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I had never heard this before. good news for Comp, more entries.
I had never heard this before. good news for Comp, more entries.
You’re right, but that’s the very nature of racing.Years ago, NHRA created the "Econo" classes for dragsters & funny cars. Idea was to take an old chassis and put a V-8 engine with one 4 barrel carb, Glide trans and go racing. I think 3-4 classes. Well that morphed into cars that went way past what the class was supposed to be. A/ED today can run 6.50's at 205 plus with what is basically a Pro Stock motor with a 4 barrel. Nothing "econo" about it. Not too many "econo" cars racing today cuz of cost. I can't think of a single class in Comp that wouldn't cost minimum of $100,000 to build. Would very much like to see a crate engine class and even a Junior Comp class in Comp. Motorcycle engined dragster would be cool for Comp. Have seen those run in the 9's. Cool to watch, high RPM and they shift it about 5 times during the run. I guess you'd have to wonder, if NHRA did include those classes in Comp, how long would it be before the costs would go to the moon, like everything else.
Yup, bunch of big money comp racers saw the soft indexes in the "econo" classes and look what happened....Years ago, NHRA created the "Econo" classes for dragsters & funny cars. Idea was to take an old chassis and put a V-8 engine with one 4 barrel carb, Glide trans and go racing. I think 3-4 classes. Well that morphed into cars that went way past what the class was supposed to be. A/ED today can run 6.50's at 205 plus with what is basically a Pro Stock motor with a 4 barrel. Nothing "econo" about it. Not too many "econo" cars racing today cuz of cost. I can't think of a single class in Comp that wouldn't cost minimum of $100,000 to build. Would very much like to see a crate engine class and even a Junior Comp class in Comp. Motorcycle engined dragster would be cool for Comp. Have seen those run in the 9's. Cool to watch, high RPM and they shift it about 5 times during the run. I guess you'd have to wonder, if NHRA did include those classes in Comp, how long would it be before the costs would go to the moon, like everything else.
Everyone knows Drag Racing is addictive. We all want to make car or dragster run as quick as possible it's nature of the beast, and cost isn't an issue. No matter what class is started, if there's interest it will become expensive.Years ago, NHRA created the "Econo" classes for dragsters & funny cars. Idea was to take an old chassis and put a V-8 engine with one 4 barrel carb, Glide trans and go racing. I think 3-4 classes. Well that morphed into cars that went way past what the class was supposed to be. A/ED today can run 6.50's at 205 plus with what is basically a Pro Stock motor with a 4 barrel. Nothing "econo" about it. Not too many "econo" cars racing today cuz of cost. I can't think of a single class in Comp that wouldn't cost minimum of $100,000 to build. Would very much like to see a crate engine class and even a Junior Comp class in Comp. Motorcycle engined dragster would be cool for Comp. Have seen those run in the 9's. Cool to watch, high RPM and they shift it about 5 times during the run. I guess you'd have to wonder, if NHRA did include those classes in Comp, how long would it be before the costs would go to the moon, like everything else.
Unicorn -- heads up economy drag racing
My 24 Hours of Lemons car started as a $500 BMW .... I will have roughly $10k in it when it goes to the track, all within the rules....
Their website says the claim rule exists, but only the organizers, not fellow competitors can claim. And they've only done it twice. No more crushing.Don't they still have claiming rules for any car in the race?
Do they also still randomly crush 1 car at every event?