I hate the direction racing is heading

doogievlg said
I know I’ll get some hate for saying this but the NHRA needs to realize bracket racing isn’t a spectator sport. Small tracks right now that are doing really well are the ones that are getting some time of heads up racing on the schedule. I’ve been to plenty of the big money bracket races all over Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana. Yes the pits are packed but the stands are empty. When I go to a small tire/radial/street car type event the pits are packed full of cars and the stands are full of families watching racing.

People don’t understand the skill involved in bracket racing if they haven’t done it or grown up around it. To them it’s just a bunch of 9 second cars running 10 second passes.

Right on the first paragraph, wrong on the second.

Maybe at a National Event there is a percentage of the spectators who don’t understand the skill it takes to bracket race, but the vast majority of them find it mind numbingly boring.

When any group of people don’t like something why is the de facto answer they don’t understand it? Most people are not stupid. They get it. But hour after hour of throttle stop .90 racing is like watching cheese mold.

Even drag racing nerds have to math out the “package” which is really calculating your throttle stop and delay box settings.

When I first started racing there were no 2,3 or however many extra “hit” delay boxes, no throttle stops or the like. Adding all that just made the cost go up. And you get the added ”benefit” of all that junk making guys competitive who’d be better served at a golf course.

It has nothing to do with misunderstanding bracket racing. The **** is boring. Even doing it is boring. No misunderstanding that.