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New England Dragway National Event Press Conference
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Chris ...
As a resident taxpayer in CT, I can tell you that the quoted 7.7% number is complete B.S. People just stop looking for jobs when they see there are truly no options. Extended benefits have now expired in CT, so the Government will have no visibility to who is still out of work. Hence the number goes artificially down.
In CT, larger corporations like UTC and Unilever are laying off and Unilever is even closing its CT plant to move to Arkansas this summer.
Raw data is not always an accurate depiction but they will hype it to show improvement. The reality is in speaking to people living this nightmare.
Surfer Ed
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Mike are you going for the June 16th funny car event?
MM
Nitro Member
Yes, I'll be with the Chi-Town Hustler.
Im willing to bet E-town draws heavily from the Boston area!
sdwarf36
Nitro Member
One advantage (for us in Ct anyways)-you don't have drive thru NYC to get there.
I hope they get a cool weather date. The times could be as quick as any of the other fast tracks.
When I used to race, I would test+ tune up there. Any number I could hit in G'ville-Atco-MIR- I could do at Epping.
I wonder if the mosquitos have sent out their own press release....
I hope they get a cool weather date. The times could be as quick as any of the other fast tracks.
When I used to race, I would test+ tune up there. Any number I could hit in G'ville-Atco-MIR- I could do at Epping.
I wonder if the mosquitos have sent out their own press release....
HEMI6point1
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It's almost 12PM. Where's the press release? 
MM
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Epping and Englishtown are 300 miles from each other. There are several races on tour that are closer together than that. Joliet-Indy, Vegas-Pomona, Joliet-St Louis, Bristol-Charlotte, Indy-St Louis, Atlanta-Charlotte, Joliet-Norwalk (right at 300). I'm probably even forgetting some. Each track has their own major metro area to draw from. There should not be a problem.
Yeah....but look at what has happened to Indy since Joliet and Madison were added??? Doesn't get nearly the crowds!
Critical Mass comes into play sooner or later! That being said, Epping will be Huge!
SundayNiagara
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GLENDORA, Calif. (May 30, 2012) — Nearly two years ago, NHRA promised its legion of fans in the New England states that it would soon bring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series – the fastest, most exciting form of motorsports on the planet – to that region of the country.
Today, NHRA made it official by announcing the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will visit New England Dragway in Epping, N.H., for the inaugural NHRA New England Nationals, June 20-23, 2013. The announcement marks a process that began more than a decade ago when NHRA decided it wanted to stage an NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event in this region of the country. NHRA enjoys the most geographically diverse schedule of any of the major motorsports and the addition of New England only reinforces that position.
“This is a landmark announcement for NHRA and the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series,” said Tom Compton, president, NHRA. “We identified the New England area as one of the primary regions to expand our schedule and today’s announcement is very exciting for everyone involved in NHRA.”
New England Dragway in Epping, N.H. will be making capital improvements to the facility over the course of the next 12 months in preparation for the arrival of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in June 2013. The facility joined the NHRA member track network in 2011 with the goal of one day hosting a NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event. The nearly two years of hard work put in by track officials and its owners have resulted in today’s announcement.
“To bring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series to New England and specifically the state of New Hampshire is very exciting,” said Joe Lombardo, track general manager, New England Dragway. “We have started the process of preparing our facility to host an event of this magnitude and look forward to hosting the stars of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing next June.”
The event will be headlined by 15-time NHRA Funny Car world champion John Force, seven-time Top Fuel champ Tony Schumacher, as well as many other top stars including New England’s own Bob Tasca III, Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Greg Anderson, Cruz Pedregon, Courtney Force, Morgan Lucas, Robert Hight, Terry McMillen, and Jeg Coughlin, among others. The event expects to entertain fans from the entire New England region, including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Canada. The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series is broadcast on ESPN2/ESPN2HD.
Fans attending the event are in store for an experience unlike any other in sports and entertainment. NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing showcases the world’s fastest race cars, a spectacle of high speed, side-by-side races with jaw-dropping performances where the sophisticated machines accelerate to more than 100 mph in less than a second and routinely exceed 300 mph. A total sensory racing experience that you can see, hear, feel and taste, every NHRA Full Throttle event is a highly engaging and genuine fan experience that provides all-day entertainment on and off the track with NHRA’s open pit environment that allows every person attending an event to get up close and personal with the sport’s biggest stars.
