suffolk raceway reunion
Class racing
I'll be there.Looking forward to a great event.
Forum Activity for @ron-horton
nostalgia racing
Class racing
I think the answer is the addition of more flexible classes so that more racers can be included. I have been around a while and have great respect for the purists and feel that they are certainly the "A-SHOW" and should remain so. I also feel that the guy who has a clone powerplant or tube chassis 50-60s-70 vintage steel body bracket car that he can race competitively at weekly events should be able to do the occasional nostalgia show even if he does leave on a transbrake or 2 step and has a small wing. Especially in current economic times ,what young racer is going to build a dedicated nostalgia door car that can't pull double duty at his weekend track?Some day,the current stock will all be retired and so will the racers that drive them. My son is 32 yrs old and I've taken him and his sister to the track since the 80s. To him,a composite bodied Camaro or 114"w/b Hairy Glass vette with power adders is a typical race car along with a cookie cutter carbed alky dragster and pro built tube roadsters.When he sees a metal roof and qtrs car on something near a stock wheelbase,to him it nostalgiac. Everything is billet, glass/carbon these days if it runs quicker than 10.90 it seems. Class cars are super sophisticated pro builts capable of destroying the meaningless index on any day . This nostalgia thing is going to have to roll with the flow to grow and we won't be the ones planning the shows or buying the tickets in 25 years. I think the more racers we can include ,the bigger the shows and the more the interest/growth of the movement. I believe that us older guys can be a little too hard on change,the young fans and racers are who will keep the energy going.. Hopefully my little grandaughters will be the ones going to the track in years to come to see the cool old 80-90s door cars at the old time drag race event. The future is in the youth!RH