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View Poll Results: Heads Up or Bracket Racing what do you prefer?

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    5 71.43%
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    2 28.57%

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    Personally i Prefer the heads up style of drag racing how about you? Heads up or bracket?
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    Give it your all and watch as the people gawk at a 4dr beating rice and mustang alike? Heads up-thank you!
    Right engine, Wrong Wheels

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    as a spectator...heads up of course...as a participant I'll never be able to afford to compete heads up, so I bracket race..& I do enjoy it... I prefer index bracket racing over dial in bracket racing though
    75 GMC C-15 factory 454, automatic, lowered

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    i see you point on the expense part of it...but the cars are divided into diffrent classes...i could never get the dialin right on bracket racing
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    oh I realize there are alot of differant classes...still, generlly rather expensive to compete
    75 GMC C-15 factory 454, automatic, lowered

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    Now, Heads up
    in high school, I won the High school drags with a stock, worn out yugo Bracket was cool to me then

    Otto
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    heads up has always been more exciting for me
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    I agree with Stepside 454; from a spectator standpoint the heads-up racing is more interesting. Unfortunately, either type of drag racing has become just a contest of money unless something breaks. Remove the stutter boxes, delay boxes, multi-stage throttle stops, tranny brakes, and all that other electronic trash and make the drivers DRIVE again. Then it might become fun again.
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    Not sure what bracket racing is so I guess i would say heads up is more fun.
    "Now bring me those cheese sandwich appetizers you talked me out of."

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    I guess I am going against the grain here, I like the brackets. But I agree with J. Robinson, get rid of all the electronics stuff and let the driverers drive mano a mano. I like the brackets because you really have to know your car, and you better cut a good light or you lose. You can have the fun of building a car, going as fast as you can afford, and can still be competitive. You can also build one that does not break a lot of parts trying to get that last hundredth

    One of our local tracks has a "No Electronics" bracket class and it is very popular.

    Pat
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    Heads up Run what you brung
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    I'm with Stu on this one...Brackets, sure kills sneaky pete.
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    Originally posted by J. Robinson
    I agree with Stepside 454; from a spectator standpoint the heads-up racing is more interesting. Unfortunately, either type of drag racing has become just a contest of money unless something breaks. Remove the stutter boxes, delay boxes, multi-stage throttle stops, tranny brakes, and all that other electronic trash and make the drivers DRIVE again. Then it might become fun again.
    I agree (Except for the trans brake) Makes for a cooler launch.
    I hate to see cars that are capable of runing a sec. faster than they dial in so they can come off the line hard and then play games from 1/2 track on to hit their dial in time.
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    thanks for your responses guys
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