Paul
Nitro Member
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2006
- Messages
- 414
- Age
- 71
- Location
- Brisbane, CA
(Sent to the Pinks feedback mailbox)
I've been impressed by the new interest in drag racing you've been able to generate with the Pinks show, you've made watching drag racing fun again.
On the flip side I'm pretty depressed by the state of NHRA racing. They've let the sport drift to the point where the cost for a pro team to field a competitve car isn't even in the ball park of what most sponsors are willing to pay for the minimal TV exposure the sport currently generates. So the sport has been depending on a few "private donors" who fund multiple car teams partly out of pocket. But now that one of them (Evan Knoll) has had some financial setbacks, it looks like this year the NHRA might not even have full fields in the pro categories.
Its a unique opportunity for someone to take advantage of the weak competition and make nitro drag racing fun again, and you guys look like the most likely candidates.
Why not start a Pinks Nitro Match Race series and bring back a whiff of the wild nitro match race days of the past? Pick competitors that were well liked by NHRA fans but can't afford to race the NHRA circuit anymore, and pit good guys against bad guys and young guys against old guys.
How about Whit Bazemore against Chris Karamesines to kick things off?
Follow it up with Dean Skuza against Al Hoffman. Bring Shirley back for a match race against Connie. Have Big Daddy tune a car against Dale Armstrong.
How about the Glidden family against the Johnson family in Pro Stock (dads tune, sons drive)?
Pay a guarantee but make a large part of the purse best 2 out of 3 winner takes all. Include your current format of a negotiation between rounds, but make the negotiation just for some additional "side bets" per each round. Make sure that before the race the racers do a little trash talking for the press, just like the old days.
For racers that aren't currently in a position to supply their own cars and support vehicles, contract with Paul Smith to provide cars, he's one the best at providing competitive nitro cars on a budget.
Please do this and bring Nitro racing back to life again, right now pro drag racing is generating about as much interest as pro bowling.
Sincerely,
Paul Titchener
I've been impressed by the new interest in drag racing you've been able to generate with the Pinks show, you've made watching drag racing fun again.
On the flip side I'm pretty depressed by the state of NHRA racing. They've let the sport drift to the point where the cost for a pro team to field a competitve car isn't even in the ball park of what most sponsors are willing to pay for the minimal TV exposure the sport currently generates. So the sport has been depending on a few "private donors" who fund multiple car teams partly out of pocket. But now that one of them (Evan Knoll) has had some financial setbacks, it looks like this year the NHRA might not even have full fields in the pro categories.
Its a unique opportunity for someone to take advantage of the weak competition and make nitro drag racing fun again, and you guys look like the most likely candidates.
Why not start a Pinks Nitro Match Race series and bring back a whiff of the wild nitro match race days of the past? Pick competitors that were well liked by NHRA fans but can't afford to race the NHRA circuit anymore, and pit good guys against bad guys and young guys against old guys.
How about Whit Bazemore against Chris Karamesines to kick things off?
Follow it up with Dean Skuza against Al Hoffman. Bring Shirley back for a match race against Connie. Have Big Daddy tune a car against Dale Armstrong.
How about the Glidden family against the Johnson family in Pro Stock (dads tune, sons drive)?
Pay a guarantee but make a large part of the purse best 2 out of 3 winner takes all. Include your current format of a negotiation between rounds, but make the negotiation just for some additional "side bets" per each round. Make sure that before the race the racers do a little trash talking for the press, just like the old days.
For racers that aren't currently in a position to supply their own cars and support vehicles, contract with Paul Smith to provide cars, he's one the best at providing competitive nitro cars on a budget.
Please do this and bring Nitro racing back to life again, right now pro drag racing is generating about as much interest as pro bowling.
Sincerely,
Paul Titchener
