2026 Pomona "Winternationals"

[Professional Fan]

had a business commitment Friday. Should be there Saturday. The put Dave in the car to get some runs on it.

Talked to Greg this morning. Cody won't be able to make it today. As mentioned above, sounds like business took precedence over racing which makes sense.

 

[Professional Fan]

Long delay right now. Tony Schumacher's car blew up the rear end. Safety Safari has a lot of work to do. They just sent the dragsters back to the pits 1:42pm. Ugh!

 

[BigMck]

Looks to be an hour delay. On the positive side, it allows Maddi Gordon a chance to re-energize her power core. Dang, between starting the wave in the stands to t-shirt rocket launcher duty, she can use the downtime.

 

[Vdubman]

Long delay right now. Tony Schumacher's car blew up the rear end. Safety Safari has a lot of work to do. They just sent the dragsters back to the pits 1:42pm. Ugh!

I could see the gear oil spraying out, I didn’t know what it was at first. Heartbreaker. This happened at Vegas in 2024 and it took forever to clean up, they actually ended up running the race on Monday because of it all.

 

[Rasn1320]

I could see the gear oil spraying out, I didn’t know what it was at first. Heartbreaker. This happened at Vegas in 2024 and it took forever to clean up, they actually ended up running the race on Monday because of it all.

I thought they had diapers for that??

 

[Vdubman]

I thought they had diapers for that??

They have like a ballistic blanket thing, I don’t know how much it keeps the gear oil at bay, in this instance it didn’t work…

One of the teams just told me we’re looking at around 2:45 pm

 

[T.Smith]

20 bagger.

 

[Vdubman]

I thought they had diapers for that??

Looking around, half the cars have a cover and half don’t, I can post a couple photos later.

 

[Ponyhntr]

Looking around, half the cars have a cover and half don’t, I can post a couple photos later.

The Strange rear end has to have a blanket, the Chrisman does not.

 

[Percboy]

Long delay right now. Tony Schumacher's car blew up the rear end. Safety Safari has a lot of work to do. They just sent the dragsters back to the pits 1:42pm. Ugh!

I was wondering why Drag Race Central wasnt updated...now I know.

 

[NitroLuver]

They have like a ballistic blanket thing, I don’t know how much it keeps the gear oil at bay, in this instance it didn’t work…

One of the teams just told me we’re looking at around 2:45 pm

Yea, Castello just said an estimated 45 more minutes.

 

[ZWeinstein]

Interesting, Jeff Arend is now in Jim Dunn's car.

 

[LoPony]

Interesting, Jeff Arend is now in Jim Dunn's car.

That’s exactly why I came in here to try to figure this out. What happened there? Big Jim Dunn said Lesenko was hurt and would be back in a couple of weeks.

 

[Butch]

20 bagger.

Maybe we should use the BAG numbers as bonus points for PTW.

 

[drag racer]

How long until the rear end diaper rule is extended to Chrisman rear ends...in 3.....2.......1.......

 

[Robert Reehl]

The Chrisman rear end has yet to break like that. Usually, it’s a Strange. That’s why no diaper on the Chrisman……

 

[Paul]

Huge crash in top alcohol dragster, James Stevens got sideways after crossing the center line and went over the wall near half track

 

[Paul]

They haven’t said a word since, I am praying for the best.

 

[Chili]

It was as bad. Racing done for the night. Hopefully there will be some good news. Praying for James Stevens.

 

[Paul]

Done for the day, praying for James and his family and friends