why not race to 60 ft clocks...save alot of parts..racing would be close...and you can get off the track at the 1/8...speed up the race a bunch....

Just say no to 1/8 boring racing...

Personally, I think cars should stage, then turn off the engines. Light goes green, 1st car to start wins.

I would love to race either one! I also notice that there are not many people in this thread with sub 10 second cars.

on that note Ted, mine is a sub 10.00 sec 1/4 mile ride and I am not choosey as to which I run, 1/8 or 1/4 I am just happy to be there so I am not going to turn down a good race weekend just because it is 1/8 mile.

Didn't think I would like 1/8 th till I raced it and what a blast.........a drag race is a drag race weather 1/8th, 1/4 or one mile............

Guys...To me it was all about the competition and the great times we had. 1/4 mile or 1/8th mile...It didn't matter as long as I was having fun and doing my best to win. You guys that say you would park your car before running 1/8th mile go ahead. Then whine about it later. My 64 can run 1/8th or the 1/4. It is competitive and has went rounds in both. As most of you know I will more than likely never drive my car down the track again. So go ahead and piss and moan about an 1/8th mile race.

Bingo you nailed it Ted. Good Friends and competition. I guess we all could stay home and make quilts. Lol

I like my 1/8 mile, still get a rush from acceleration

In the state I live in you have no choice. You race 1/8 or don't race. I have been racing 30yrs and have never made a 1/4 mile pass. I here a lot on here complain about no tracks to go to or have to go 2-3 hrs to get to one. There is 7 tracks within 60 miles from my house. And I have never been through tech. All you need a seat belt and a helmet. There is two 1/4 tracks but they always race 1/8.

I really have no problem with tech. Tech is a good thing

Streaming hung on the final. Unreal.

One of my local tracks was going to start teching cars at the first of the year. He changed his mind when nobody showed up. They just went to another track.

I guess there will always be a debate on 1/8 vs 1/4 mile. I grew up on 1/4 mile races but really have no preference if an event like the Mopar race at Norwalk if it goes to 1/8 mile. I did race there a few years ago in the no box bonanza after all the hurricanes down south forced them to go 1/8 for all classes and it was pretty good. Its like for the Super Bowl gamblers, they're happy to bet on anything to do with the game, like the coin toss or the first tackle for a loss by # 96. Good luck next summer pittsburghracer in the big event!!

nhra stared in the 50s and all there races have been 1/4 mile. then they thought they would slow top fuel by shutting them off at 1000 feet but we all see they didn't work they still run 340 mph and the only thing they run a 1/8 mile is jr dragsters for little kids. man up and run the rest of the race. and for you guys saying its easer on the motors well if you cant build a motor to run 1/4 mile you need to find a new engine builder. did you guys ever see a dirt car race? now them motors take a beating hot cold spinning and sliding lap after lap. if it wasn't for these guys trying to run 3000 hp on 275 tires we would not need half track racing.

In the mid or early 1960s NHRA tried 1/2 mile drags on the old Riverside international road race course, that didn't work out NHRA endorses and sanctifies many 1/8 mile tracks all over the nation as well as some overseas
As already mentioned several times in some parts of the country it is 1/8 mile drag racing or no racing at all
If you have a halfway fast 1/4 mile car your in high gear before the 1/8 mile so what do you do for the last half of the track besides drive the stripe like you do in the 1/8 mile
Parts breakage occurs on the starting line or near the finish line in 1/4 mile racing, 1/8 mile racing has a lot less parts breakage at the finish line

cars brake at the finish line because they are set on kill. look at all the top fuel cars. they come apart at the finish line and they don't have gears so why do they them at all ??? they run them for the ets and speed. thats what drag racing is to go as fast and quick as you can to cover the 1/4 mile that's fine if that the only track they have to race at is 1/8 mile but don't make me because I do have a 1/4 mile track .

Heck those big old Hemi's don't start coming on till 1000 feet. LOL

It seems to me that two big factors not mentioned that brought about 1/8 mile racing is room and money! Some tracks simply don't have the property available to race 1/8 mile. In fact, many tracks from the early years that raced 1/4 mile went to 1/8 mile as the cars got faster and they didn't have enough room to stop. Second issue is money. It costs a lot more to have the extra property for 1/4 mile racing, especially these days. Older tracks can't afford to add on and newer ones may not be able to afford the full 1/4 mile, the initial purchase, then the overhead. I'm pretty sure that the insurance rates are cheaper for the shorter events as well. It's certainly safer.

Personally, I like and race both but have a preference for 1/8 mile. That may be for practical reasons because I raced 1/8 mile the most lately and have the car figured out better for it. But I'm certainly not going to avoid one because I like the other one more. Competition is still there in the 1/8 and there is less time to set up for "games".

With the way things are going, don't take anything for granted. There are less 1/4 mile events to race at. But complaining about and avoiding 1/8 mile events will hasten the time when one may not have a place to race at all.

I have a friend that says choices like this, eighth mile versus quarter mile, is why there is chocolate and vanilla ice cream.

While my preference is quarter mile, the important thing is having a place to race.

I wish prosperous times to all tracks regardless of the flavor.

Outlaw 10.5 is all 1/8th mile now. Cars are too heavy and too fast to be safe over a full 1/4 mile. I advocated for the change and am glad it's here.