FEELING BRACKETED
I just read (Jok’s) article on bracket racing. I am 57 years old, so I grew up in the street racing days. Bracket racing has the cars I like to look at and it is neat to watch them jump off the starting line, but that is where it ends for me. When they get down track and start letting off and hitting the brakes as they cross the finish line so that they do not have too quick of an e.t. does me in. To me racing is lining up two cars and the first one to cross the finish line wins, not who can judge the clock most accurately wins.
I do realize there are a lot of variations in each car and to make them competitive against each other they have to have set ground rules to make some equality, but look in the stands at Top Fuel, alcohol, and Pro Stock. It is not just the 4.5 seconds and 330 mph that draw the fans. You have two cars trying to be the first car across the finish line. He who crosses first wins, second goes home, that is the backbone of real drag racing.
How long would Top Fuel or Funny Car last if the driver was doing his best to cross the finish line in 4.9 seconds and if he has a better tune up and goes quicker he loses? If that were to come about, it would be my last trip to the strip.
Just an opinion.
Ken Duncan
MORE DIRT DRAGS
Thanks for recognizing the essence of the Sand Drags - almost anyone can afford to compete as long as they try to play safe. I agree this is a throwback to what the drags used to be. There may be delays to groom the track, but we're not interested in cramming a bunch of runs in. We want the trill of the launch without the cost/risk of the speed of 1/4 mile racing.
I'd like to offer you an invitation to our Northwest Nationals July 14-16. A lot of cars from around the country come for this one. It's a NSCA-sanctioned event and it brings out the best in the west. We'd love to see you or one of your reps.
Todd Given
http://www.nwsandcompetition.com/schedule.html
OTHER RACERS HAVE SANDY BACKGROUNDS
Thank you for the coverage of the sand drags. I have been sand racing for over thirty years and to be able to see coverage from your magazine is great. Alan Johnson, Gary Scelzi, Larry Minor are just a couple who came from sand racing. I grew up with Gary and went to a lot of sand drags together. I now own a Top Fuel car and have run as quick as 2.33 seconds at 158.5. I sure hope you can make it to Primm in October.
Again thank you for the coverage.
Joe Bettencourt
Clovis, CA
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