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You, Jeff, are the exception. Go to a national event and watch what happens after the fuelers are done running.
That's just a perception on your part. They wouldn't be in the sixes, but perhaps in the low 5's and high 4's. We would be back to 1/4 mile racing for everyone, and you would see more people that would and could come out to race because they could afford it again. And if that's not enough, racers wouldn't need multi-million sponsorships and would be more likely to do what the prostock racers did last weekend, tell NHRA to f off! I hate to say it, but we need a throttle stop on the sport these days IMO. Just like they stopped racing the rocket cars,blown fuel altereds, and front engine fuel cars in the 70's. And before you say they still do race those classes, they have restrictions on them. It's supposed to be fun for all and on the edge, not over the edge.
One of the main reasons they need the big dollar sponsorships is travel expenses and upkeep for going to 23 national events if they race the full circuit. In the old days teams used to match race to make money and go to the 4 (maybe) national events a year. Now, running the circuit is a full time job and then some. No time for match racing anymore. The old days are long gone. Slowing the cars down will never bring them back.
And BobR is correct. There is only one reason that P/S and PS/B run BEFORE the fuel cars. The stands would be empty if they didn't. Every class from P/S on down is merely space filler between rounds of fuel.
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