In today's racing world, everyone seems to use way too much technology. Months are spent perfecting aerodynamics, computer models made to test suspensions, computer programs made to run the engines if needed, and on and on. Take a look back 40 years ago, and it was a completely different field. Teams were not 20 members strong, and they did not have giant big rigs to carry a single car or two around. They didn't travel in motor homes, and the parts they used, were not all billet. When funny cars were a real production car that was chopped apart, and rebuilt to go faster with altered wheelbase, instead of a space ship with wheels. It was a time when you didn't see the same few models every pass, a time when passion was obvious. It was an amateur sport, but it was better, corporations were not running everything, and the big three were helping out. Long live the original spirit of drag racing!
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