Great Bobby Bennett Article (2 Viewers)
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One of the reasons people complain is because they think drag racing is NHRA. NHRA is just part of it. And it is the nitro cars that make it. When The Chinese decide to stop selling us nitro, it is all over.
Let m interject a little "back in the day" here. When I first got involved, three guys with decent jobs could run a top fuel car at Lions and maybe even go rounds. Now days, when young people go to a big show race and see nitro cars, they do not think that they could do that. So it is just another circus show to them.
However, Street Outlaws introduced a whole new audience to drag racing. That show usually out pulls any NHRA TV show. But look what it spawned. All the door slammer racing where the first guy to the finish line wins. No breakout, no delay boxes or what ever they are called. real drag racing and it is growing rapidly.
The motorcycle side is stronger than it has ever been with XDA events pulling 800+ entries. They are mostly younger people riding street legal motorcycles to 6.40s at 236+. The King of Grudge with a packed house and winner racing for $90,000.
So when you take your focus off of NHRA and see what is really happening out there, we are in good shape.
Let m interject a little "back in the day" here. When I first got involved, three guys with decent jobs could run a top fuel car at Lions and maybe even go rounds. Now days, when young people go to a big show race and see nitro cars, they do not think that they could do that. So it is just another circus show to them.
However, Street Outlaws introduced a whole new audience to drag racing. That show usually out pulls any NHRA TV show. But look what it spawned. All the door slammer racing where the first guy to the finish line wins. No breakout, no delay boxes or what ever they are called. real drag racing and it is growing rapidly.
The motorcycle side is stronger than it has ever been with XDA events pulling 800+ entries. They are mostly younger people riding street legal motorcycles to 6.40s at 236+. The King of Grudge with a packed house and winner racing for $90,000.
So when you take your focus off of NHRA and see what is really happening out there, we are in good shape.
