Who cares about driftin, slidin or whatever ? It's all ghey.
Excellent response.....well your post had a very aggressive tone coming up to asking about a grudge race. I took it as very aggressive and out of place in a discussion because i took it like your solution to settle differing opinions which would be ludicrous.
Where you are 100% correct is that it wasnt cool for me to generalize an entire generation on the acts of the bad apples. I will own up to the fact that i shouldnt have done that. Although an increasing number prove that our generation has some issues, its not always true for every last person.
Speaking of young guns.......have you guys seen this thread for young guns..
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=299759&page=2
I have had the thoughts to do some giveaways and fun build threads for young guns down the road.
BTW: i dont "grudge" race, but if you ever in the southern Colorado area .....there is a local track that we run for fun. Although i have not run a car in some time it can still be cool out there. Back when i was in first years of college days i ran my dad's 69 cuda on the track but that has been awhile now and the cuda is showng it age now. (original 2 owner Car that my dad bought as a used car in 1972) But something will be coming out of the shop real soon.
quoted for truth, that **** ain't racing.Who cares about driftin, slidin or whatever ? It's all ghey.
quoted for truth, that **** ain't racing.
How did this thing turn into who likes what of car enthusiasts? Why can't people have any respect for something their not into? Close minded much? Never tried drifting myself but the talent it takes is crazy, I'd like to see any of you old farts in here give it a go lol.
Anyway, all motorsports are suffering due to a down turn in most people's incomes. I haven't noticed any dying off at my local drag strip though, place is always packed on a Friday night, grudge races are huge around here!
How did this thing turn into who likes what of car enthusiasts? Why can't people have any respect for something their not into? Close minded much? Never tried drifting myself but the talent it takes is crazy, I'd like to see any of you old farts in here give it a go lol.
Go on YouTube and type in Ken Block Gymkhana seven. I would post the link but I can't figure it out how to do it on my Ipad. Even though he is driving a Ford, it is still badass and it takes quite a little bit of skill to do what he does.
instead of looking up ken block look up sebastian loeb.
way more talent and actually wins races.
ken is talented but basing your opinions on him over gymkhana is a joke. he kills it at the 100ac woods rally in missouri and owns the concord pond stage up north
Drag racing was killed by electronics, NOS, and a plethora of rules to control high tech cheating and to make everything equal.
I quit racing...and watching...when pure heads-up racing of street driven cars ended...and participation prices skyrocketed. The same holds true for oval track racing.
a lot of good points on here. my problem w/ drag racing is:electronics are killing it, me and a bunch of people I know aren`t interested in watching a car or dragster leave the line-shut off-come back to life and run down a real car. delay boxes and all included, next big deal will prob. be setting in the stands w/ a joy stick. and just as big w/ me is 1/8 mile racing, I hate it and will not pay to see it. i have a friend that`s got a low 9 sec. vega, knocking on the 8`s, he even switched back to foot braking says he`s having more fun. and the nhra is to blame too, for making it too expensive for the average guy anymore, lets face it, when you have a set of lap belts that haven`t seen sunshine but 2-3 times, and you have to replace them every two yrs., come on! also grew up on small town drifting as such, did it on dirt roads, and the streets when the cops were at the other end of town, doesn`t hold any thing for me anymore. I still enjoy 1/4 racing. the problem is w/ me you can`t gear a street car for 1/8 mile b.s.----rant over -bobrotest:rotest:rotest:
drifting is like mens couples figure skating
it sucks
driving sideways is for getting around the dirt track
much rather watch 850 hp 1400lb sprint cars go 4 wide into a corner at 100+ then watch a couple of ricers dance at 50 mph
racing is dying. dirt tracks are struggling to keep the gates open. kids would rather play video games and what not then pick up some tools and do something with their hands
How did this thing turn into who likes what of car enthusiasts? Why can't people have any respect for something their not into? Close minded much? Never tried drifting myself but the talent it takes is crazy, I'd like to see any of you old farts in here give it a go lol.
Anyway, all motorsports are suffering due to a down turn in most people's incomes. I haven't noticed any dying off at my local drag strip though, place is always packed on a Friday night, grudge races are huge around here!
And why can't people like what they want to like and not like what they want? Why do we always have to have the psycho babble bullcrap "respect others" thrown in? If I don't like something, I don't like it. Respect be damned.
Sorry, but not everything is always fluffy bunnies and unicorns fartin rainbows. Your rights end where mine begin and I have the right to piss all over driftin if I want to.
I could care less if you want be an opinionated a-hole, I just wasnt raised in a manner to go around cutting down everyone and everything just because it wasn't my cup of tea.
my head hurts from reading all this crap. drag racing is an an acceleration contest between to vehicles, period. nothing else was asked by the op. yes the ricer cars seem a bit odd but they are still doing the same thing, along with motorcycles and junior dragsters. is the sport dying? yes, some parts of it are but other parts are going great guns. some one mentioned the expiration dates on safety equipment, well i'll add needing to renew your competition license every few years and have your hotrod recertified too. some where in the 80's things started to go way up in price to compete and have continued since. back to the original question "is drag racing dying?"