Thread: Sign of the Times ..........
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11-09-2009 12:47 PM #1
[QUOTE=BigTruckDriver;368804]Well some thing has to be done to level the playing field. How does one go up against one of the "giants", you cant?
The challenge is to make sure that your 1 car is consistant enough to take every one out.
Its just turned into a gaint money monster and pretty much has locked everyone out and everyone in.
heck I havent paid attention to drag racing in years , it just got boring. I do love the older stuff though with a passion.QUOTE]
Level field was supposed to be the same size engine, same size tire and same weight cars. Now we also have to control aerodynamics. How much more can you do? In the Top Fuel classes, they almost all run the same engine. In Pro Stocks it all comes down to 3 or 4 engines that everyone is using. How much more level can it be?
Is it really more about some owner having deeper pockets so he/they needs to be reined in? I remember when John Force started a second team and they were successful. Then a third and now a fourth! Other teams were actually created to beat Force at his own game! I think it was good for the sport at the time.
Yet, it still comes back to the owner who can sign a sponsor up! He who has the most money wins! Ask around and see how many people despise Jack Rousch for putting together 5 cup teams! Not to mention the other teams he runs. It's incredible that he could/can do it and should he be penalized for it? I don't think so. IHMO.
I don't have the answer for sure! If I did I'd be kicking Jack Rousch off the mountain!
It always was and always will be about money, it takes a bunch of it to be at the top and to stay there.
I don't think I'll ever find auto racing boring. When that day comes I'll have to run out into the traffic!






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