DaveH;276768 wrote:
I don't have a beef with bracket racers, I have a beef with bracket "racing".
I've been racing in one form or another (hillclimb, motocross, roadracing) since the mid 70's (yes I'm that old). To me, "real" racing is when you try to beat the other guy to the finish line no matter what, you try to get there as quickly as you can by riding/driving better than the other guy, and by having a better prepared machine. I don't think that giving someone a head start because their car is slower than the other guys, or because he has a delay box make his car slower, is real racing. It's just farting around on a track. So, rather than sit at the light for 5 or 6 seconds while the other guy gets a head start, I'd rather just work at getting my car to go quicker. Why do you think we don't get spectators for bracket racing? Because it's boring. A minivan racing a 11 sec car? Who's ridiculous idea is that?
To me, drag racing should have classes set up based on weight, displacement, etc and then you run heads up. Run what you brung and if you didn't bring enough, you work on it until you do.
Of course, your mileage may vary.
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this explains why you are on a never ending quest to make your drag car even faster then.
for myself the sights and sounds are HUGE. burnouts, race gas cars goig by fast.
not keen on brackets due to above mentioned reasons, Daves reasons) but i do like to go watch if possible.
if i lived closer to a track i would be there more often for the sights and sounds if nothing else. oh and likely taking pics too. but i live in thief river so its a jaunt for me to get to any track
Monty
