Hilarious Video: The War Between The Grudge And Bracket Racers Has Escalated and Hitler Is Pissed!


Hilarious Video: The War Between The Grudge And Bracket Racers Has Escalated and Hitler Is Pissed!

Recently there has been some interesting smack talk flying around the internet between members of the bracket racing community and members of the grudge racing community. The typical stuff of grudge racers bagging on the bracket competitors for not being “real” racers and the bracket racers busting on the grudge guys for having shoddy cars that make one run a week and are basically rolling disaster areas. While neither of those things is patently true, both sides have gotten their dander up chucking poo at the other.

Enter the ever-present Hitler video. These things have become one of the largest staples on the internet and they range in skill and humor level from hilarious to just plain awful. This one is fantastic because it hits on both sides. If you favor the bracket world they get some licks in. If you are a grudge racer there are some jabs landed as well. Busting chops is fun and this is an awesome example of how to do it in 2017.

So, where do you fall? Bracket racing may not be a spectator sport but we’ll tell you that lots of people actually make a living at it now. Grudge racing may be rough around the edges, a little mysterious, a little back alley, but it is entertaining as hell and fully of personalities that fans completely latch onto. Neither side is right, neither side is wrong, but we all win by watching this video!

Press play below and watch this hilarious video Grudge VS Bracket Racers –


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7 thoughts on “Hilarious Video: The War Between The Grudge And Bracket Racers Has Escalated and Hitler Is Pissed!

  1. Bob J

    I can’t speak with authority about grudge racers (BTW, Love the video), but it kinda does speak to me regarding electronics in bracket cars. As you may have surmised, I’m not in favor of them.

    My view is that bracket racing is supposed to be about driver skill, and to accommodate the majority of racers who simply cannot afford the exorbitant costs associated with racing a class car. It’s true that I like the class cars (Stock, Super Stock, which absorbed Modified Production (should be a separate class)), but to be even slightly competitive with those cars entails many 10s of thousands of dollars.

    I called the NHRA Division I personnel a few years ago, and pointed out to them that I’d built a legal bracket car but that they had no venue to race them in. The response I got from the was an incredulous “Legal Bracket Car”?! I pointed out to them that they hadn’t even read their own rulebook. Sure the local tracks can allow whatever electronics they like, but the NHRA had no races for the legal cars.

    Personally, I feel they’ve corrupted the whole idea of bracket racing in favor of the idea that you can, once again, “Out Dollar” the little guy. MO is also that by employing throttle stops, down track controllers, air shifters and delay boxes, you’ve effectively said you can’t win unless you have them because your driving skills are sub-par (yes, I know that’ll elicit a flame war response, but if you think about it hard, it’s true). If we’re gonna have such items in the cars, why not just sit up in the stands and have a beer or two while the cars drive themselves down the track. When I come to the track, I come to RACE, and let the best driver, man or woman, win. I also have issues with tracks that combine ET brackets pairing slower cars (example “Heavy Eliminator” with “Super Pro”). That’s inherently dangerous given the relative closure speeds,and done to save money on payouts. It’s a disincentive for all concerned.

    The easy way to negate the incentive for Bracket electronics is to reduce the payout on a win by 50% and double the entry fee, relative to a non-electronics car. Yes, I know that Dedenbear and the like will bristle at the thought, but it would add to the attraction of Brackets.

    The Grudge racers do have a point. I’d go to watch them run and enjoy myself throughly doing so. It brings an element of authenticity and street feel to the events. I also recognize, as I suspect most do, that racing very high horsepower cars on an un-prepped track requires great driver skills.

    There’s room for both types of cars.

    my .02

  2. orange65

    Both sides have their pitfalls- one being more dangerous due to questionable safety efforts on some cars and the other basically boring to a typical lay person. But what is much more idiotic than both is the bastard child they call no prep. They should call that “lets see how many cars we can wad up”.

    If it weren’t for all the back and forth arguing, grudge would be my choice.

  3. Grippo

    “…I can’t make it out of the trailer without adjusting the valves!”

    Good stuff!

  4. jerry z

    I have no sympathy for electronic racing. If you need all them aids to race, you must suck!

  5. Rock On

    Thanks Bangshift for that video. That was the best laugh out loud that I’ve enjoyed in a long time. Wife was going to have me fitted for one of those suits that tie up in the back!

  6. Brash

    Brilliant video, thanks Lohnes for sharing.

    As for where I sit on the fence? There’s room for both. They appeal to different types of people. I have no time for the ‘time card heroes’ who only want to be the quickest **insert type and colour of car** but there’s a lot of racers who get started that way.

    I take issue with some of the electronics that the bracket guys use, but fitting a delay box and a throttle stop won’t make a race winner out of a racer who can’t drive or set their car up well. I would happily bet money that if we removed all the electronics from the bracket classes, within 6 months it would be the same guys winning all the races that did before we pulled the gadgetry and gizmos from the car.

    As for the grudge guys, I do see the irony that they are bringing worldwide attention back to whose-fastest type lists and calling each other out – all things that we thought were consigned to the history books when Garlits and his ilk went around the country chasing championship points in the late 60s/early 70s.

    1. BobJ

      That’s certainly possible, but I would offer that your assertion regarding the electronics merits testing. Please don’t take this personally, but your contention that such electronics have little effect on winning, seems to emphasize that they offer no or very little benefits to the bracket racer. In general, I would say that while the electronics and driving aids would certainly not guarantee a win, the lack of them would eliminate the pretenders much more quickly. I also don’t believe in “buybacks” either. My view is that if you lose, then you lose. Come back another day and try again. One of the attractions for me to Drag racing, was crystallized by a statement from a former machine shop owner. He favored Stock Car racing over Drag Racing “because a good driver could make a mistake, and come back and win the race”, which is precisely why Drag Racing is my favored venue, because a good driver can’t make ANY mistakes and expect to win… Electronics and buybacks are antithetical to that POV. Nevertheless, we all race, but lets rely on driving skills, not programming..

      Bob J

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