Street Cars

Geerhead55 · 02-22-2014, 02:46 PM

Chris,,, I hear and appreciate what you're saying, but I believe there will be little to no effort from NHRA or IHRA regarding this "education of the masses". Its going to be up to US as individuals or teams to take our cars, videos , brochures and what have you to reach out to people willing to look into our sport. I'm sure we've all done a little promoting whenever a family or some kids walk up on our pit space and ask about what we're doing, and I've always grabbed more than my share of track schedules to pass out to people when I can.
If someone comes up and asks what the different numbers on the scoreboards mean, take a moment and explain it to them. I had a family come up once, just because there was a "cool car" sitting here, but once I explained to the dad what was going on during that qualifying session and explaining RTs, Ets, MPH and showing the #s on an ET slip, he got it and was fascinated by the math side of things. I told him everything in drag racing has a number assigned to it,,, ET, air pressure, shift point, you know the drill, he got a lot better understanding of things, and decided that he could give this sport a shot. It wasn't long before he was out there with a car, the kids are older now and they race too, so it can still be done,,, we all just have to do our small part to keep the ball rolling. Damn,, I didn't mean to get this long winded.
Danny Durham

02-22-2014, 02:46 PM	#11
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Street Cars Chris,,, I hear and appreciate what you're saying, but I believe there will be little to no effort from NHRA or IHRA regarding this "education of the masses". Its going to be up to US as individuals or teams to take our cars, videos , brochures and what have you to reach out to people willing to look into our sport. I'm sure we've all done a little promoting whenever a family or some kids walk up on our pit space and ask about what we're doing, and I've always grabbed more than my share of track schedules to pass out to people when I can. If someone comes up and asks what the different numbers on the scoreboards mean, take a moment and explain it to them. I had a family come up once, just because there was a "cool car" sitting here, but once I explained to the dad what was going on during that qualifying session and explaining RTs, Ets, MPH and showing the #s on an ET slip, he got it and was fascinated by the math side of things. I told him everything in drag racing has a number assigned to it,,, ET, air pressure, shift point, you know the drill, he got a lot better understanding of things, and decided that he could give this sport a shot. It wasn't long before he was out there with a car, the kids are older now and they race too, so it can still be done,,, we all just have to do our small part to keep the ball rolling. Damn,, I didn't mean to get this long winded. Danny Durham