When I started drag racing, there was a reasonable assumption that one day I could be driving a pro-class car; Pro Stock, whatever. It was a point when drag racing was a little more affordable to most everyone. Oh, how that has changed.

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I've seen racers graduating down. When IHRA started the Sportsman class some that got tired of throwing money away but still wanted to race found an inexpensive competitive class.