For the Bracket Racers

Barney wrote:Big tires dont fix everything.

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maverick wrote:

yellowhorse7 wrote:I got what I wanted? Nope......

Was never looking for anything but to stir the pot. That's what I do.

Bottom line....I think most elder racers defend bracket racing because it's what they know. No problem. Most younger guys started with some sort of heads up stuff. Do what you like. I prolly won't class race much anymore because I can't afford to compete at a top level and I refuse to be a class filler.

Wait until I start the pipe rack thread lol

Tony, ya need to go back further in time to get to the "elder" racers where I fit in.    When I started drag racing 46 years ago (yes, 1968), heads up racing was all we had.  I'm no stranger to it, and I love it...but now I can't afford it, like most of us.  It's not something that was invented by you young guns.

That said, I recently went through a period of several years where everybody else's cars came in and out of my shop and were kept running while my stuff sat in a corner waiting to be finished.  If I could make it to a Bash, I did it without a car for that reason. Yes, I put together a few grudge cars and resurrected a couple of their wrecks, too.  But no matter what type of drag racing they did, if I had the time, they had my shop, my tools and my services free of charge.  I love drag racing that much and I get just as big a kick out of watching my work go down the track as I do from racing myself.  I don't hate grudge racing.  But I also don't believe that I need to question a man's pedigree, ridicule his choice of racecars, insult his mother and sister or imply that his sexual preference is pertinent to his on-track performance.    I know, I know...not all grudge racers are like that, certainly not the ones who bring their stuff into my garage, but those are the ones...the ones with the big mouths and no racecar of their own...who clog the staging lanes and the waterbox, making sure that everbody on the property will suffer through their noise and bullshit before another pair of cars can roll into the beams.  I actually think that the grudge concept is good for the sport...it's not all that different from the match racing days of old.  The bullshit, however, does nothing to advance the cause.

Now that my car is finished (sans paint job), it comes out of the garage OFTEN and it makes more laps in organized racing than most of the cars on this board.  That fact may only be known to very few members of this forum, since I don't start a new thread every time I win a round.  I only run a tnt pass if I have just completed a major repair on the car.  Otherwise, when the car goes to the track, it is entered in the race...Yep, it's usually a bracket race with about 50 or 60 cars in each class.  Competitive?...Yeah.  Easy to win?...No sir.     Our third qualifying round is called the "run for the money" where each racer dials his car in an attempt to win the pot (usually an extra $500 or $600 up for grabs before eliminations start).  The best total package on that 3rd pass takes the money.  In the last few weeks, I have posted two .008 packages and a .005 package.  Both of my .008's were beat by two cars each time. The .005 didn't get paid either. It lost to a .001.   Apparently, this is so easy, anybody can win.

So anyway, at our track, Saturdays are reserved for organized races.  Sundays are TNT and grudge days...which is as it should be because the two do not mix.

Sorry to stick my spoon in the pot.  I'm done.

bigblok2000ranger wrote:Just my opinion, in the grand scheme of things don't mean shit.

I couldn't care less about big tire vs. small tires personally I would consider my car a medium tire car. Kinda hard to call a 30x11" is not a small tire or a big tire Imo.  Yes stock suspension.

I hate electronics or anything that limits the power of a car to assist it getting down the track or give you an advantage at the starting line.

If you can't drive the car either step up your chassis program or get a smaller engine.

jmho! Flame away

maverick wrote:You know, guys, while we're on the subject, there are different types of bracket racers, too.

For example, I know a bunch of guys who like to "hold a few numbers", that is, they'll dial their cars slower than they can run.  That gives them a chance to play some finish line games. Personally, I don't like it and I don't do it.

Instead, I have taught myself to TUNE THE CAR and TRUST THE CAR.  This old Maverick runs upper 5's on pump 93 and typically prints a stack of time slips that look like I bought 'em at Kinko's.
That means that I can drive it like I stole it, and be pretty damned close to the number on the window.  The ONLY time I'll slow the car down is if my opponent isn't in the traps with me...and that almost never happens.

Even bracket racers differ on their views of bracket racing.  

bigblok2000ranger wrote:I personally like a heads up run what you brung and hope you brought enough race.

Unfortunately usually the guy with the biggest bank wins in those classes.

Kinda makes me wonder if a heads up claimer class would work for the grass roots racer???

maverick wrote:You know, guys, while we're on the subject, there are different types of bracket racers, too.

For example, I know a bunch of guys who like to "hold a few numbers", that is, they'll dial their cars slower than they can run.  That gives them a chance to play some finish line games. Personally, I don't like it and I don't do it.

Instead, I have taught myself to TUNE THE CAR and TRUST THE CAR.  This old Maverick runs upper 5's on pump 93 and typically prints a stack of time slips that look like I bought 'em at Kinko's.
That means that I can drive it like I stole it, and be pretty damned close to the number on the window.  The ONLY time I'll slow the car down is if my opponent isn't in the traps with me...and that almost never happens.

Even bracket racers differ on their views of bracket racing.