I can't stand the way classes are done anymore. I try to run the streetcar class but what is a streetcar? Apparently a streetcar is anything you want it to be.. including a ing promod
One of my cars would be great in bracket racing. With 80 stock Hp and a power glide over the rear wheels, tire spin is not an option, even on ice. It is very consistent, 21 seconds to 60 and the quarter mile.Other than the high dollar Drag radial, and Regional H/U classes...has drag racing changed to something other than bracket racing for the rest of the average Joe's out there?
Since I don't pay attention anymore, and haven't been to a drag strip in 10 years,....I'm wondering.
If, however it hasn't.......Why build a quicker car?
If bracket racing is still alive and well,....Why build a car that is faster when you cant go "faster than"?
I see guys here w/10 second or faster ET goals in builds all the time, and wonder what would the benefit to that? If it is true bracket racing, and you are paired w/ a much slower, less finicky, more consistent, "Put it in D and work on the tree" competitor.....seems kinda stupid that you spend all that money to go so fast, only to get your ass handed to you by a car that's 5 second slower because the stocker didn't spin a tire, shifted itself, never over revved, never missed a gear, didn't bog, or a whole shopping list of other calamities that happen when you put a fast car on the track.
Now again,..I'm curious...If there is now class racing of some kind working off of an index,...or weight restrictions, (or penalties) or you simply aren't paired w/ a 15 second car in the brackets any more...I'd be interested in learning how it's different.
COPART offered them stupid money to use it for a junk yardJust heard that etown is shutting down for what sounds like the same reason as kcir and speedworld, getting forced out of (profitable) business by politicians and their friends buying up and developing all the land around it cheap and then forcing the existing eye/earsore out to raise their property values.
Fwiw, its not just race tracks, there's an artificial ski resort here that is going thru the same bs.
that will kill a few brain cells...Got my first wiff of nitro at E Town.
16 Funny cars lighting off at the same time,left a mark.