I started racing at a track in SO CA in 1964 when class racing was the only choice at Mickey Thompson Fontana Drag City
I remember when bracket racing started a little later and thought that was a bunch of bunk
I didn't do any more at the track racing until around 1972 and not many of the tracks in SO CA had a regular schedule class racing races, but they all had regular bracket races every weekend and some of them race during the week also
My message is if I didn't learn to bracket race I could only race class 5 or 6 times a year
We all get to make choices in life, my choices on drag racing are now limited by the market place