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HOTRODPAINT Things That Ruined Drag... 01-12-2007, 05:37 PM
Dave Severson Well, some of us still run... 01-12-2007, 05:50 PM
hawk56 I think my the fun for me... 01-12-2007, 06:05 PM
Dgas56 EXACTLY! :( - right to being... 02-05-2007, 06:54 AM
Dave Severson You don't have to be a... 02-05-2007, 07:12 AM
rc57 computer supported racecars. 02-05-2007, 07:15 AM
Dgas56 The hobby class I was... 02-05-2007, 07:47 PM
Dave Severson I would prefer heads up... 01-12-2007, 06:42 PM
HOTRODPAINT There was a lot of complaint... 01-12-2007, 06:53 PM
Dave Severson Actually, bracket racing is... 01-12-2007, 07:04 PM
bigdude I would like to see pro stock... 01-12-2007, 07:20 PM
pro70z28 For those who like the ol'... 01-12-2007, 07:35 PM
gassersrule_196 i agree with the auto trans,... 01-12-2007, 08:46 PM
Nitro Things That Ruined 01-12-2007, 09:19 PM
bb427stang Fuel altereds. Wild Willy,... 01-12-2007, 11:57 PM
gassersrule_196 ive thought about just makin... 01-13-2007, 12:00 AM
BigTruckDriver Loved the show!!!!!!!!! A... 01-13-2007, 04:52 AM
HOTRODPAINT I have to admit that the cost... 01-13-2007, 06:45 AM
Bob Parmenter Talk about "the show" and... 01-13-2007, 07:39 AM
BigTruckDriver Bob thanks for the photo! Now... 01-13-2007, 07:56 AM
deuce3wcpe Things that "DIDN'T" ruin... 02-23-2007, 10:07 AM
GulfCoastGasser I have been looking for the... 08-13-2008, 07:03 PM
poncho62 I just browsed through this... 12-15-2008, 03:46 PM
Mike in Motown I dont feel that drag racing... 01-15-2007, 11:15 AM
ratty41 i never got to experience... 01-15-2007, 11:59 AM
HOTRODPAINT My heading was a referrence... 01-15-2007, 01:50 PM
Dave Severson The way I see it, two things... 01-15-2007, 12:08 PM
Mike in Motown I always wanted to go check... 01-15-2007, 12:35 PM
Dave Severson [QUOTE=Mike in Motown] ... 01-15-2007, 01:48 PM
Mike in Motown [QUOTE=Dave Severson] ... 01-15-2007, 02:07 PM
Dave Severson [QUOTE=Mike in... 01-15-2007, 03:13 PM
ratty41 i race my vw's in sacramento... 01-15-2007, 01:57 PM
JeffB2 Back in the Day!! 07-09-2007, 02:00 PM
REGs HRP, If you want to see... 01-15-2007, 01:17 PM
Dave Severson Unfortunately, containers,... 01-15-2007, 03:46 PM
Mike in Motown Sir you're preaching to the... 01-15-2007, 04:36 PM
Dave Severson A couple wacko's writing a... 01-15-2007, 05:35 PM
DADNOVA People who move next to a... 02-06-2007, 05:03 PM
canadianal I dont know but from my point... 02-06-2007, 06:29 PM
Dave Severson Boring??? You've obviously... 02-06-2007, 06:33 PM
hotroddaddy Well dave tell us how you... 02-06-2007, 07:29 PM
hotroddaddy Money is what shut our local... 01-15-2007, 04:04 PM
Stu Cool I like Drag racing now, with... 01-15-2007, 04:54 PM
ratty41 for the past year, and... 01-15-2007, 11:18 PM
Irelands child MONEY, MONEY AND MORE MONEY!!... 01-16-2007, 06:29 AM
mooneye777 money money money, huge... 01-16-2007, 08:28 AM
Mike in Motown I guess Mr Severson and I... 01-16-2007, 09:02 AM
Bob Parmenter Not exactly the part of the... 01-16-2007, 09:20 AM
Firechicken Typically, I am a fan of... 01-16-2007, 06:01 PM
Dave Severson We've been hit with the same... 01-16-2007, 01:16 PM
HOTRODPAINT With NHRA trying to slow the... 01-16-2007, 06:53 PM
Mike in Motown We will NEVER see sub four... 01-17-2007, 11:00 AM
Firechicken I'm sure that you're probably... 01-17-2007, 11:51 AM
Mike in Motown I hear ya chicken. Your... 01-17-2007, 12:26 PM
HOTRODPAINT The ARMY car run is being... 01-17-2007, 12:49 PM
Mike in Motown I felt sorry for Dougie. ... 01-17-2007, 01:21 PM
Dave Severson I'm really surprised that the... 01-17-2007, 06:24 PM
gassersrule_196 welcome to "don shumachers" ... 01-17-2007, 08:17 PM
mooneye777 its hard to beat the... 01-22-2007, 08:09 AM
HOTRODPAINT J.R. Todd did pretty well, so... 01-22-2007, 09:07 AM
