New type of racing at Pomona, today.

[Race Fan]

http://racerxonline.com/2014/10/04/thoughts-after-straight-rhythm-practice

 

[vegasnitro]

Thank goodness they are using the return road and not the dragstrip. Other than that, I hope the event is a success.

 

[stitcherbob]

I don't know....are you sure the track wasn't prepped by the regular NHRA guys? Ask a Pro Stock team- they'll agree!

 

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It looks like the top end bleachers have been removed. I wonder if a sound day had to be used for that event.

 

[nwspeedshots]

Dragcross. Looks cool as hell to me.

 

[Nick Name]

We will probably be doing motors for that soon.

 

[Toejam]

That has to be a pain in the Ass to clean up when they are done! Glad I'm not on that crew!

 

[StockersRock]

An interesting new view of the Fairplex...

http://racerxonline.com/2014/10/05/gopro-james-stewart-at-red-bull-straight-rhythm

 

[Randy]

An interesting new view of the Fairplex...

http://racerxonline.com/2014/10/05/gopro-james-stewart-at-red-bull-straight-rhythm

That looks like most of the streets here in Fullerton.

 

[None]

That has to be a pain in the Ass to clean up when they are done! Glad I'm not on that crew!

Got to be better than cleaning up after those freak shows indoors.

 

[StockersRock]

Got to be better than cleaning up after those freak shows indoors.

With Feld running most Supercross events on back to back weekends with Monster Jam in the same city, that dirt pays for itself well enough that they're probably happy to clean it any way they have to!

 

[Race Fan]

history repeating it-self

 

[yoda]

Is that an old style Christmas tree?


And even more curious, is that grandstand at 1100' open to spectators??

(You know, the one that the FAA supposedly closed....)

 

[robinjackson]

And even more curious, is that grandstand at 1100' open to spectators??

(You know, the one that the FAA supposedly closed....)

Looks like that "FAA" grandstand has been removed.

 

[Toejam]

I remember around 2003-04 they ran the Supercross the same weekend as the Winternatl's, I was seeing all these 20 something hotties walkin around Pomona wearing "Dirt girl" shirts! I finally stopped one and asked them about it is how I found out! Didn't think the Motorcross crowd had any interest in Drag racing...

 

[Nick Name]

There is some video up of this event, and the stands look pretty well packed.

 

[StockersRock]

There is a fair amount of crossover between the two types of racing. Last year it was run as an exhibition somewhere in the desert in Mexico. This year, they created two classes and put it in a best of three head to head runs, tournament bracket format. By all accounts I've read, it was a rousing success, and has generated considerable buzz amongst the MX fans and industry. I hope NHRA got a chance to do some marketing for the upcoming Finals during this event. It was, however, a Red Bull event, so they may have had it locked down quite a bit.