Alcohol Funny Car

[Randy]

What's that saying?
YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID.

I remember Ricky Smith wearing a shirt with that.

 

[TSK]

 

[Prestaged]

 

[DixonFan]

That's a good call. I'm flying to CA. for a meeting tomorrow, but I'll try to get them posted here Wednesday.

Alan

Hey @Alan Reinhart ,
What happened to the pics???

 

[none]

Hey @Alan Reinhart ,
What happened to the pics???

Sorry Shannon, I saw a squirrel and got distracted. Currently at an event in Austrailia, shoot me a reminder Wednesday.

Alan

 

[Randy]

I remember Ricky Smith wearing a shirt with that.

...or maybe it was Larry Morgan.

 

[Rajunz]

This, right here.

 

[Ponyhntr]

This, right here.View attachment 16300View attachment 16299View attachment 16298

There have been 2 cars running in the IHRA FC class with this exact combo already.

 

[drag racer]

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and the decal to go with it...

 

[Burnnitro1320]

My question is....
Why would you build an "almost big show" or "easily convertible" fuel funny car and go to a national event and get zero TV time, get treated like a sportsman racer, and then have to WIN the event to get the same pay out as a Funny Car non qualifier. (Last I heard it was 7,500. Correct me if I'm wrong).

 

[Randy]

Is the purse to win a National Event in TA/FC and TAD still $5,000? If so, that's what it was 16 years ago when we won the Fall Las Vegas Nationals. A few years later we won the Winternationals at Pomona and nothing changed.

 

[Burnnitro1320]

You're correct, 5,000 to win. Thats even worse.

 

[Pete]

You're correct, 5,000 to win. Thats even worse.

TAFC & TAD get paid $2500 to win a divisional....thats only $500 more than the .90 classes, pathetic

 

[Butch]

Is the purse to win a National Event in TA/FC and TAD still $5,000? If so, that's what it was 16 years ago when we won the Fall Las Vegas Nationals. A few years later we won the Winternationals at Pomona and nothing changed.

No wonder the TAFC turnout is so pathetic.

 

[Sean Bellemeur]

Is the purse to win a National Event in TA/FC and TAD still $5,000? If so, that's what it was 16 years ago when we won the Fall Las Vegas Nationals. A few years later we won the Winternationals at Pomona and nothing changed.

Randy... My guess is you actually made more money because there were WAY more contingency participants back then.

 

[Butch]

And that 5K went much further.

 

[Mike]

This could almost be it's own topic, but what is a viable winning payout for a national event, aside from "more?"

Should the alcohol winner earn at least as much as at least the first round of the nitro classes?

 

[Burnnitro1320]

This could almost be it's own topic, but what is a viable winning payout for a national event, aside from "more?"

Should the alcohol winner earn at least as much as at least the first round of the nitro classes?

Or as much as the Funny Car 17 and 18 non qualifiers?

 

[Billy]

If I ever win that big lottery, I'm going to sponsor TAFC and TAD and make sure they get big prize money and big fields. So, pray that I win the big lottery! LOL

 

[Randy]

Randy... My guess is you actually made more money because there were WAY more contingency participants back then.

If I remember correctly, we collected just about $10 grand total with contingencies for Vegas. After we won the 2012 Winternationals, Dwayne Shields came over to congratulate me, and told me not to expect much because many of the contingency sponsors dropped out. He was right.

What I really appreciated was getting off the record monetary credit toward future purchases from some of our hard parts suppliers for winning. While we always supported them as they did us, I don't want to blow the whistle on them, because it's likely they are still doing it. And I always believed "you know who", from Glendora would more than likely try to get a piece of the action if they could figure out how to do it.