I wonder if you will have cars not in the countdown taking a "dive" to lose first round as to be available to run in this media extravaganza. ESPN will spend more time on this build up than the actual race. What about Pro Stock, why weren't they included?
Wish I could be there!
What about Pro Stock, why weren't they included?
Wish I could be there!
Personally I like the idea of the 4 lane exhibition race. I also think it should be done between the semis and the finals and used as a replacement for the "bring out every vehicle we can find including riding mowers and the new vacuum from housekeeping parade" before the finals ...
1972 at Budds Creek Dragway, now MIR. One of the first drag races I saw live, freaked me out as all I knew about drag racing was from drooling over issues of Car Craft back in Sweden
Few people believe it, good thing Steve Reyes was there -> 4-wide at Budds Creek
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PiPPi
HarleyDrags.com
One of our problems is drag racing is 4 to 6 seconds long. It happens to quick for it's own good. Cutting it in half so that first round is only 16 seconds of racing would be STUPID in my opinion. Reducing the time required to run an event would be counter productive. What would they do with all the $12.00 hamburgers and $6.00 cokes that they sell during the 3 or so hours that would be eliminated?
And how pissed off do you think the Finalists will be when there is a monster oildown in this exhibition in one of the lanes that were being used for the actual race?
How about the spectators? I can hear the announcers now ... "Hey fans, we know you've been here all day and the kids are getting antsy to leave, we're sorry but the finals will be delayed 45 minutes due to an exhibition oil down. So, while you watch the cleanup here is some country music and the T-Shirt guys for your entertainment".
Especially with the so-so forecast for this whole weekend ... what if it starts raining just before the actual Finals? Time wasted, could further delay completing the event when it could have already been over.
Crappy idea for Sunday. I don't think there will be any quality volunteers anyway. This discussion may all be for nothing if nobody wants to participate.
Holy sh!t, were you there!?! If you have the time to spare, please do look for more pictures.
Internet makes for a small world, I got in contact with Bethany Reyes through eBay and was told Steve Reyes has a few more pictures from that event (could be "those events", not sure it was a one-off).
As for gassers running 4 wide, that was done at York back when. Relatively speaking, one of the coolest pictures of drag racing AFAIC -> http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m79/kiwikevinp/scan0013-6.jpg
No idea as to the year or classification of the cars in the picture. Correct me if I'm wrong: Dyno Dons Mustang carries an "A/MP"-sticker which I think means it was a Super Stocker and that combo would then be before Pro Stock was in existance. As a designated "dragbike-worker" I was a bit curious about Dons sponsor on that picture but turned out it says not "Harley" but "Harvey Ford" -> http://www.georgiadragracing.com/images/dyno-don-10.jpg
Sorry, all off-topic there. Whatever, note Grumpys forward body lingo on the picture from York: "Dang that Ford left on me! Go! Friggin go!!"-posture.
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PiPPi
HarleyDrags.com
i say they should definitely include prostock, because lets face it, what are the odds of all 4 of those nitro cars making a full pass, very slim !!
Personally I think that sounds way cool and would love to see it as separate event but I don't think it belongs at an NHRA event. If I was there I would watch, but it seems like kind of a bush-league stunt. It reminds me more than anything of the kind of stuff AA baseball teams do to put butts in the seats. And why do they do it? Because they know that the product on the field is not good enough.
Improve the NHRA product. Skip the freak show. IHRA can provide that in 2010.