Thread: NHRA over!

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The thing I loved most about the days you mentioned are that you could cheer for your favorite brand!!! ....almost like ProStock or SuperStock!

A favorite event...though it was too far for me to attend from Illinois... was the Orange County Manufacturers' Championships, where the funny cars would be grouped into teams by "make"!

...of course I miss other things, like "winning a race means just as much on the first day of the season as the last".....and other changes. }:-(

(I hate the falsely generated "drama" of reality shows too.)

Yep--OCIR had several big shows--Manufactors Championship,Hang Ten, PDA, etc plus the division 7 races, a nhra national race once or twice(I think)

Lots of good photos on several sites if you do search

It was also the site of the last BBG in the pits by our car---thats a different story tho

[QUOTE=jerry clayton;369686

It was also the site of the last BBG in the pits by our car---thats a different story tho[/QUOTE]

Yes.... the good old days. {:-( One of my "fave" classes was CC/G, with those noisey 10,000-11,000 RPM shifts!!! Not everything that changes is for the better.

I mis typed---that was bbQ---as in food--everybody was always hanging out and someone set up a grill once--it grew from there--more and more people for free food---Donovan brought steaks, Arias-burgers, someone else chickens--got so out of hand that I didn't have room to work and accidently turned a loaded grill over drawing some severe tonque lashings from a few people---so I turned over the next two---and ran them off----now a days, Berstein, Schumacker, etc, etc with there 53 footers, flowers on tables---If I'd only known----of course if they would get rid of the catering trucks, there would be room for some race cars

That's okay. I love both BB/G AND BBQ! :-)

chanel 150 on dish network. the sport has gotten to expensive and to hi tech. i really liked the jr.stocks back in the 60's and 70's.last time i was at a track the honda's were kicking everybody a__.

Here is something of interest. Next year IHRA will offer "Prostalgia Funny Car Eliminator". One of my friends is building one. I wonder if he knew this?

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Here is something of interest. Next year IHRA will offer "Prostalgia Funny Car Eliminator". One of my friends is building one. I wonder if he knew this?

Nice, I am all over this!!!!