LoPony
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I doubt that unless your points are negative. Haha
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They couldn't. The forecast was for a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms beginning around 230-3pm. And sure enough the storms began to move into the area right after the final final. Round 1 sucked for all but the rest of the race was really good. Hell of a lot better than moving the final to the next race (they wouldn't have been able to race tomorrow; mucho rain again).
I picked 3 of the pro winners; imagine that.
justafan
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and Jerry Don Tucker?
T.Smith
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Tell that to Trip Tatum.They couldn't. The forecast was for a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms beginning around 230-3pm. And sure enough the storms began to move into the area right after the final. Round 1 sucked for all but the rest of the race was really good. Hell of a lot better than moving the final to the next race (they wouldn't have been able to race tomorrow; mucho rain again).
I picked 3 of the pro winners; imagine that.
That starting line was completely unacceptable to race on, at that time. I don't give two sh*ts when it was going to rain.
mick
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agree on starting line. when there was news online of tripp's crash early in morning, i kinda' wondered what that track was like; then when
broadcast started i was amazed to see all the bald areas. why didn't they drag the first at least 330' prior to 9:30am start? or did they with little to no success?
run some sportsmen classes, then put the pros out. the track is lit with no curfews. what am i not understanding?
how tony stewart ran 4.72 2nd pair out is mind boggling.
broadcast started i was amazed to see all the bald areas. why didn't they drag the first at least 330' prior to 9:30am start? or did they with little to no success?
run some sportsmen classes, then put the pros out. the track is lit with no curfews. what am i not understanding?
how tony stewart ran 4.72 2nd pair out is mind boggling.
mick
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chad green racing 
what a boost of confidence for chad's two CC's yesterday. damn that was an impressive win,
on a very suspect day of weather and track conditions ...... noticed chad is finally in newer style mustang body, and blake is running the dodge body.
want to see blake's new team with matt bynum make a run for the top 10 this year, as well as spencer hyde behind wheel of head FC.
what a boost of confidence for chad's two CC's yesterday. damn that was an impressive win,on a very suspect day of weather and track conditions ...... noticed chad is finally in newer style mustang body, and blake is running the dodge body.
want to see blake's new team with matt bynum make a run for the top 10 this year, as well as spencer hyde behind wheel of head FC.
Custom Body Fan
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Does anyone know why Blake is running the Dodge body? Doesn't look like either Dodge or Ford have an agreement with CGN.
i thought the NHRA Staff did a swell job against adversity but i have a a couple questions - does it take nearly 3 hours to dry off a race track? Once the rain came, i bolted for the car and did not return till they were troubleshooting the power loss, so i do not know, by what means, did they use to dry of the track. I thought i heard the announcer mention the Jet Dryer couldn't be used for some reason !?!. question 2 - despite the circumstances, is it good business sense to start a major event that draws tens and tens of thousands, so early in the morning ? (for what it's worth, there was a decent crowd at 9:30 AM so i guess 'if you build it, they will come'). I know one crewchief that didnt have nice things to say about the early start when he was interviewed. it'l be interesting to see if that comment makes the tv show
Definitely don't think CGM is aligned with a manufacturer. Chad's tow vehicle is GM.
Just Paul
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Agreed, the track was a problem early on. NHRA should have prepped it better. You can race in mid-60 degree weather with high humidity. The reason the track sucked was because Saturday's rain washed the rubber away, not simply because it was too cold. You can't replace the rubber other than the cars laying it down but you can't tell me it couldn't have been better prepped. Pretty sure I'm preaching to the choir here....
For what it's worth - 1, there were 3 mid 3.70's passes including two at over 330mph immediately before Tatum made his fateful run. Two of them were in the left lane. 2, no disrespect to Tripp whatsoever but you saw as well as I did what caused that crash.
Could they have started the race at 11am? Yes. And we'd be talking about the final 2 weeks from now since Monday was considered a sure-fire rainout. Perhaps I should have stated "They couldn't, with any reasonable expectation of finishing the race on Sunday."
No cars went down the left lane prior to Trip's crash, up to that point, only Tony Stewart made it down the track and that was in the right lane. After the wreck and multi hour rain delay is when the other cars went down the track. The track appeared to be in better condition after the rain.
Multiple wrong statements in here
Only smoke got down the track at 3.72
Next was mercier in the right lane at 4.16 (smoke also right lane)
11am (likely pushed back as rain came at 10:44) would have been a perfect start time as, minus the one rain delay after Tatum, it did not rain again until 8pm
DG
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DRC posts the round results ASAP, when the last pair go down the track. There was a big rain delay, so TF was posted after they actually ran the last pair. Almost real time!
I don't recall the exact run order for TF/E1 from watching it on FS1; I didn't record it. I remember Stewart's early 3.72 and I was pretty sure the Tatum/Mercier passes came towards the end of E1. NHRA's 'detailed results' page lists it as last in the order and it's always been my understanding that NHRA lists the results in the order of which they occurred. If that's not correct then I stand corrected and your assessment is accurate. Sorry, guys.
65 Goatboy
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NO rubber on the track, Antron talked about the bald spots on the starting line.
Got it; thanks, Mike. Now I understand why people were carping so much about the track.
T.Smith
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I don't know about that. There have been good running injected nitro cars since the beginning of drag racing. Also, Dave Settles won the 1976 U.S. Nationals in Pro Comp with an injected nitro dragster.
Great memory Tony! I was there, I think he beat Armstrong's AA/BAD in the final. That was the same year Gary Burgin ruined Snake's otherwise perfect season.
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