nhra stock needs electric car class

[bykr]

Dumb asses think that electric power is green because it's coming out of a plug, like it's all coming from windfarms or hydroelectric.. Go to a power plant during peak demand and see how much natural gas is being used. The one I went to used a lot. Not to mention the battery disposal problem. So, no electric racing for me.

[slick5861]

Golf carts ?

[Matt Welker]

Travis, like your story, but applying spectator arguments to sportsman at nationals or any divisional event, nah, there are no spectators to drive away.

I would love to see an electric class in stock or comp. It is time to start experimenting, and the purple Camaro was a great start that should have moved from exhibition to some type of class.

But hey, it's NHRA, none of the racers want any change and the NHRA has no vision. Killed PST, yet trucks are still selling, how is FS going to stay relevant in 5 yrs when there are no new combos? Fans aren't going to stay around ling for a stagnant class.

If I was building a Jr. Dragster, thhat Jegs electric kit is an awesome option. If JD is really feeding participation, the next gen is growing up with an electric option and experience.


I think comp would be a good fit, for innovation, or stock, to keep things limited as the tech evolves.

[Rose Racing]

Originally Posted by Travis Miller

Does anyone remember when IHRA allowed turbocharged cars in Pro Stock? Buddy Ingersol of turbocharged fame ran one of the quickest Pro Stock cars that year. Larry Carrier, owner of IHRA liked to go up into the stands incognito and talk to fans. He soon found out the fans did not care for Buddy's car in Pro Stock. Yes it showed quick numbers on the scoreboards but it did not make "loud race car sounds" like the rest of the field. Based on the result of what a lot of the fans told him, Larry made the decision to do away with turbocharged cars in Pro Stock.

Conclusion....A race car without the noise soon loses the interest of the spectators.

I think the racers had alot to do with him being pushed out of Pro Stock....The disadvantages of a NA car compared to a Turbo car are abundant!!!

[Rose Racing]

Me being a 27 year old future Stock Eliminator competitor if Electric cars are allowed and start to dominate im out.....I have zero interest in racing electric crap.....

[63corvette]

Not trying to hijack the thread with emissions talk however, not everyone understands that EV's are not totally clean.
If you look at the actual carbon footprint of a electric vehicle it is not all that clean.
I have been retired from a large natural gas company for a number of years now however, before I retired our company looked at it and it did not even make a cleaner footprint than some of the best emissions of some gasoline vehicles.
That was when there were more coal generation units and not as many wind farms generating electricity then as there is now however, I doubt there is still a net better footprint for the EV's as the gas vehicle emissions have also been improved.
Most think that since an EV is plugged into an outlet there is no emissions however, most of the electricity in the USA is still generated from fossil fuels. Natural gas is the cleanest of the generation from fossil fuels and that is most of what is used today.
There is not enough land and wind to use windmills for the current electricity needs of the USA and hydroelectric is being abandoned in the west. Plus the wind does not blow every day.
I do not think in my lifetime NHRA will move to EV classes.
Probably will be experimental show vehicles as filler for the show.
Just My 2 Cents
Rick Cates
Canyon, TX

[ss3011]

We will see if any of the manufacturers will send in specs . NHRA will need to have safety standards in place to keep everyone safe while servicing these cars or if they crash . Also will be interesting how the batteries will be charged between rounds .

[JHeath]

Originally Posted by rognelson777

Just read a article that by 2030 there will be no fossil fuel powered cars allowed to be sold in demark and they are pushing for the whole EU to do the same. so should nhra get ahead of this and start putting electric cars in the stock class guides?

April Fools day was this past wednesday !

[CMcAllister]

Crash an electric car and the hazards involved and procedures for track safety personnel are completely different.


If you think people leave the stands to find something else to do when the dot 90 cars run, you ain't seen nothing yet. There may be potential fans for electric car drag racing, but they aren't at national events or divisionals. Try to run them there and they'll run off the spectators that they have.

They might get some interest from geeks and nerds who believe the internal combustion engine is dead and fossil fuels are killing everyone. Try some electric car only events and see how it works before screwing up what you have any more than it already is. We'll be lucky to survive the year in one piece as it is.

[rayfin]

Why don't we all just stare at our phones?