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Originally Posted by gatewayracer
I was only at Worldwide Technology Raceway (yeah, I still call it Gateway too) once this year in mid-July on a test n tune night.
Honestly, I'm really not a fan of 1/4 mile racing, everything I've broken (since the 1990's) has been 1/4 mile. IMO, 1/8 mile is way easier on the car, takes out (most of) the sandbagging in bracket racing, is safer, and the same experience. I'm fortunate to be within a couple of hours of several 1/8-mile tracks that have good programs.
Anyway, I appreciate your input, but port injection mods are not in the equation for me.
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I like both, but grew up drag racing with Jerry Bickel, Bill Kuhlman, Bill Rowe, Ed Dixon, and a whole bunch of others, we raced more at Peavley (I55 raceway) than any other track. Raced some at the old Gateway when it ran the other direction. Love 1/8 mile and agree its safer, cheaper (easier on parts) and the track can run a lot more cars thru compared to 1/4. Gateway runs a lot of big events and they really couldn't do that if they ran 1/4 all the time. Super Pro and Pro have been 1/8 miles for years now and Sportsman is the only 1/4 event unless its test and tune or crazy ass Midnight Madness which I did one time and decided it was really not for drag racers, it was for wanna be racers. No traction for a car that makes power, lots of 4wds, street cars that drag water up to the starting line. I didn't get one good pass in and my cars have aways hooked, not on Midnight madness, what a joke in my opinion, but it brings in a lot of money for the track.