These Super Chevy Show racers really know how to kick it. That's why we named them our Top 10 racecars for 2006.
When bracket racing evolved out of class racing in the early '70s, it was like, "duh! Why didn't we think of this before?" The old ways of slicing and dicing vehicle weight, cubic inches, engine set-back, wheelbase, and other modifications were burdening racers with undue costs and impossibly complex rules. Bracket racing came along, simplified everything, and basically invited all the little guys back to play. All you do now is bring what you brung, put your best guess of your intended elapsed time (or ET) on your windshield, cut the best light you can, and get to the other end before the other guy. Oh, and don't go faster than your dial-in.
It's a great formula for racing, and the guys who race in the Super Chevy Show circuit love it. On the downside, however, bracket racing can be a bit of a snore if you're not actually doing the racing, so we're working on bringing our world-famous True Street format to Super Chevy in 2007. When we work out the details, we'll tell you all about it.
So if you weren't paying attention to all the great sportsman drag racing going on at Super Chevy Shows last year, you get one last chance to peek at the best of the best. The racers get their pictures in PHR, plus they get a cool jacket to wear. (No, it doesn't say PHR on it, but we still love our brothers over at Super Chevy magazine, so we'll let it slide.) With all those two- and three-person race teams, it'll be interesting to see if anybody shares!