But drag racing has always been about the pursuit of greater performance - of showing people something they’re never seen before. Stock cars don’t necessarily need to go faster to continue being relevant, interesting, and entertaining baseball players don’t need to continually throw harder or hit further with each passing generation quarterbacks don’t have to score more touchdowns than previous stars to make the NFL popular.
And it’s keeping us from asking the question: what are we doing to preserve the sport of drag racing for both ourselves and future generations?Īs an acceleration contest at its very core, drag racing is unique in the world of sports. I believe because we’re so fixated on the now, we are blind to the realization that drag racing is at or very near a defining time in its existence. As drag racers, we tend to operate in the present or in the relatively near-term we need FedEx to get that torque converter or set of tires here so we can go racing this weekend we’re pissed off that the supercharger combination in X275 didn’t get hit with enough weight this week we need that sponsor to get us to the next race the track prep this weekend isn’t to our standards and we can’t break the class record.
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