Thread: I miss real drag racing

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I'm not so sure that is it. For me, the sight of two new funny cars or dragsters going down the strip is simply not exciting. I pretty much lost interest in dragsters when they went to rear engines. I find much more enjoyment watching a gasser leave the line with front wheels aimed skyward, or an "obsolete" front engined dragster smoking them half way down the strip.

I think that is the attraction to shows like Pinks All Out or PassTime. We get to see cars to which we can relate. I can't relate to the Beretta's or whatever the latest body styles they are using in the top ranks these days. But that is just me.

Don

Down here, it seems to me that the hot rodders have pretty much abandoned the dragstrip long ago. Maybe racing your street car is a young mans game.

And the next generation of young men are racing Jappas.

Us old guys (Hey Im 50) will come out to watch, and race our hot rods at the nostalgia drags, because we are still passionate about it.

As for the new stuff, well I dont relate to it. Not even the doorslammers can get me too excited. But I will watch gassers hanging their front wheels.

Give me a fuel altered any day - 105 max on the wheelbase and run it over 440 yards.

there's a drag strip in North Georgia called Paradise that has nostalgia races.
it's in Calhoun, Ga they have a show and go on May 8th 2010 Show & Go (Rain date May 15th), they have a website paradisedragstrip dot net check it out the forum has pictures. I have never been but buddies say it great. then there's the one in Bowling green KY Beech Bend Raceway Park.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I'm not so sure that is it. For me, the sight of two new funny cars or dragsters going down the strip is simply not exciting. I pretty much lost interest in dragsters when they went to rear engines. I find much more enjoyment watching a gasser leave the line with front wheels aimed skyward, or an "obsolete" front engined dragster smoking them half way down the strip.

I think that is the attraction to shows like Pinks All Out or PassTime. We get to see cars to which we can relate. I can't relate to the Beretta's or whatever the latest body styles they are using in the top ranks these days. But that is just me.

Don

Me too. I think there is a point when it just becomes too professional. I know SCTA is not a money maker, but I find myself completely facinated by it even though it's not my favorite type of racing. The effort and dedication is beyond words.