questions about nostalgia drags?

[repoguy]

So, what are the rules?

I went last weekend & it was very difficult to isolate anything specific as far as what you can & can't run.

Are there actually different classes? When I went last weekend it seemed like there were altereds racing muscle cars, front engine dragsters racing flathead t-buckets, and whatever.

Please, enlighten the ignorant!

[buzzard]

Our rules are as follows: Find a guy that you think you can whup, and he thinks he can whup you, and line 'em up.

[SamIyam]

They call it Bracket Racing these days...
http://www.nhra.com/basics/ (http://Bracket Racing)

Some people will "poo-poo" it... me included... but it evolved out of big dollar people messing up class drag racing... basically, if we made a class for Jr. Fuel dragsters, guys would show up the first year with basic combinations that maybe the average guy with a good job could afford to build... then, by year three or four, the bar will have been raised to the point where it takes a fat wallet to be competitive... FWIW, the Goodguys organization still has class drag racing with their "Pro" classes... AA/Fuel or Top fuel, AA/Gas, A/Fuel and Jr. Fuel... but, it takes $30,000+ motors to kick ass in these classes...

Anyway, if you want olden-day class racing... go to Bonneville... you have a certain size motor, running a certain type of fuel, in a certain car... you can compete... and there are enough classes to go around with enough cars to fill most of the classses... something the NHRA would have a hard time doing today...

Sam.

[McGrath]

When M.A.R. in Wentzville MO hadtheir first Nostalgia Drags in the mid 80's, they ran anything against anything. They spotted so many Car lengths, and had a Flagman instead of a tree.

Over the Years, they have gotten more sophisticated. I think they have it broken up into classes now, and they use a tree. The only thing Nostalgic about it now is the Cars.

[repoguy]

I understand bracket racing. I guess I had incorrectly assumed that there were some kind of year restrictions or something. But there was a guy running an 83 Firebird, so I guess that's not really the case. They ran heads up for a while, and then ran bracket later in the afternoon (and I pretty much bailed when they started the bracket shit, as I'm not really into it).

There were some really cool cars either way.

[ChaletStacker]

Hey dude, your not gunna race your Moms Kia agian r u. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif