Nitro 1/8th Mile (1 Viewer)

[Luke Nieuwhof]

Nitro Chaos at Eddyville in July should be fun, that is going to be just what you describe above - heads up, run what you brung, as long as it’s on nitro!
For the record, I am a quarter mile guy, and I had a great time at Funny Car Chaos. Eighth mile suits that deal just fine with all of the different combos. Where a big show car could easily run down an alcohol car over a quarter if it needed a pedal, the eighth mile makes it a lot more even than you’d think - especially at some of the smaller tracks.

 

[sutton]

I think NHRA should go 999 ft. I can't see all the way to 1000 ft.

make it 666 ft.
(the Devil made me do it)

Larry Sutton---Lions Starter

 

[twostep]

3.073/294.31

Thanks for the correction. Must have misread it somehow when I looked it up.

 

[Cliff]

Carl, you're allowed one mistake per post.

 

[DanTheFan]

Can’t wait for four wide 1/8 mile. So let’s see, on race day, you get 25 total seconds of fuel racing. Yikes!

 

[stitcherbob]

Can’t wait for four wide 1/8 mile. So let’s see, on race day, you get 25 total seconds of fuel racing. Yikes!

I have an idea ! Lets run 2 cars down one side of the 4 wide tracks and then they have to turn around and race back up the other side

 

[stoppro]

lets run the 4 wide from opposite directions at the same time -that will add excitment

 

[Cliff]

2 cars per lane so it will be 8 wide......

 

[Nick Name]

Here is a different perspective. First, I have been around since the glory days of west coast nitro racing. I also enjoy watch human behavior.

I have noticed that when nitro cars are running, at least 70% of thre folks in the stands do watch past the 1/8th mile, then heads turn back to the starting line to see whose next. Watch this yourself next time. Only the real hard core watch it until the win light comes on. The whole show is the burn out and the first 600 feet.

I can't remember if Saturday Night Nitro at Famosa several years ago was 1/8th or quarter, but it was a blast.

Then again, this entire argument will be mute when the Chinese stop selling us nitro.

As far as attracting new fans, this fast door car stuff, grudge and motorcycles is where it's at.

 

[Larry]

RE: Blown Margarita Mixer
That Scott Palmer never a dull moment with that guy around .
I had it captioned for 1200 HP but a racer corrected me said that it was 8,000 HP .
It was no doubt a party favorite .
Billy Meyer promised a even bigger party er Race next year so I guess a 1/8 mile race that sort of evens up the competition is alright in my books .
You won't see this bunch at least most of them running in the Big Show .
It's racing and I guarantee a good time was had by all .
On Friday with a couple big oil downs it took nearly three hours to run nearly 70 Funny Cars . When's the last time you saw that ?

 

[Cliff]

Larry, that take me back to OCIR and the F/C meets they had. Solid F/C for hours......

 

[aakar]

How about "Run What Ya Brung...as long as it runs on NITRO" 1/8th mile? There were some problems, but seeing Altereds, bikes, retro funny cars and nitro injected TAD's competing together was cool

Inaugural Nitro Chaos middle of July @ Eddyville lowa

 

[stitcherbob]

from a couple of years ago.... great header flames!

 

[twostep]

2 cars per lane so it will be 8 wide......

They did that back when Green Valley Raceway (Ft. Worth, TX) was still active. 4 wide, 2 lanes. Funny cars. Nitro funny cars. Mid 6 second, 210mph cars - but still pretty ballsy stuff. I personally competed in 4-wide stock eliminator on 2 lanes. Ahhh, those were the days.

 

[jgrigz]

I'd rather do away with TF and NFC all together and make alcohol the top class than go with 1/8th mile nitro racing.

 

[Cliff]

Jerry, Top Alky 1/8 mile is a good show. Have seen video of them racing in Texas as part of a Pro Mod program. Side by side racing & it was fun to watch. Sean Bellemeur ran that event & said it was strange running only to the 1/8, but they had a lot of fun doing the race, which he won.

 

[Luke Nieuwhof]

 

[Cliff]

Thanks Luke. This was a great video.

 

[Luke Nieuwhof]

 

[MidnightbluS10]

Why would the NHRA change their format based on what, someone did on their own time at a non-nhra event?

You guys don't even make sense.