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    I miss real drag racing

     



    Call me old fasioned. I guess, I am!!

    At 71 years of age I no longer enjoy NHRA drag racing.

    I used to attend 6-8 events every year, I loved the competitive spirit, the engenuity, the outright competitiveness of it all.

    Now we have a bunch of slot cars with a driver.

    Take the body panelling off any top fueler, or lift the body off ant funny car and what have you got??

    Identical engines in identical chassis with a little spot to plug in a driver.

    I went to my first drag race when I was 13. Sanford, ME on an old airport runway and it was exciting.

    Door cars struggled to go 100 MPH, but it was fun. I remember the year an MIT professor announced that it was a physical impossability for a wheel driven car to exceed 150 MPH in a standing start 1/4 mile.

    Two months later a weird (by todays standards) looking car called the "Bustle Bomb" went 151.

    I remember when BB Chevys, Cammer Fords and Hemis all ran in top fuel competitively.

    I remember Mickey Thompsons Hemi heads for Pontiacs.

    I remember cars that you could buy at any dealership competing in Pro/Stock.

    Is it just me, or has drag racing become to "homogenized"?

    I know times change, but I'd really like to see an engine other than a hemi run competitively in the fuel classes.

    And how about Pro/Stocks with production V-6's and fuel injection?

    17 years ago I went out on a limb and produced an aftermarket block for Pontiacs (it's still being sold see www.allpontiac.com) and we proved you could make HP (2806HP) with a Pontiac.

    Think what drag racing excitement could be produced with a serious effort on some of the "non standard" engines.

    Or, maybe I'm just "old fashioned"
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