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SundayNiagara
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$360.00 each!
HEMI6point1
Nitro Member
For two people that's $720.00. No thanks! For great seats in section A under the shade we only paid around 500 for all 4 days, and that's with a gate D parking pass (Which BTW is well worth the money).
You must know a secret road in and out then!
onfire
Nitro Member
All you have to do is enter the track from the North and it's a breeze!! All the years that I have gone there, I have never had any problem getting in or out. And if you ask me, purchasing a parking pass is a complete waste of money.
sammi
Nitro Member
TV is killing NHRA and NAPCAR both. Why go on Sunday when you will have to endure all of the sad "entertainment" stuff (screaming failed DJs, RC car exhibitions, driver introductions, sponsor introductions....)to see fewer cars and more time between runs. TV is way better than $60 tickets and minimal track activity.
I went to a NAPCAR race at Cal. Speedway(free tickets) a couple of years ago. I lasted 40 laps before getting bored to death and leaving. Watching a NAPCAR race a TV is marginally better, at least you know who is leading. The best part of the day was using my free garage pass and cruising around to the back to discover a)Denny Hamlin is a very small man and b)a NAPCAR tech woman beating on the nose of a car with a dead blow to get it to pass the template.
NHRA REALLY needs to make Sunday a loss leader and let people in for $10 a head. Their TV would look much better.
BTW-The best driver introduction thing I have ever seen was at the 64 Funny Car race at OCIR when they parked the entire field on the track. (Hell, even the Pro Stock parade thing they used to do wasn't half bad...) Stop trying to imitate NAPCAR and look to the glorious past of our sport, would ya?
I went to a NAPCAR race at Cal. Speedway(free tickets) a couple of years ago. I lasted 40 laps before getting bored to death and leaving. Watching a NAPCAR race a TV is marginally better, at least you know who is leading. The best part of the day was using my free garage pass and cruising around to the back to discover a)Denny Hamlin is a very small man and b)a NAPCAR tech woman beating on the nose of a car with a dead blow to get it to pass the template.
NHRA REALLY needs to make Sunday a loss leader and let people in for $10 a head. Their TV would look much better.
BTW-The best driver introduction thing I have ever seen was at the 64 Funny Car race at OCIR when they parked the entire field on the track. (Hell, even the Pro Stock parade thing they used to do wasn't half bad...) Stop trying to imitate NAPCAR and look to the glorious past of our sport, would ya?
SundayNiagara
Nitro Member
SundayNiagara
Nitro Member
I get Red Key parking right outside the south gate.
vegasnitro
Nitro Member
I have long maintained the live experience of ALL sporting events (not just NHRA) is rapidly losing ground to TV. Big flat screen HDTVs, DVRs with pause and rewind capabilities, not to mention recording so you can watch whenever you want. You can plainly hear the announcers in Dolby Surround and they aren't shouting at you!
Then you have all of the ancillary stuff: No traffic or crowds to deal with. You don't have to pay to park. You can buy a 12 pack for what 1 beer will cost you at the event. No walking or sunburns or being hot or cold or rain. No lines at your bathroom, and it is probably clean and has toilet paper, it might even be 2-Ply LOL! Your couch/La-Z-Boy is way more comfortable than metal bleachers. You can raid the fridge or order a pizza without missing anything or standing in line or taking out a small loan.
As technology evolves and fees for attending events increase, the reasons to NOT attend will eventually exceed the reasons to attend, in some folks mind I am sure that threshold has already been breeched.
I still love the smell of nitro, burnt rubber and the visceral feeling of two top fuel or funny cars taking off from the starting line.....none of which I will ever get by watching TV! I guess I just love being there in person
I still love the smell of nitro, burnt rubber and the visceral feeling of two top fuel or funny cars taking off from the starting line.....none of which I will ever get by watching TV! I guess I just love being there in person
What he said^^^! Drag racing is probably the worst sport to enjoy on TV! NASCAR on the other and is much more enjoyable on TV!
Right on.
sammi
Nitro Member
Speaking to those over 50 now....
If NHRA can figure out how to bottle the moment before the AA/FD finals in a late 60's/early 70's race when the driver lifts his hand and points forward to the push truck driver, and the car and crew rush off down the fireup road. The theater of the entire experience, not so much the run, always brought me back to the races.
Most of those suits (notable exception being Graham Light)on the salary list posted on another thread, I am guessing, have never heard the sound change of a AA/FD when the driver flips on the ignition.
The NHRA has to rediscover the drama that hung so heavy in the air during events of the 60's and 70's. Trying to copy NASCAR is a failed strategy.
If NHRA can figure out how to bottle the moment before the AA/FD finals in a late 60's/early 70's race when the driver lifts his hand and points forward to the push truck driver, and the car and crew rush off down the fireup road. The theater of the entire experience, not so much the run, always brought me back to the races.
Most of those suits (notable exception being Graham Light)on the salary list posted on another thread, I am guessing, have never heard the sound change of a AA/FD when the driver flips on the ignition.
The NHRA has to rediscover the drama that hung so heavy in the air during events of the 60's and 70's. Trying to copy NASCAR is a failed strategy.
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