deepnhock Hear here! I have a short... 01-22-2007, 03:46 PM
HOTRODPAINT Just my opinion, but if NHRA... 01-22-2007, 05:00 PM
Mike in Motown I agree with #3 thats for... 01-22-2007, 05:08 PM
Dave Severson Sorry, just tired of people... 02-06-2007, 07:45 PM
canadianal here-here dave thats what... 02-06-2007, 08:41 PM
7secjudge i enjoy the type of drag... 02-07-2007, 04:02 AM
hotroddaddy I was just kidding dave, what... 02-07-2007, 05:44 AM
HOTRODPAINT (QUOTE) "During this era,... 02-07-2007, 06:28 AM
Dgas56 All I have to say to that is... 02-07-2007, 07:03 AM
HOTRODPAINT I've been an ardent fan since... 02-07-2007, 07:21 AM
Dgas56 there are a number of tracks... 02-07-2007, 07:36 AM
Dave Severson And wait and see one other... 02-07-2007, 01:41 PM
Dgas56 Some of that cookie cutter... 02-07-2007, 07:42 AM
hotroddaddy For me it is still fun, even... 02-07-2007, 08:57 AM
Henry Rifle I agree with Dave. Drag... 02-07-2007, 10:16 AM
mopar34 I enjoy going to the drags at... 02-07-2007, 01:42 PM
Dave Severson :LOL: :LOL: Yup, if it's... 02-07-2007, 01:56 PM
Smokin65 Actually, Most of my... 02-07-2007, 03:11 PM
DADNOVA If you read my reply I like... 02-07-2007, 05:19 PM
Dgas56 I doubt the "money" guys will... 02-07-2007, 04:43 PM
Dave Severson Yup, know what ya mean!!!! ... 02-07-2007, 05:08 PM
Dave Severson The big chase downs are fun,... 02-07-2007, 05:26 PM
Dgas56 I hate to say this but even... 02-07-2007, 06:12 PM
pro70z28 I like watchin' the... 02-07-2007, 06:27 PM
gassersrule_196 did you win:whacked: :toocool: 02-23-2007, 07:45 AM
pro70z28 It's a VERY long wait at the... 02-23-2007, 09:51 AM
Dave Severson Yup, ran my dial in with and... 02-23-2007, 01:30 PM
canadianal were thinking of a final... 02-07-2007, 07:56 PM
Kolie Agree, drag racing should not... 02-20-2007, 05:05 PM
Dave Severson John Force and the boys are... 02-20-2007, 05:21 PM
Mike in Motown Dave you need to check out... 02-22-2007, 12:35 PM
Dave Severson Haven't run an M20 in 25... 02-22-2007, 05:36 PM
pro70z28 Pro Stocks usually run Lenco,... 02-22-2007, 09:38 PM
Mike in Motown Ya i was obviously... 02-24-2007, 09:17 AM
Dave Severson Big thing to get consistency... 02-24-2007, 04:00 PM
Mike in Motown This talk brings back memory... 02-25-2007, 07:14 AM
Dave Severson There ya go Mike....and as... 02-25-2007, 04:33 PM
555nova nothing ruins drag racing.... 02-25-2007, 04:43 PM
Mike in Motown Im ruining drag racing! My... 03-14-2007, 12:33 PM
Mike in Motown Well, better pics this week... 03-18-2007, 07:33 PM
Tommycat No offense to the drag racers... 03-20-2007, 05:53 AM
Dave Severson Will that be before or after... 03-20-2007, 06:19 AM
greanmeany1 my friend and i raced a 65... 06-25-2007, 12:27 PM
HOTRODPAINT They are doing the same thing... 07-09-2007, 09:08 AM
NTFDAY I thought Tim Richard's... 07-09-2007, 09:34 AM
gassersrule_196 nothing beats a bad a** 4... 06-27-2007, 11:54 PM
Mike in Motown Anybody watch the Bristol... 07-09-2007, 08:50 AM
HOTRODPAINT I love it when the track is... 07-09-2007, 09:06 AM
Stu Cool The thing that I could not... 07-09-2007, 09:49 AM
Mike in Motown Jim Heads resurgence is kinda... 07-09-2007, 10:09 AM
NTFDAY It's good to see somebody(s)... 07-09-2007, 10:31 AM
Dave Severson Yup, been there done... 07-09-2007, 11:55 AM
Mike in Motown Oh wait, I think they put... 07-09-2007, 01:31 PM
HOTRODPAINT The Jeg's car, and team mate... 07-09-2007, 10:54 AM
NTFDAY It's amazed me that 2 cars... 07-09-2007, 11:15 AM
48fordnut Force didn't start out with... 07-09-2007, 03:12 PM
Mike in Motown I remember the Force truck... 07-10-2007, 09:13 AM
HOTRODPAINT Force raced his "Brute Force"... 07-10-2007, 09:27 AM
jerry clayton Reversers Clutch management... 08-14-2008, 07:23 AM
J. Robinson Commercially made race-bred... 08-14-2008, 08:43 PM
