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In your America, but I think you ment USA, Where I come from a lot of guys actually like the corners.
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Don't you auto-X too?
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That would be me
My 2 cents worth... Drag racing (specifically, bracket racing) and autocrossing (with specific SCCA classes) is all about heads up skill. The brackets and classes are meant to normalize the cars and put the emphasis on the person driving the car. In this sense, you're competing with yourself -- you want to have each run faster than the previous one. And the nice thing is, you get to go fast in a controlled environment with no possibility of getting a ticket!! -Bill
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What he said I would put bracket racing in a differen't class than lets-see-who-is-faster drag racing because you gotta guess the result and get closest to it without going over (it is over isn't it, or is it under?), now that takes skill
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For the sake of arguement, WRC isn't really circuit racing. There aren't laps, and the stages don't connect, so how is it a circuit? Anyway, this isn't what this topic is about.
What I'm seeing so far is that most people like it for the community. |
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I actually prefer track events at major racing venues over both autoX and drag racing. You hit 100+mph on the straights, threshold brake for decreasing radius turns and pretty much drive like a maniac for 20-30 minute intervals. Now that's a ton of fun!!! -Chike
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WRC is awesome....i can never get enough rallying. Mostly because our own brand is in it. Dont see Subaru doing anything else....but if they had to do something im glad its rallying.
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Basically my advice to you is, if you are set in the mentality that alot of the members of this board are - i.e. "any car can go fast in a straight line, it takes a real car to handle" then find someone who will give you a ride in a car that runs 12's or better on the strip, and after a ride or two, I guarantee you'll have a new appreciation for drag racing. |
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One of the real joys of drag racing is just knowing that all the hard work you put into your car is paying off because it is performing well. I personally dont like drag racing....but i do understand the thrill. I am more of a WRC type person and would do anything to get to rally. Unfortunatley i dont have a manual tranny and i have a big heavy SVX
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THIS TOPIC ISN'T A DRAG VS OTHER TYPES I am trying to figure out why people like drag racing. Your comment about the accomplishment was what I was looking for. Your comments about people complaning and pussys and whatever was not what I was looking for. I'm not trying to personally attack you or anything, and you can continue to try to argue about people complaining and pussys and all that, but I'm not going to respond anymore, and I'd appreciate it if you would not either. If you'd like a thread like that I can surely make one, or you could aswell. I'm sure you think I'm some stereotypical "2nr boi" who thinks v8's are big and stupid and a vtec honda is golden, or straight line racing is boring and stupid, and autocrossing is super mad crazy fun. But if that is what you're thinking, and it sounds like that to me, you are greatly mistaken. I think I need to say this again. I am trying to understand why people like drag racing. It's no different than trying to understand why some people like to read books, or watch movies, or go bike riding, or play soccer, or go fishing. I'm not trying to compare and contrast two things, nor am I trying to say one is better than the other. I hope you can understand what I am saying as in retrospec I can see how it could be miscontrued. Last edited by THAWA; 05-05-2005 at 12:36 AM. |
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Mr shadow dosn't seem to like or want to own subarus, esp SVXes, so why is he here? To put us lowly carve-a-curve-in-the-rain guys in our place?
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