S/SS and drag racing in general

Wade Mahaffey · 10-03-2011, 08:38 PM

There is a terrible void behind our generation. There are a few young fellas out there, but most are family or close frends of racers. Todays youth puts maximum effort into the keyboard, because it's easy, affordable, and everybody has one. All sports are giving way to electronic sports. The kids a playing baseball on the computer, theres no bat, no glove in the house. There's no kids riding bikes in my neighborhood, everybody's inside.

The first things to go, are the things that cost the most. That's on a personal level (our level...no outside funds) The Stock and Super/Stock cars will be gone long before the bracket cars because it cost so much to play. Example: I raced a Super/Gas car in the mid to late 90s. I stayed in the trailer and had no crew, minimun cost to a national event for me was $500 and that's nothing today. I raced a little Duster locally at MIR and won a track championship (total cost involved $20 per race). The sad part was about the same amount of fans watching....that's sad!

Now don't get me wrong fellas, I love what you do. I'm building one to come play in your world too. But I'm building a car that is multi-faceted and can do many things, one of them being legal Super/Stock. So I will be doing my part to keep it alive!

Wade Mahaffey

10-03-2011, 08:38 PM	#3
Wade Mahaffey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 581 Likes: 0 Liked 17 Times in 7 Posts	Re: S/SS and drag racing in general There is a terrible void behind our generation. There are a few young fellas out there, but most are family or close frends of racers. Todays youth puts maximum effort into the keyboard, because it's easy, affordable, and everybody has one. All sports are giving way to electronic sports. The kids a playing baseball on the computer, theres no bat, no glove in the house. There's no kids riding bikes in my neighborhood, everybody's inside. The first things to go, are the things that cost the most. That's on a personal level (our level...no outside funds) The Stock and Super/Stock cars will be gone long before the bracket cars because it cost so much to play. Example: I raced a Super/Gas car in the mid to late 90s. I stayed in the trailer and had no crew, minimun cost to a national event for me was $500 and that's nothing today. I raced a little Duster locally at MIR and won a track championship (total cost involved $20 per race). The sad part was about the same amount of fans watching....that's sad! Now don't get me wrong fellas, I love what you do. I'm building one to come play in your world too. But I'm building a car that is multi-faceted and can do many things, one of them being legal Super/Stock. So I will be doing my part to keep it alive! Wade Mahaffey Last edited by Wade Mahaffey; 10-03-2011 at 08:40 PM.