"Street" Bracket Racing

Mike Schwartz · 11-16-2015, 01:32 AM

When I started in the late '70s, NHRA Div 1 had an official footbrake bracket named "Street", which allowed any any mods, but was limited to dials 14.00 and slower. You could easily be competitive in a pure street-driven car. Nowadays, slower street-type cars are vastly outnumbered. Of the 234 cars in Pro and Sportsman at the Div. 1 Bracket Finals this year, only 13 (6%) were dialed 14.00 or slower

These days, I'm in the South, where there's usually only two eliminators, electronics and footbrake. Street cars have to face mostly 'pure' race cars, running the equivalent of 8-9-10 sec ETs. Speaking for myself, it's much harder to be competitive, although there are still number of 'street'-car drivers that continue to be successful like the Greers and Taylors.

11-16-2015, 01:32 AM	#12
Mike Schwartz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland USA Posts: 533 Likes: 129 Liked 248 Times in 89 Posts	Re: "Street" Bracket Racing When I started in the late '70s, NHRA Div 1 had an official footbrake bracket named "Street", which allowed any any mods, but was limited to dials 14.00 and slower. You could easily be competitive in a pure street-driven car. Nowadays, slower street-type cars are vastly outnumbered. Of the 234 cars in Pro and Sportsman at the Div. 1 Bracket Finals this year, only 13 (6%) were dialed 14.00 or slower These days, I'm in the South, where there's usually only two eliminators, electronics and footbrake. Street cars have to face mostly 'pure' race cars, running the equivalent of 8-9-10 sec ETs. Speaking for myself, it's much harder to be competitive, although there are still number of 'street'-car drivers that continue to be successful like the Greers and Taylors.