This is some funny chit looks like some pullers are affraid of competition and want a class just for themselves rather than start @ the bottom and work their way up like the rest of us.
Y'know I think there is consensus on this now.
Beginners need to go to brush pulls to get their feet wet. If the PPP rules allow a mix of trucks, and no one single guy is dominating, then run with that and be happy. Maybe we should make a point of helping push those rules at local events that don't have some high-level event going on.
At the bigger events, let's run unified national rules, put on a good show, and no frickin' whining. Man up and shut up.
People's expectations need adjusting sometimes. When I started pulling, I didn't expect to win or have some huge trophy and the key to the secret city. I just wanted to hook and see how I did. You've got to be that simple about it.
And if we're at a track and a newb has questions, I think we should all try to help out and direct them to a venue where they fit, without giving them any kind of primadonna attitude or BS. Because at the end of the day I think we all find that the future of the sport has a lot to do with how we treat other people. Who wants to join some club or org that's full of assholes? No one!
This is all we can do. End of story.
1 There is no doubt NADM 2.6 is the cream of the crop premier class.
2 Most pullers represented here don't want to see a change.
3 Your average diesel owner isn't going to hook no matter what. There is a WS class for them in NADM and at most fair pulls.
4 This leaves a large group of tweener trucks with aftermarket chargers in limbo. Can't hook WS or stock at fairs.
5 This brings us to unified rules. The average joe isn't going to hook. The daily driver "kid" with a hot street truck isn't going to get embarrassed in front of his woman or friends to pull 2.6 NADM rules.
Why can't we as a group come up with a set of rules that local groups or fairs can use to include the tweeners. These trucks are the next group coming up if we include them.
I can build a track and get a sled reasonable. You guys cover the insurance and everything else, deal?
I have a question for you masters. How many of you have walked past the clown with the ball hitch or the garden tractor clevis, chuckled, and kept on?
Do me a favor and TELL the guy, it wont work, better borrow one quick.
I have a question for you masters. How many of you have walked past the clown with the ball hitch or the garden tractor clevis, chuckled, and kept on?
Do me a favor and TELL the guy, it wont work, better borrow one quick.