gassersrule_196 glides and 383 strokers LOL 08-14-2008, 09:41 PM
Dave Severson Nothing ruined it, it just... 08-15-2008, 05:41 PM
GulfCoastGasser I think I have the one word... 08-15-2008, 06:30 PM
jerry clayton I thought I mentioned... 08-15-2008, 06:33 PM
Dave Severson Guess I prefer pushing the... 08-15-2008, 06:55 PM
417strokers One thing that Killed racing... 10-14-2008, 07:29 AM
firebird77clone Ok.. so we need a rich... 10-14-2008, 02:00 PM
HOTRODPAINT Sounds hazardous to me! You... 10-14-2008, 02:25 PM
firebird77clone THAT is called Darwin's... 10-14-2008, 02:39 PM
Dave Severson Drag racing is not... 10-14-2008, 06:49 PM
BigTruckDriver Drag racing cant be ruined in... 10-14-2008, 07:20 PM
HOTRODPAINT Actually, In the beginning of... 10-14-2008, 07:33 PM
NTFDAY I miss the smoky passes, the... 10-14-2008, 08:02 PM
GulfCoastGasser And I miss Jungle Pam and all... 10-16-2008, 10:10 AM
GulfCoastGasser The new Pam? 10-16-2008, 10:25 AM
HOTRODPAINT Being an early fan of 1/8th... 10-14-2008, 08:40 PM
Mike in Motown This is what I though until I... 12-14-2008, 08:30 AM
Dave Severson I still like running the... 10-15-2008, 05:20 AM
ted dehaan back in the early 60 we ran... 10-15-2008, 01:51 PM
HOTRODPAINT I remember reading about... 10-15-2008, 03:39 PM
gassersrule_196 commercialism 10-15-2008, 10:36 PM
Dave Severson Still amazes me the number of... 11-28-2008, 08:10 AM
REGs The only silver lining I've... 11-28-2008, 08:38 AM
Dave Severson Both the strips around here,... 11-28-2008, 10:00 AM
canadianal Hey guys back on line... 12-08-2008, 08:06 PM
hotrodtrux Somewhere in the world a pro... 12-08-2008, 09:58 PM
Dave Severson Doubt they're be many tracks... 12-14-2008, 10:32 AM
James Zail John force !!! 12-14-2008, 10:41 AM
BigTruckDriver exactly!!! 12-14-2008, 06:25 PM
gassersrule_196 greg anderson 12-14-2008, 06:46 PM
jerry clayton Wow!!!!! Being an old drag... 12-15-2008, 08:24 AM
Dave Severson If there were about 5 more... 12-15-2008, 02:08 PM
BigTruckDriver EXACTLY, Nascar is just as... 12-15-2008, 07:16 PM
Dave Severson Oh please...... NASCAR has... 12-15-2008, 07:19 PM
mooneye777 I do not like wrestling, but... 12-16-2008, 02:20 PM
Dave Severson Rich the idiot doesn't make... 12-15-2008, 04:23 PM
HOTRODPAINT I am not a fan of reality... 12-15-2008, 04:31 PM
mooneye777 I think all this countdown... 12-15-2008, 04:39 PM
hotroddaddy What about Pass Time? Any of... 12-15-2008, 04:38 PM
jerry clayton We have a friend/customer who... 12-15-2008, 05:15 PM
Dave Severson That all sounds good... 12-15-2008, 07:23 PM
Stu Cool I like Pinks All-OUt. Great... 12-15-2008, 10:19 PM
gassersrule_196 things that ruined drag... 12-15-2008, 10:59 PM
hotroddaddy It`s all to pricey for me!! I... 12-16-2008, 01:43 PM
Dave Severson I sure can't think of another... 12-17-2008, 06:48 AM
mooneye777 [QUOTE=Dave Severson;335739]I... 12-17-2008, 01:09 PM
jerry clayton I think its been down hill... 12-17-2008, 07:28 AM
jerry clayton And I don't mean because I... 12-17-2008, 07:30 AM
HOTRODPAINT ....and no commercial paint... 12-17-2008, 08:54 AM
HOTRODPAINT Many of us miss you! You can... 12-17-2008, 08:52 AM
Dave Severson Fine, they're all a bunch of... 12-17-2008, 02:10 PM
mooneye777 Damn Dave bad day at the... 12-18-2008, 05:12 PM
jerry clayton Hotrodpaint---- Actually I... 12-17-2008, 04:06 PM
HOTRODPAINT Jerry, I've been doing more... 12-17-2008, 05:57 PM
Dave Severson Yup, just all hype......no... 12-18-2008, 05:25 PM
BigTruckDriver ok........ 12-19-2008, 08:10 PM
mooneye777 Now I see where you are... 12-20-2008, 03:29 AM
Dave Severson Well, not exactly so with the... 12-20-2008, 06:18 AM
BigTruckDriver dang it boy, i thought nascar... 12-20-2008, 12:56 PM
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    Things That Ruined Drag Racing!

