First Time Drag racing

B3422w5 said

Bracket racing doesnt suck. Its getting even more popular with this big dollar stuff.
Its the thing most people who drag race do. I love it
Have buddy's who race “ class cars” guess what, they bracket race too. That all it is except class eliminations
Nobody is arguing sticks can be fast. Charlie and his dad owned hemi super stock for the whole time they dabbled in it. Down the stretch they both ran stick cars. Fear the Warfish
But the Op of this thread is an ordinary Joe. And to a normal guy a stick is a handful to get “ right” at the track, if the car makes serious steam

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I agree with all but the first part. I know it's getting bigger. But so is the no prep stuff. The no prep costs are going through the roof right now. And will probably continue for the foreseeable future.

Two of my best friends retired last year. They have the $$$$ to do no prep and thought they were going to up a car and rotate the earth.

They went to 3 or 4 no prep races this year. Also went to 2 or 3 engine builders to check on costs.

They have since said they are now thinking about doing it rather that doing it. It just outrageous what it costs to do that. They wanted to do it with a Hemi. I tried to tell them that's going to drain them. They went and looked at the Goodwin stuff.

Then they wanted to run a clutch. I said better look and see who else is. No one.

Then the cost of the car is just a small percentage of the total. You need the hauler, and a crew, and a pair and a spare of everything.

We'll see what happens but I think the fire has gone out.

They were going to build bracket cars, but neither really likes that. So that's where the no prep stuff came from.