Modern Drag Racing Boring, Boring, Boring or is it just me?

OK, so I got to ask...how many of you (other then Scooter) still race your own car or do some wrenching time on a car that is currently drag racing??? It's still fun, it's still competitive!!!! Wishing it was still the "good old days" won't change a thing, guaranteed!!! Is it commercialized? You bet it is and you'd better not forget taking care of a sponsor cuz there's a dozen other participants who would love to have him!!!! TV racing in the pro classes is still very competitive, but 3 guys with full time jobs working out of a two car garage next to the house just ain't gonna make it!!!

Want to change it? So do I!!!! Send ADRL, NMRA or one of the other non-NHRA racing organizations your money every year, support them and help it grow!!! Go to a few events even if you have to travel, what will you miss, another NSRA show with a gazillion red Deuces and half a gazillion black Deuces???? Take whatever you got for a runner and go bracket race it...then come back and say how boring and easy it is!!! It's one of the few places a guy who actually wants to be involved in drag racing can afford to compete!!! Racing is still racing and for me it's a heck of a lot more fun to participate at any level then to just sit back and complain about what a rotten job the sanctioning bodies do running their show!!!!

Sorry, but I guess I'm just tired of people complaining about how things are in the world of drag racing and not wanting to do anything about it!!!! There's a lot of things I don't like about NHRA, and whenever there's an NHRA rep at an event I make it a point to look him up and tell him what I like and don't like. I also send them my membership money every year, cuz what we have now is sure a heck of a lot better then nothing at all!!!!

Go race, it's still fun---when you're involved as a participant.....

Amen my brother Dave,amen.Heck-I don't want to go back because all these yrs I have worked so hard to get this far.

Dave, I was commenting as a spectator. I believe the OP was too. Yes, I also race. Not at the Nationals but at the locals. I own & run a '69 Mustang. I am also part of the crew of an alcohol blown & injected 6 second Top Sportsman car. (Can't pilot it as I inject for diabetes). It's the fastest C-6 tranny drag car in the world. Anyway, The local drags are great featuring nostalgia & old time gasser cars. It's the Nationals that have gotten mundane. Boring, well no, I would say it's just the same ol same ol everytime & not as exciting as in years past. But as I get older alot of things are that way. ;)

Gary, I just noticed you are in Rochester. I'm in Avon. Do you get out to the Leicester drags?
Mick

Dave, Yes, I also support financially as a sponsor. I sponsored the Pro-class for the POPS (Pony On Pony Shootout) last season. It's a local group here that runs on 3 tracks in western NY. So, Yes, I'm involved (& not complaining without helping to change & support), just not involved at the Nationals level......................yet

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Originally Posted by FORDZILLA

Dave, I was commenting as a spectator. I believe the OP was too. ;)

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So was I. When the NDRA has a large media contract and is a regular on a network, I will give my 2 cents about the job they are doing with their product for the fans as well. NHRA's top level racing is a product...not a hobby.

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Originally Posted by FORDZILLA

Dave, Yes, I also support financially as a sponsor. I sponsored the Pro-class for the POPS (Pony On Pony Shootout) last season. It's a local group here that runs on 3 tracks in western NY. So, Yes, I'm involved (& not complaining without helping to change & support), just not involved at the Nationals level......................yet

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Kewl deal!!! Pony on Pony??? a Mustang shootout of some sort?? We've talked about doing a thing like that around here, with a payout at each event and a points fund for all events--How did you guys set it up???

Dave, Here's a link to the website.

http://www.popsracing.com/

I was a sponsor last year of the Pro class along with Schillinger Racing. I wasn't involved with setting up the club. Give one of the guys in the contacts listings a yell & I'm sure they will point you in the right direction for having your own POPS racing.
Mick

Thanks Ford!!! Gonna check that out! Trying to do a deal with kind of an old time heads up racing theme based on Qucik 8 cars from each track running heads up with probably a break out time to "discourage" the sandbaggers (like me!) from saving their best runs for the money meets!!!!



Went to the POPS site!!! Looks like one heck of a neat program. Got to get to work now but definitely going to get some information on how the whole deal works... Any of you guys looking for a unique drag racing program might want to check it out!!! Could work most anywhere!!! More cars at the local tracks means more butts in the seats which means more money for payout and eventually more cars competinting!!!! Don't let drag racing at the hobbyist level die just because of a disillusionment with Pro racing!!!!!