Re: This form of racing is silly
[Re: fbs63]
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Is it more silly than a race where you can lose by going too fast? Or 7 second cars going 10.90 on a throttle stop? This EXACTLY! Most of the people racing cars like this are doing back-half no prep. At Us41 its from the finish line on. It's like racing in the alley. They need all the weight on the back tires from the hit. I would not personally do it but I respect the guys who are. x2. They race on the backside of Milan a few times a year and I've spectated a bunch of them. The cars are getting more serious now but it seems to be a relatively low buck way to race heads up. None of them are able to use all of the power so it's a tuning and setup game. I don't care for the no front end look, but I definitely don't mind watching the long travel cars race on the street or any of the back of the track events.
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Re: This form of racing is silly
[Re: Al_Alguire]
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01/15/24 02:27 PM
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Is it more silly than a race where you can lose by going too fast? Or 7 second cars going 10.90 on a throttle stop? Ouch. collateral damage. But hey at least I know where you stand Not making a statement there Al, asking a question. Like is it any more silly than collecting time slips all week without ever racing side by side against your opponent?
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Re: This form of racing is silly
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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01/15/24 02:55 PM
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Something about us men. If it has wheels, we will find a way to race it.
When I was a teenager stocking grocery store shelves overnight we would stand on pallet jacks and race around the aisles ....
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Re: This form of racing is silly
[Re: wingman]
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The pay outs are huge and getting bigger and bigger every year. 10-20G's plus. I may try a bunch of the No Prep events this year at Milan.
My buddies nephew won a couple of events and made over 19G's last summer. Paid for his and his brothers racing, parts and travel expenses for both cars plus for the whole year.
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Re: This form of racing is silly
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01/15/24 04:02 PM
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Something about us men. If it has wheels, we will find a way to race it.
When I was a teenager stocking grocery store shelves overnight we would stand on pallet jacks and race around the aisles .... The IGA store I worked at had giveaway bikes that we would get down and ride through the aisles at night. One of the funnest jobs I've ever had.
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Re: This form of racing is silly
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01/15/24 04:21 PM
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everyone here is pretty old, you dont remember???.......if you look these, they are just modern day gassers, funny cars, altered wheelbase, etc Its drag racing starting all over again, thats all it really is
AND don think they are slow....they are going anywhere from 6.0 to 4.90's thats pretty darn quick for not using ALL the power you have
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Re: This form of racing is silly
[Re: Schultz62]
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01/15/24 08:05 PM
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For the drag strip uneducated what class, geographical region, sanctioning body is this happening in?? That's a front side no prep race in Pageland, SC. Turbo John lent Nick from Hustlin' Horsepower his fox body, and Nick put a solid front axle under it while he was borrowing the car. None of these really have sanctioning bodies, with a few exceptions they're local promoters.
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Re: This form of racing is silly
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Something about us men. If it has wheels, we will find a way to race it.
When I was a teenager stocking grocery store shelves overnight we would stand on pallet jacks and race around the aisles .... The IGA store I worked at had giveaway bikes that we would get down and ride through the aisles at night. One of the funnest jobs I've ever had. Video cameras being everywhere now has ruined all of that kind of fun.
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Re: This form of racing is silly
[Re: Blusmbl]
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01/16/24 10:11 AM
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For the drag strip uneducated what class, geographical region, sanctioning body is this happening in?? That's a front side no prep race in Pageland, SC. Turbo John lent Nick from Hustlin' Horsepower his fox body, and Nick put a solid front axle under it while he was borrowing the car. None of these really have sanctioning bodies, with a few exceptions they're local promoters. The mustang in the pic was a roller and loaned to a racer who'd wrecked his car. He used the front suspension and drivetrain from his wrecked car to Frankenstein something just so he could continue to race. Just saying, it wasn't really done like this on purpose. I really wish they'd implement a rule that the car has to have a front end on it. Some races have. I enjoy watching the no prep stuff sometimes, but don't think I'll ever try it myself.
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Re: This form of racing is silly
[Re: Schultz62]
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01/16/24 10:12 AM
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For the drag strip uneducated what class, geographical region, sanctioning body is this happening in?? Tracks down here are different. Even if it is a sanctioned track, there really isn't any tech inspection to speak of. LOTS of outlaw tracks here too.
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