Modified return?

Ed Wright · 12-18-2012, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by randall klein

".......if you have to, sell your older stuff...."

not quite the market for "stuff" outdated by mis-classed vehicles; pretty cavalier attitude for someone who sold out in a different market

x2!

Hemi Moose · 12-19-2012, 06:40 PM

I've been pondering this question myself, what will be the breaking point for the racers in stock or super stock to just cause them to switch to modified eliminator if they brought it back...would it be the rules, the entrance fees & payouts or just the fact that NHRA keeps squeezing you.

Dick Butler · 12-19-2012, 09:19 PM

Guys if you could start by using your current chassis with the spec head motor at the same wts wouldnt that be a good start?
Randall, How about the market for 57 or 56 chevy out there? a current drive train and tires and remove cage could sell for street or Mecum.
Yes its work and money but it might be worth a look.
Cure, Get out of classes where new cars can compete or just suffer another year.. Modified can work...for everyone better than Fake HP/lb.

randy wilson · 12-20-2012, 10:23 AM

Guys, I have to admit that class racing is probably on it's last death throes, but I like to dream. Anyone who thinks we're ol;d fashioned, and not with the times, needs to only look at the 76, to 81 mod vids to see the crowd did not leave the fence, and go buy a hot dog when modified came up. Now, when the pros are done, you couldn't sell a hot dog in the stands. What the hell was NHRA thinking? And sorry young guys, the new stuff has not the following we had, so I'll continue to live in the past, and watch spectators leave by the droves. Drag racing, as a whole, is dying. None of what we talk about will ever happen, but still, it's a blast to think of the possibilities.

X-TECH MAN · 12-20-2012, 03:54 PM

Something like this would happen in IHRA long before it would happen in NHRA. Still.....no body would show up. Face it.....NHRA has most of you by your "Doo Dads" and squeezing harder every day.

12-19-2012, 06:40 PM	#2
Hemi Moose VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,824 Likes: 0 Liked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Modified return? I've been pondering this question myself, what will be the breaking point for the racers in stock or super stock to just cause them to switch to modified eliminator if they brought it back...would it be the rules, the entrance fees & payouts or just the fact that NHRA keeps squeezing you.

12-19-2012, 09:19 PM	#3
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Modified return? Guys if you could start by using your current chassis with the spec head motor at the same wts wouldnt that be a good start? Randall, How about the market for 57 or 56 chevy out there? a current drive train and tires and remove cage could sell for street or Mecum. Yes its work and money but it might be worth a look. Cure, Get out of classes where new cars can compete or just suffer another year.. Modified can work...for everyone better than Fake HP/lb.

12-20-2012, 10:23 AM	#4
randy wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: N/A Posts: 882 Likes: 0 Liked 22 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Modified return? Guys, I have to admit that class racing is probably on it's last death throes, but I like to dream. Anyone who thinks we're ol;d fashioned, and not with the times, needs to only look at the 76, to 81 mod vids to see the crowd did not leave the fence, and go buy a hot dog when modified came up. Now, when the pros are done, you couldn't sell a hot dog in the stands. What the hell was NHRA thinking? And sorry young guys, the new stuff has not the following we had, so I'll continue to live in the past, and watch spectators leave by the droves. Drag racing, as a whole, is dying. None of what we talk about will ever happen, but still, it's a blast to think of the possibilities. __________________ don,t have one

12-20-2012, 03:54 PM	#5
X-TECH MAN Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lake Placid, Florida Posts: 3,203 Likes: 1,047 Liked 235 Times in 110 Posts	Re: Modified return? Something like this would happen in IHRA long before it would happen in NHRA. Still.....no body would show up. Face it.....NHRA has most of you by your "Doo Dads" and squeezing harder every day.