So.. Why aren't RACERS trying to set National records!?

[Mike Pearson]

On the racer side lots of us stock and super stock racers are getting older. I will be 64 this year. Early on in my career I was able to set the record in my car a couple of times. Right now I dont even know if there is a record in my class or if it is at the minimum. Personally I dont want to run qualifying all day then tear my engine down to do tech then put the thing back together to race the next day. I do build my own engines and am perfectly capable of doing that. Just dont care to. I am sure there are some that buy their engines and have never taken one apart and reassembled it to race the next morning.
Now at the D2 races we have been running one or two rounds on Saturday afternoon/evening so that eliminates the record setting and tear down. I cant remember the last time I saw someone tearing down to set a record. Especially an old guy like me.

[Brett C]

ZERO incentive!

[John Duzac]

Originally Posted by Brett C

ZERO incentive!

Brett, the incentives use to be the awarding of points for setting the ET, like 100 points and half of that for setting the mph. You can bet if points were awarded for setting a national Records, there would be no minimums at all. Besides, if racers were torn down, some may get tossed. There was a time, every class winner at the US Nationals were torn down. Every one of them.

[Frank Castros]

2022 Division One National Open Event Schedule
04/15/2022 - 04/16/2022 Atco Dragway Atco, N.J.
04/30/2022 - 05/01/2022 Lebanon Valley Dragway West Lebanon, N.Y.
06/18/2022 - 06/18/2022 Toronto Motorsports Park/Cayuga Dragway Cayuga,
06/19/2022 - 06/19/2022 Toronto Motorsports Park/Cayuga Dragway Cayuga,
07/07/2022 - 07/08/2022 Numidia Dragway Numidia, Pa.
07/23/2022 - 07/23/2022 Napierville Dragway Napierville, PQ, Que.
07/24/2022 - 07/24/2022 Napierville Dragway Napierville, PQ, Que.
07/29/2022 - 07/29/2022 Mirramichi Dragway Park Napan, N.B.
07/30/2022 - 07/30/2022 Mirramichi Dragway Park Napan, N.B.
10/21/2022 - 10/23/2022 Maple Grove Raceway Mohnton, Pa.
There are 10 event(s) scheduled for this series.

[James Perrone]

Why don’t we set records
It’s a lot of work
My car isn’t fast enough
Nobody cares
There’s no reward
And you are talking about a handful of cars capable of it

[james schaechter]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Why don’t we set records
It’s a lot of work
My car isn’t fast enough
Nobody cares
There’s no reward
And you are talking about a handful of cars capable of it

I agree with the exception of the last point. The majority of class records are at minimum now.

This is clearly driven by NHRA bean counters, NHRA is not managed by anyone at the executive level thst has a clue about what racers or at least performance class racers desire.

[PONTIAC'S REVENGE]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

Why don’t we set records
It’s a lot of work
My car isn’t fast enough
Nobody cares
There’s no reward
And you are talking about a handful of cars capable of it

Hmmmm Maybe we should advocate participation trophys as well! Lol!

[James Perrone]

Originally Posted by PONTIAC'S REVENGE

Hmmmm Maybe we should advocate participation trophys as well! Lol!

You have a lot of ideas and backhanded compliments for someone wasting bandwidth with your ideas and opinions
Go put together a soft Pontiac combo and show me some something
If it’s so easy.
We ain’t here to appease you. We out here racing and burning $$$$
Remember the keyboard is your participation.

[Glenn Briglio]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

On the racer side lots of us stock and super stock racers are getting older. I will be 64 this year. Early on in my career I was able to set the record in my car a couple of times. Right now I dont even know if there is a record in my class or if it is at the minimum. Personally I dont want to run qualifying all day then tear my engine down to do tech then put the thing back together to race the next day. I do build my own engines and am perfectly capable of doing that. Just dont care to. I am sure there are some that buy their engines and have never taken one apart and reassembled it to race the next morning.
Now at the D2 races we have been running one or two rounds on Saturday afternoon/evening so that eliminates the record setting and tear down. I cant remember the last time I saw someone tearing down to set a record. Especially an old guy like me.

In division 1 we have open races to be able to set a record. I did set a record and went thru the full teardown procedure. I was by myself and it took me a full 12 hours to teardown and put back together. I'm right there in age and it took all I had to do it. I set my mind to do it and glad I did. Now I won't be doing it again this year but glad to have great tech people to get it done. I did have help moving my car back to my trailer from a great Hoven family!

[Sean Marconette]

I set the SS/N record in 2019 as it was a big deal to prove my car and engine is legal to myself. The satisfaction of all the trials and broken parts to get it to that point is an ego thing. Constantly trying something to see if that works or doesn’t is what drives me in this performance based class. It’s disappointing that we can’t get a small space in ND once a year of the national records. Even trying to find the current Stock and SS national records is a joke online. The ability to set records with the divisional tech staffing at opens is also a problem the last couple of years.