The New England area has a long and storied drag racing history with the sport making its debut at the old Newington Airport in 1953. Eventually, and after much due diligence, New England Dragway was opened in September 1966. The facility has been active ever since, becoming an NHRA member track in 2011 and it will now host the biggest drag racing event in the history of the facility as well as the state of New Hampshire – an NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.
NHRA and New England Dragway officials will make additional announcements in the coming weeks and months regarding sponsors, tickets and promotional events and activities. Tickets for the event are expected to go on sale on Tuesday, Nov. 13. For more information, log on to NHRA.com.
Today, NHRA made it official by announcing the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series will visit New England Dragway in Epping, N.H., for the inaugural NHRA New England Nationals, June 20-23, 2013. The announcement marks a process that began more than a decade ago when NHRA decided it wanted to stage an NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event in this region of the country. NHRA enjoys the most geographically diverse schedule of any of the major motorsports and the addition of New England only reinforces that position.
“This is a landmark announcement for NHRA and the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series,” said Tom Compton, president, NHRA. “We identified the New England area as one of the primary regions to expand our schedule and today’s announcement is very exciting for everyone involved in NHRA.”
New England Dragway in Epping, N.H. will be making capital improvements to the facility over the course of the next 12 months in preparation for the arrival of the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series in June 2013. The facility joined the NHRA member track network in 2011 with the goal of one day hosting a NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event. The nearly two years of hard work put in by track officials and its owners have resulted in today’s announcement.
“To bring the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series to New England and specifically the state of New Hampshire is very exciting,” said Joe Lombardo, track general manager, New England Dragway. “We have started the process of preparing our facility to host an event of this magnitude and look forward to hosting the stars of NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing next June.”
The event will be headlined by 15-time NHRA Funny Car world champion John Force, seven-time Top Fuel champ Tony Schumacher, as well as many other top stars including New England’s own Bob Tasca III, Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Greg Anderson, Cruz Pedregon, Courtney Force, Morgan Lucas, Robert Hight, Terry McMillen, and Jeg Coughlin, among others. The event expects to entertain fans from the entire New England region, including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Canada. The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series is broadcast on ESPN2/ESPN2HD.
Fans attending the event are in store for an experience unlike any other in sports and entertainment. NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing showcases the world’s fastest race cars, a spectacle of high speed, side-by-side races with jaw-dropping performances where the sophisticated machines accelerate to more than 100 mph in less than a second and routinely exceed 300 mph. A total sensory racing experience that you can see, hear, feel and taste, every NHRA Full Throttle event is a highly engaging and genuine fan experience that provides all-day entertainment on and off the track with NHRA’s open pit environment that allows every person attending an event to get up close and personal with the sport’s biggest stars.
The New England area has a long and storied drag racing history with the sport making its debut at the old Newington Airport in 1953. Eventually, and after much due diligence, New England Dragway was opened in September 1966. The facility has been active ever since, becoming an NHRA member track in 2011 and it will now host the biggest drag racing event in the history of the facility as well as the state of New Hampshire – an NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series event.
NHRA and New England Dragway officials will make additional announcements in the coming weeks and months regarding sponsors, tickets and promotional events and activities. Tickets for the event are expected to go on sale on Tuesday, Nov. 13. For more information, log on to NHRA.com.
SundayNiagara
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That ain't what happened to Indy!
I have been going to Indy since '92, and the difference in crowds since NHRA added Norwalk, Chicago and Madison is been very noticeable!
mopain
Nitro Member
NHRA is holding a second press conference on the steps of the New Hampshire State Capitol Building on Thursday May 31 at 10 AM. The public is invited to attend.
New England Dragway - Epping, NH
New England Dragway - Epping, NH
Professional Fan
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Given those dates, I wonder how they will adjust next year's schedule. As it would currently stand, putting Epping where they are would result in racing 4 weekends in a row which I can't imagine happening. (Epping is in the middle of Bristol, Joliet, Norwalk.)
Wayne
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My thoughts exactly. Really hoping that no other event gets dumped to make room.
You can move Bristol up a weekend to the current off weekend after E-Town and have off on Father's day weekend. There are many different ways you can adjust the schedule.
Bobby Bennett
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Waiting to see what kind of gouging we're gonna get on the hotel rooms, considering they used to light us up in the old IHRA days.
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