Actually, from what I can remember, racing in the 60's was kinda like no prep drag racing - albeit at a much slower pace. They did use brooms to get the big stuff off the tracks and you could prep your own tires.

Too me they're a street/grudge style race in a somewhat controlled(not illegal) environment. If some guys want to take the risk, that's on them.
Kinda like the wheel stand contests, smash your car all to hell for the chance to win $5000-$10000.
I look at it as "oh well, it's their time & money"

I think it's as stupid of an idea as playing Russian Roulette.

Quit spraying the entire track with glue, make the tuners and the drivers earn there paycheck. A plus, fans always would rather see cars and drivers fighting to get down the track, the small tire car popularity has proven that.

A bonus would be that if the cars slow down substantially, we might see the fuel cars go back to running the quarter mile.

Danny

IT'S A F#CKING BLAST!!!!
Put your big boy pants on! If we can make a car go 4.90 on a 26" tire and stock suspension on a no prep track why would any of you slower or chassis car guys be scared?? Seriously, you've never been wide open on anything but a track?

Do tell. How do you go 4.90 on a 26" tire with no prep?
Doug

I think it's as dumb as it gets too. But if people want to do it, and there's people that want to watch and it outs a$$es in the seats, I guess people are going to look for the crashes. It's like the wheelie contests. I don't get it, but tracks make money doing it and there's no shortage of slack jawed goobers that show up to do it.

I'd also like to know who, where & when that happened.

Very carefully with the nitrous, I can't tell ya what car, we NEVER turn a clock on. It can grab all 3 kits on no prep on 26's. The driver is a mad man, street testing on 28's he grabbed the 3rd kit!

For the record there are cars going low 4.60's on the 26x8.5 slick, that's wild!

We have had no prep events here on the east coast long before street outlaws have made it popular. I have personally gone 5.70s on 26" slicks at one of these events, takes a little to figure out a tune that works.

That's a picture of a picture of the event.

WHY?

Because a street is not prepped...

WHY? youtube

not mine.

How much quicker are you guys on prepped tracks? Why build power to go fast and back it off?
Doug

Bunch of haters and panty waists up in here..............The tracks some of us raced on just a FEW years ago were worse than some of these so called no-Prep tracks now. Seems some don't want to try their hand unless conditions are perfect. It's called TUNING and racing the surface given. NOT bitching because the track is not good enough to fit YOUR tune. Same crowd here that was calling for NHRAs head because the Pro-Stocks were getting loose, when all they have to do is put some damn wing in the car. Race the surface given.........that's what we all used to do

I think I will go play hockey on some thin ice on the pond outside, should make it more exciting.
Not haters, just can't see why someone would put thousands of dollars into a car and take a chance you could end up like Daddy Dave. Don't get me wrong, I would love to watch train wrecks just like anybody else. As long as people don't get hurt.

Agreed. Apparently no one here has run at a track like WIR. That's a "no-prep" track all the time. Oh, and if the starting line doesn't pee in your Cheerios, the multiple 4-link-breaking dips all down the track will. I can see both sides but some guys get really spoiled getting to race at tracks that prep like they do.

Bottom line is this, if you don't like it, don't race it. Pretty simple.