Yeah, for this one the field agreed to run the Legends Series rules (same ones that are ran at the NHRA National Events) to help save on wear and tear and to get some of the teams test time with the new format. (KN)
Ha!....how sbout some 1/8 mile or longer real burnouts like jungle or the chi town hustler.....just modern era funny cars with long nostalia shaped bodies to fit the long non period correct chassis. Look at all the body mods on those camaro bodied cars. Not nostalgia nor period correct
True, safety factor would probably be the main reasons for the current shape of the class. No way a period correct car would be allowed on a sanctioned strip in 2024. As for the streamlining, sounds like those concerns should be taken to the sanctioning bodies, (Pro Mod went through the same growing pains) thanks for checking out the video! (KN)
@@DragFiles A mid 70's thru early 80's funny car could easily be up to current safety specs. My point is short wheelbase cars of that era with period correct bodies. And no computers! This is the guys with the deep pockets lobbing for rules changes to put speed and performance before period correctness....the same thing goes for nostalgia top fuel....and you can include fuel altereds I'm not the only one with this sentiment.....look at Brendan Murrays dragster and you tell me why his car is legal but looks the part and why his car and, less than a handful of others are the exception......
@@halseyknox Well yeah, that's the argument right. if it's nostalgia keep it so. I'm just saying that any period correct car would have some sort of safety upgrading done to it if it were to make a full tilt pass down the track. Great points though. And yes, I agree that the aero stuff has to be curtailed going forward. Sorry if that wasn't clear above, lol. (KN)
I'm not trying to give you a hard time but look up the ANA races at Bakersfield in the late 90's early 2000's and how the vibe then has changed into the transformer cars of today. A perfect example of the funny car comment is "The Tiki Warrior" and "Zues".....those cars look the part and look up the burnouts these two have done in the past! So much for current tire technology not allowing such burnouts. There is no reason that the Kacklefest cars can't be the "pallete" for what nostalgia top fuel should be. That's what the early hot rod reunions were all about including breather masks. Funny car guys were wearing them into the late 80's early 90's and nostalgia top fuel guys were wearing them including Jim Murphy until rule changes upt the ante with higher speeds and perfomance that got the nhra's attention to where they banned them.....sorry if I sound like sour grapes but if I wanted to see mid 5 second runs or quicker by computer cars with throttle stops I be watching and a fan of the modern era which I am definitely NOT
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Yeah, for this one the field agreed to run the Legends Series rules (same ones that are ran at the NHRA National Events) to help save on wear and tear and to get some of the teams test time with the new format. (KN)
Ha!....how sbout some 1/8 mile or longer real burnouts like jungle or the chi town hustler.....just modern era funny cars with long nostalia shaped bodies to fit the long non period correct chassis. Look at all the body mods on those camaro bodied cars. Not nostalgia nor period correct
True, safety factor would probably be the main reasons for the current shape of the class. No way a period correct car would be allowed on a sanctioned strip in 2024. As for the streamlining, sounds like those concerns should be taken to the sanctioning bodies, (Pro Mod went through the same growing pains) thanks for checking out the video! (KN)
@@DragFiles A mid 70's thru early 80's funny car could easily be up to current safety specs. My point is short wheelbase cars of that era with period correct bodies. And no computers! This is the guys with the deep pockets lobbing for rules changes to put speed and performance before period correctness....the same thing goes for nostalgia top fuel....and you can include fuel altereds I'm not the only one with this sentiment.....look at Brendan Murrays dragster and you tell me why his car is legal but looks the part and why his car and, less than a handful of others are the exception......
@@halseyknox Well yeah, that's the argument right. if it's nostalgia keep it so. I'm just saying that any period correct car would have some sort of safety upgrading done to it if it were to make a full tilt pass down the track. Great points though. And yes, I agree that the aero stuff has to be curtailed going forward. Sorry if that wasn't clear above, lol. (KN)
I'm not trying to give you a hard time but look up the ANA races at Bakersfield in the late 90's early 2000's and how the vibe then has changed into the transformer cars of today. A perfect example of the funny car comment is "The Tiki Warrior" and "Zues".....those cars look the part and look up the burnouts these two have done in the past! So much for current tire technology not allowing such burnouts. There is no reason that the Kacklefest cars can't be the "pallete" for what nostalgia top fuel should be. That's what the early hot rod reunions were all about including breather masks. Funny car guys were wearing them into the late 80's early 90's and nostalgia top fuel guys were wearing them including Jim Murphy until rule changes upt the ante with higher speeds and perfomance that got the nhra's attention to where they banned them.....sorry if I sound like sour grapes but if I wanted to see mid 5 second runs or quicker by computer cars with throttle stops I be watching and a fan of the modern era which I am definitely NOT
@@halseyknox Thanks for the feedback and checking out the video. (KN)
Like, OMG! Do they, like, have to be so noisy? Ugh.
Hah! Open exhaust and absolute combustion will do that some times.
Just grab a pair of earbuds and you'll be fine, rofl. (KN)
Stick to kitten videos.