Bracket racing gets me and some friends to stay at the track a few weekends every year. Its what I look forward to all winter.

I like it all, but heads up is kinda neat. We have "Street Warz" up here on Fri. nights and it's heads up with anything street leagal. Some heavy hitters, but for the most part, just hot 'real street' runners.

If there wasn't bracket racing, I don't have any idea what class I would have to compete in! I am sure I wouldn't have much of a chance though!

As one who has been around this sport for forty five years, it is my humble opinion that bracket racing has saved the sport from extintion.

Class racing became so expensive, the playground of those with an incredible amount of time and money (usually both) that it was becoming impossible for the ham and egg guy who works for a living to be competitive.

Bracket racing saved the sport for those guys, and also saved the sport for the local tracks.

Although many of the more arrogant class racers put the badmouth on classes that are not "performance oriented" (whatever that means), very few of them can hang with good bracket drivers in a driving contest. You've got to be on your game to go several rounds in an event where everyone can run the number, much more sharp than to go rounds where your wallet is large enough to buy the best engine builder's "trick of the week" and blow everyone into the weeds.

Although I have class raced, bracket raced, and now love and support NSS racing, my respect for bracket cars and the drivers has never been higher.

I think bracket raciing is the best thing to ever happen to sportsman style racing, and it also one of the worst things to happen to racing, but I've been doing it a long time and have no intentions of quiting.

My what big.................Tires you have, and wasn't it someone that looks just like you that bought a new aluminum block. The rest of us peons will just have to make do with our old tractor motors.

At one time I was one of the ones who "bagged" on bracket racing UNTIL I went out to Norwalk several years ago and hung out with Eric (moderator) who taught me a few things about it. Between Eric and Pat Norton I gained a whole new respect for that type of racing from witnessing their love and dedication for it. Those two had the look of an F-15 pilot in their eyes while in the cockpit of their rides. And them boys can bracket race!

From my view, I personally think a bracket racer would make a top heads-up type racer because they look/study/know all facets of the "race" and their "car" to get the absolute MOST out of each pass.........which would be deadly in a heads-up type ride. But hey, thats just my opinion.

Wes

Yes, because test-and-tune is like going on a hot date and at the end of the night, she gives you a hand-shake!

Usually when i'm on my game, the car isn't running good. Then the car will be running great, and then I'll beat myself.

Scenario: got a great bulb, car was running great all day, had some distance on the other guy in high gear, only to misjudge the line and let him take the stripe....

If it was not for bracket racing what class would Michelle run in?



She beat the president of the Caribbean Drag Racing Association in his black 2005 Vette one night. He broke out, she didn't!! That was a highlight. he was a perfect gentleman about it.

DON'T GET ME STARTED.1977 I STARTED RACING brackets were fairly new i've raced AHRA,IHRA,NHRA,
As most of you know $500 to $50,000 cars compete shake hands go for it.Electronic no electronics so be it,slicks verses street tire , old drivers, young drivers ,men verses women.
THE pocket book is your other handicap


Brackets are the backbone of major sanctions but we get treated by lack of spectators and coverage.

Our track has cut purses ,5 pts events now,pts monies.Lack of going for the local sponsors.
Those in the click tell us all they need is midnite madness ,street car shootouts ,were the biggest motor should win they don't need cars just spectators and not pay anything out, BIG TROPHIES.
I KNOW MOST OF us wont race justfor a trophy

WE've asked to raise our entry fees so we have a better payout so we dont have to travel 2 1/2 hrs.

So if you have a track that is treating you with
a decent payout,and want your car their BE GLAD.

WE have a racers banquet put on by racers .
Our JR's get crapped on ,our future in brackets.

I.ve been told if Gateway got sold brackets will be done how much worse is that .
thank your god and your management
I feel better practicing my typing
don

I like bracket racing, and did that more than anything. I ran a SG car for a long time, and loved it. It started to suck when the stutter box thing happened, and I quit SG racing. It was more fun to just bracket race at full throttle. I'll do it again at some point in the future, save some money, and maybe have more fun.

Full power bracket racing is a good thing to me, just don't like the feeling of a launch, then letting the car fall on it's face only to have it blast off again.

Well, let's see. From my personal perspective: I have been bracket racing since 1978, play the 5 string banjo (2007 GF-85) and used to (heavy on the "used to") chew the chitt out of most tobacco products in the late 70's, early 80's.

Shoot, I can't afford a tractor motor. Gotta settle for a bus motor in my heap. Bracket racing's where it's at.

Allen, what track is that in this picture and are you living in Bend now? If so (in Bend) cotact me if you want aboutr making a plan on whuppen up on them silver Camaro

Another life long bracket racer here.

It always cracks me up that a lot of guys who hate bracket racing run a "heads-up" class that has an index. Any class with an index is just a bracket class that your dial is set for you.

True heads-up racing is just too expensive for me. It is fun watching all the guys cry on Yellowbullet about how much money gets spent though, especially when someone bombs a record.