End of an era

[427TJ]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: old5.0</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Part of the problem is that so many people have simply moved on from the automotive hobby that most of these titles just aren't worth printing anymore.

Take 5.0 for example. I hate to admit this, but the fact is that the heyday of the late model Mustang movement was over a long time ago. It probably ended around the year 2000, when the decision was made to allow ex-IHRA ProMod chassis with turbo'd big blocks into Pro5.0. Just like NHRA in the 60's and 70's, the focus shifted from normal working-class Joes racing cars that regular people could recognize (and afford) and the whole thing turned into a circus, complete with 3000 horsepower, carbon-fiber bodied clown cars. The result is that the late model Mustang thing is hardly even a shadow of its former self, in spite of the fact that the cars themselves are better than they've ever been.

I think 5.0 has been cruising on momentum for a long time, since it's probably been at least a decade since that particular corner of the hobby could support two monthly mags. Maybe leaving MM&amp;FF in it's current format and shifting 5.0 to a more historical focus (think MCR for Fox Bodies) would have saved it, but I understand that idea was proposed and rejected by the bosses at Source. </div></div>

Well said. Had two new 5.0s myself, an '87 and a '90. Seems like eons ago.