Box and No Box

pittsburghracer said

Ohhh and another thing classes used to go by the time you ran. 0-11.99 Pro
12.00-13.99 Heavy
14.00-up street car (no slicks allowed) and street tires were crap back then. Box, no box, didn’t matter. Everything went by time. You foot breakers are spoiled today.

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We had
Super Pro= 0-9.99
Pro= 10- 11.99
Heavy= 12.0- 13.99
Street= 14.0- slower, slicks were allowed
This was before the days of the "box"
I had a small block Chevy powered front motor dragster for Super Pro, a 440 mopar powered altered wheelbase 68 Merc Cougar for pro, a 273 powered 65 Valiant for heavy, and a 170 slant six powered 65 Valiant for street. I would have all four cars at the track (home track) on the same day, and raced some of them at other tracks 3-4 days a week. I quit racing about 1985 when the boxes got sophisticated enough, that a foot breaker was really hard pressed to make it into the "money" rounds of the "big money" (for that time) races. Back then box and no box ran together. I got back into racing about 2000 as a foot breaker with my Slant six powered car.
In my opinion the box is a crutch for drivers that are unable to adjust their driving to varying conditions. I would like to see a box driver run any two cars similar to my 4 cars (on the same day), and go more than 2 rounds as a foot breaker.
PS: I have my fire suit on and ready for the flames
PPS: PB Racer, I had my slant six Barracuda up to Pittsburg around 2006 for a Mopar meet, and I have raced at 49 different dragstrips