Quote Originally Posted by NTFDAY View Post
I live about an hours drive from Mo-Kan, where The HAMB held their yearly drags, and I've been giving serious thought about spending a weekend there and forget about NHRA and all of their BS.
I was over on the HAMB site when they were starting their HA/GR dragster builds. All they wanted to do was run some 3-speed transmissions with flatheads or inline sixes and go 12.00 or slower like when all of us first started drag racing. They wanted the cars to be reminiscent of the early cars such as the Bug, with a single hoop roll bar over the driver with rearward anti-lozenging bars and side bars like is required in an 11.49 closed car of today and using 5-point belts and arm restraints, good helmet, gloves, neck collar, fire jacket, scattershield, pumpkin cover and sit ahead of the rear axle. But noooooooo, NHRA wanted them to have a full cage just like every other belly button front engine dragster you see today.

I got in touch with Jake Hairston at NHRA and tried to get them to consider amending the rules for these fellows so they could just go out and have some fun, but to no avail. Jake said that the NHRA cannot publish specific rules for every group that comes down the pike.

I'm like many of you on here. Fed up. The most fun I have had lately is sitting in the stands at a rootin', tootin' demolition derby. I don't remember when I laughed so hard.

Another venue that is going to get some attention from me is the local run what ya brung dirt circle track races. Back to basics.