Darr, any chance you can give us more information on those two new distributors, or do they wish to remain unnamed at this point?
It's interesting, I had no idea that nitro was used in so many non racing applications. I started researching it when this shortage hit and found a bunch of medical and industrial applications for nitromethane. It appears that the amount used by the NHRA is just a small percentage of the total overall nitromethane consumption world wide.
I'm guessing it's the old supply and demand adage at work. Since the demand is so high, why should they lower their prices? I guess we'll have to wait and see.
My friend, who buys nitromethane to make model airplane, boat and r/c car fuels has a lot of contacts in the industry. He mentioned that VP has had someone in China for months now, buying up every spare bit of nitro that they can get their hands on, just to keep the NHRA pipeline full. Seems like the stuff is still in short supply, or maybe they just want everyone to think that it is.