Make Divisionals Great Again

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Originally Posted by Pistol Pete

Why tracks don’t want them: I would say it’s because they have to pay NHRA a hefty
price for having a Divisional race at their track with not a lot of spectators to off-set
that money that nhra gets.

Why No Crowd: Can’t really answer that one, but I can guess a lot of spectators want
to see Nitro Cars (no offense to the alcohol classes).
The average spectator probably can’t understand handicap racing & probably wonder
why the .90 cars (no offense to them either) take off, slow down and take off again.
If a spectator never been to a race & you try to explain these classes and Comp Elim
is another thing to explain about going faster than .50 under you get a index hit, the
average spectator is probably pulling there hair out. Or saying, I thought first one to
the finish line wins.
Just my take.

I can't say I disagree with Pete but I think one part of the problem is tracks just don't promote these races. Understandably this costs money and they're already paying NHRA to have the race anyway but I think some promotion could help atleast it works at Norwalk.
In reality though if anyone has been to their local bracket races lately they don't have any interest either, we don't have a car obsessed culture anymore. Like it or not the only sportsman racing that draws attention are the heads up radial stuff that is easy to comprehend and there might be a big crash at anytime.