Runninlean
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Ken didn't we meet at the Motel and have this discussion with Stelly? You seemed to be in favor of it then??
11.50, 10.0, 8.50:nail:
11.50, 10.0, 8.50:nail:
7500 lbs min? I'd have to ADD 300#s to my DD 3/4ton 4x4!
how about 6500 lbs min and fuel only.
IMO, index racing sux. Whats the point of building a 9 sec truck to run 10.5 and slamming the brakes @ the line? stupid.
also- rules should prevent cross-entering classes. No reason for PS guys dropping down to SS for easy wins.
weight and fuel(s) allowed is a great limit to allow the sport to grow without a lot of BS.
Well Max'd Out was anything but a big money corporate sponsored car, and I have a receipt file 5" thick to prove it. It only got sponsored after it paid it's dues and started winning.
Maybe try the class in the big events such as Phoenix, Texas, Indy and Edmonton and see what happens. It would never make it at the smaller events such as Redding, Woodburn, Mission, Brainerd, Virginia, and Billings. Don't know about the Fl race.
... Big money corporate sponsored cars. Where does this leave the entry level guys working on small budgets trying to advance?
Well Max'd Out was anything but a big money corporate sponsored car, and I have a receipt file 5" thick to prove it. It only got sponsored after it paid it's dues and started winning. If there are a bunch of 10 sec trucks out there that are not racing because they don't think they have a chance, just look at what happened in Ennis. a 10.2 truck won the whole thing. That happens a fair amount.
Show me 10 trucks in the country that would sign a petition that says they didn't race in any NHRDA event due to the SS class being too fast and they they would race if there was a 10.50 index class and maybe you will have a point. I say they don't race and that is just an excuse. Maybe try the class in the big events such as Phoenix, Texas, Indy and Edmonton and see what happens. It would never make it at the smaller events such as Redding, Woodburn, Mission, Brainerd, Virginia, and Billings. Don't know about the Fl race.
Honestly if nhrda went to an all index style like you continually lobby for it would have nothing to offer me that I couldn't get a whole lot closer to home. I would probably stop nhrda if it went to all index classes. save me a lot of driving.
Your proposed way to grow the sport comes at the expense of all those who are currently in the sport building vehicles to fit the rules.
We build Torrey's truck out of my 2 car garage, I don't even have a hoist. Every dollar to this point has come out of Torrey's own pocket. We have had some help along the way with some parts or labour sponsorship's (nothing free, just decent deals). This is Torrey's passion so all of his expendable income / days off go into running this truck. We would love a big corporate sponsorship, and are actively seeking sponsors, but to this point it has been a "small budget" endeavour.
I put "small budget" in quotations as anyone who races heads up anything realizes this is a relative term.
A corporate sponsor at this point would just mean we could travel further and make more events, as well as have more spare parts to maintain through those events.
OK I've watch you post about torrey's truck enough now. torrey has more money in that truck than any of these sponsored trucks. i mean at one point he paid $50,000 for a motor setup. i'm sorry but thats not small budget. great truck, i like torrey but sometimes you talk more zhit than i can swallow. the average guy with a two bay garage don't have what he was able to invest inn. last yr he put three motors in it, the motor you built lasted one weekend in his truck. superstreet has evolved and to be competitive you do need serious coin.
until the truck count goes up big time, i don't see it changing
OK I've watch you post about torrey's truck enough now. torrey has more money in that truck than any of these sponsored trucks. i mean at one point he paid $50,000 for a motor setup. i'm sorry but thats not small budget. great truck, i like torrey but sometimes you talk more zhit than i can swallow. the average guy with a two bay garage don't have what he was able to invest inn. last yr he put three motors in it, the motor you built lasted one weekend in his truck. superstreet has evolved and to be competitive you do need serious coin.
until the truck count goes up big time, i don't see it changing
Please explain EXACTLY how it would "come at the expense" of the current racers and the EXACT reasons why you would stop racing NHRDA events?
And "Index racing sucks" is not a valid EXACT answer.