     



    I was a child of the '60s, and was lucky enough to... "Be there!...Be there!...Be there!"... for the "Golden Age". If that wasn't lucky enough, I lived near Indy, and went to the Nats from the very early '60s 'til the mid seventies.

    During this era, there were a few things that took the fun out of it for the spectator. Here are my "main pain" complaints:

    THE AUTOMATIC TRANS: Remember when Super Stock, Pro Stock, and Gas classes were "guardrail to guardrail, wheels up in all gears, and blow the driveshaft out" racing?

    THE SLIDER CLUTCH: They took away those beautiful trademark roostertails of smoke, and Top Fuel lost some of it's excitement. :-(

    DROPPING TOP GAS AS AN ELIMINATOR BRACKET: Top Gas Eliminator was as big of a spectacle as top fuel, with all of those beautful twins, like the "train", Gopher State Timing Association, and the mismatched motors of Frakes and Funk. They went 200 MPH with about 4 lbs of air in the slicks!.... and that wonderful sound of blown twin motors was like a giant V-16!!!

    ALLOWING FUNNYCARS TO RUN ANY MAKE OF ENGINE: There was a time when the Ford-General Motors-Chrysler-American Motors rivalry was a "raging war" in Funny Car. If it looked like a Chevy, it had to have Chevy power....and so on. Remember Orange County's "Manufacturer's Funny Car Championships"?

    SUCCESS OF THE REAR ENGINE DRAGSTER: The long, sleek, dart-like "slingshot dragster" was once the symbol of drag racing! It looked like no other kind of race car. When Garlits brought out his new RED car, another racer said "I hope this thing doesn't work, because it sure is ugly!" Today's car look more like a deformed Indy car. God, I miss the full bodied FEDs!

    Today I only have Pro Mod to be thankful for! At this point you can feel free to add any changes that made drag racing less exciting for you.
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