Bristol $100k No Prep race final rd

i'll take a stab here that your 60' times aren't quite what you would like them to be as 1/8 mile runs are ALL about traction management.

 

/\/\ Those are the facts. We all would prefer 1/4 mile racing, but 1/8th is better than not at all or slowing them down. How many like NAPCAR?

 

That caught my eye as well.

 

So insurance companies want shorter tracks and slower speeds because it's safer but they'll allow 200 people to stand on the track in the staging/starting line area? Ya, makes sense.
About as retarded as 1/8 mile racing.

 

I've never met a real racer ever that said, "I sure wish we could run slower, I am scared and want to be safer." Unless his name was SALLY.

 

I love all the crap that gets stirred up every time a street outlaws race gets posted. Down here in Texas we've been running 1/8 mile since the beginning of time. I've never questioned it. There used to be an 1/8 mile strip in every little town or within driving distance in every little town. To each is their own, if you don't like 1/8 mile racing don't participate.

When did 1/4 mile become standard? I've heard folklore from some of the old heads about 1/2 mile being the standard once upon a time. Seems like the faster the cars get the more shutdown time is required, so the tracks get shorter. Seems logical to me.

We can argue 1/4, 1/2, 1/8 mile all day long and not accomplish anything. Fact is, we all support our local racing venues, we all support our hobby and we all support keeping it off our streets.