All things gainesville

[James]

8:12am

 

[Butch]

Are they running, haven't been able to find anything yet

 

[ZWeinstein]

Hate to see that happen to the Tatum guys. Also very fortunate the front end didn't get air and get over the wall. Could have been very ugly.

 

[Tim]

Yes they are on track….i don’t believe conditions are ideal.

And 10 minutes after the original post above, they are scrapping the track mid round after the Tatum incident.

 

[James]

Piss poor managing by nhra. The entire weekend. Just wow.

 

[Jim]

Piss poor managing by nhra. The entire weekend. Just wow.

NHRA needs to do a much better job controlling the weather.

 

[sutton]

Piss poor managing by nhra. The entire weekend. Just wow.

Please forward your resume with experience on managing a professional drag race to --- WHO GIVES A S***.com
Larry Sutton---

 

[James]

Drying track now, sun is out, for now.

Pro mod cancelled, and eliminations moved to phx. They made one (1) run all weekend.

Alky cars not cancelled (yet). Word is 1st round and move rest to Charlotte.

 

[James]

NHRA needs to do a much better job controlling the weather.

Ok, I'll bite.

They knew coming into the weekend what the weather would most likely be.

They canceled Friday night (no curfew) sportmans. (Dew point was fine)

Saturday was canceled (early) again with no curfew.

They chose to scrape the track mid first round, Instead of doing it before, in the am.

 

[Butch]

Maybe go back to Pomona as it used to be and go to Gainesville mid-March.

 

[sutton]

Please forward your resume with experience on managing a professional drag race to --- WHO GIVES A S***.com
Larry Sutton---

thank you moderator for the edit. I got carried away.
Larry Sutton---

 

[AC]

wow cancelling promod, all that work for one round of qual. Dam, that has got to hurt!

 

[Nitro Cane]

Amen to that Anthony

 

[AC]

Amen to that Anthony

being an ex racer you sign up for this and the nhra has no control over the weather. NHRA should compensate the teams somehow, think of all the cash that was thrown out the window to be told you are done for the weekend (unless the promod teams agreed because of poor track conditions).

 

[Paul]

Pro Mod eliminations moved to Chicago. https://www.nhra.com/news/2025/gato...hra-pro-mod-series-eliminations-moved-chicago

 

[none]

Ok, I'll bite.

They knew coming into the weekend what the weather would most likely be.

They canceled Friday night (no curfew) sportmans. (Dew point was fine)

Saturday was canceled (early) again with no curfew.

They chose to scrape the track mid first round, Instead of doing it before, in the am.

Sad they had to wreck a race car before they looked at the track. 6? Pedalfests wasn’t enough!

 

[AC]

Pro Mod eliminations moved to Chicago. https://www.nhra.com/news/2025/gato...hra-pro-mod-series-eliminations-moved-chicago

hearing the pro mod teams agreed to move, probably a smart move!

 

[James]

Power out to almost whole facility. That is the hold up.

No power to suites, tower, electronics, etc.

TV has their own power.

 

[Chili]

Power out to almost whole facility. That is the hold up.

No power to suites, tower, electronics, etc.

TV has their own power.

Thanks for the updates

 

[twostep]

Maybe go back to Pomona as it used to be and go to Gainesville mid-March.

About the only way you could whittle down the odds of rain is to move the event to November which is Florida's driest month by a long shot. Hell, it's Florida and rain simply goes with the territory. Gainesville's annual average - actually lower than many other Florida cities - is nearly double what it is for the rest of the country.