them on do a lot of hard work to put them on and I'm sure spend a lot of time doing so.They deserve a lot of credit.
Now if NHRA did their work and:
1-Fixed the AHFS
2-Reigned in the run away combos aside from the CJs and Drag Packs
3-Worked on a way to get class money back
4-Increased the payouts to at least more than chump change
5-Got us air time on the Lucas Oil shows
6-Scale back some of the financial enhancements we've been hit with
7-Add anything I've missed
Then I would say there's been positive happenings.Until some or all of the above come to fruition we're just farting in the wind.We'll go to the races to be with old and new friends,having a great social time on Friday nights and maybe do a little racing