OK, I'll add my 2 cents, too--
I ran my '65 GTO in the drags back in the 60s in Virginia-- Waynesboro
and Richmond. It was loads of fun back then; the "big guys" were the
ones who brought their cars to the strip on trailers! We schmoes just
drove to the track and ran, hoping nothing broke. I ran in "BB Stock" --
yeah, that's right-- "BB Stock". You're right if you are thinking "There
was no such NHRA class as that!" ...and you're right; in the South back
then the drag racing sanctioning body was NASCAR.
Frankly, drag racing lost me when it became a "bracket racing" exercise.
I like to race to win.
As far as NASCAR is concerned nowadays I can't help but think that their
big empire is due to collapse before long-- but I've been wrong before.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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Subject: Re: Businesses of NHRA and NASCAR ....... part 2
While I agree with everyone about everything I have to remind us that
NASCAR
and NHRA are more than Cup racing and Nationals. When I took my roadster
to
Redding I saw some pretty neat backyard drag cars. That's pretty much
all
that was there. And Watsonville, isn't that a NASCAR sanctioned track?
San
Jose was. If you don't like spectator sports, don't watch. I don't. Go
support the nearest oval or dragstrip. Build a bomber and run it. I
think
the TQs put on a great show for reasonable money. RF
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