by Bullet » Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:56 am
There's different strokes for different folks, the great thing about drag racing and why its growing by leaps and bounds is that anybody can do it. I live 2 miles from an awesome track, Thunder Valley, Bristol, TN. and I've watched as the crowds and participants have gotten bigger and bigger. That car is ruff, like a dog goes ruff, and I agree with everyone above on that car. Don't let the money pit scenario scare you off racing though. It is what you make of it. Find something light weight, put a strong but reliable motor in it, and go have some fun. You can have a blast racing class racing and not put a fortune in it. I know a guy here local that races all he can, he's been running the same car with the same engine for 15 years now, other than general maintenance and freshening the motor a couple times, he hasn't dropped any significant money in it since he built it. The expense is directly related to the E.T., that's a fact and I agree that you can certainly get to a point that you're paying $10g per each second faster, or even each tenth faster, but you can also just go out and race to have a good time. Myself, I can never go fast enough so I just have to put what I can into it as I can which means I spend a lot of time down while waiting for the cash for the next improvement but the build is what I enjoy most. Seeing if my work and ingenuity can out run the other guy's ingenuity. There's something in drag racing for everyone.