Comp racers seek to show eliminator is very much alive

[Mike Keener]

Originally Posted by Jeff Niceswanger

We started in 98. The NHRA payouts are the same as back then. But there's half as many contingency's. I bought my first Superstock engine for ten grand. A new one was 13 ( from Koewn, our builder back then) , so I bought used . Now compare that to today . New ones are 35, 40 with all the whistles ...
Back then there was top qualifier money also, I remember some went for that, as it paid their fuel bill to get to and from the races.

Someone had the Sportnationals from Diamond P ( remember them !) on facebook last week and the commentator was saying that the winner < Bobby Warren, just won 8 thousand dollars ....In 1978.... That's the same as last years US Nationals SS winner ( if everybody pays him) .....40 years later

Money is nothing now compared to the 70's. I won 9,500 for my 76 Fall Nationals win in Modified not to mention the serious amount of free parts, tires, etc. help we got going forward. A brand new Booth Arons motor was 5 grand and fuel was about .65 per gallon as well!.