PBIR Swan Song? (1 Viewer)

[HEMI6point1]

Hey Sam, you're fuckin' delusional, gloom & doom, you don't know what will happen...

The BPC sheriff said it himself (Just not the bit about Beeline), so go yell and scream at him.... not me.

 

[Nitro Cane]

I guess we won't have any PRO testing at PBIR this year. Since no word yet i'm thinking no .

 

[ZWeinstein]

I guess we won't have any PRO testing at PBIR this year. Since no word yet i'm thinking no .

PRO testing is in Phoenix the week before Pomona.

 

[Nitro Cane]

Oh well. Its was great while it was here .

 

[ZWeinstein]

Oh well. Its was great while it was here .

Honestly the test in some ways is better than a national event. The atmosphere is a lot more laid back and you get to see each team make way more runs.

 

[James]

Honestly the test in some ways is better than a national event. The atmosphere is a lot more laid back and you get to see each team make way more runs.

But it's not racing. Sunday at a National event is what it's all about IMHO.

 

[robinjackson]

PBIR not quite done yet:

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The Last Race?

 

[ZWeinstein]

But it's not racing. Sunday at a National event is what it's all about IMHO.

True, that is why I said in some ways the test session is better.

 

[mick]

when you get most of the touring cars at one track, making laps for more than one day, and the drivers have time for the fans, you have an entertainment event
about 90% the same as a national event......PBIR ran a great test and allowed fans to participate for a couple years. pretty much an additional nat. event in south FL
for the folks down there. it's too bad it's all gone. a quality non-nat. event track in non-nat. event location made it even better.

 

[T.Smith]

A couple things about PBIR.

Some found the racing surface to be a bit temperamental.

From a logistics stand point, it makes more sense to go West and test at a track on that is on the NHRA scheduled. Plus the first race of the season is just a few hours of a drive away.

 

[MM]

A couple things about PBIR.

Some found the racing surface to be a bit temperamental.

From a logistics stand point, it makes more sense to go West and test at a track on that is on the NHRA scheduled. Plus the first race of the season is just a few hours of a drive away.

Temperamental is good word for it. I've been there with three different fuel cars and for sure the way the rubber adhered to the surface was completely unique. I'm guessing that is the environmental affect of it literally being built over a swamp. I will say this though, I have never been down a track as smooth as PBIR. It was like driving on glass.

 

[Notch1320]

I live just right down the street from the track (18 miles) and have been there many times. When I ran around with the Rosbergs (Dick & Terry) with their Jet Dragster they both commented that it's one of the smoothest tracks they've ever run on. The track could have been a NHRA facility if they had room to expand, being on a peninsula in the middle of a swamp negated that. Auction of all the drag strip's assets is next month, the end is near.

 

[T.Smith]

Looks as though J.R. Todd was there today testing.

 

[Paul]

Looks as though J.R. Todd was there today testing.

I like the looks of that Toyota. I wonder which Supra won?

 

[T.Smith]

I like the looks of that Toyota. I wonder which Supra won?

....er...BMW.

 

[Notch1320]

Toyota leased the track Friday for a photo shoot of the new Supra comparing it to the Funny Car. The street Supra is JR's daily driver and with both him and his car already down here they bought the Funny Car down for the shoot and as a bonus, they got to make a couple of test laps in front of over 100 Toyota people in attendance. Yea his Supra has a BMW engine and the Funny Car has a hemi, so what?

 

[Notch1320]

Forgot to mention, the track's schedule only has events scheduled until the end of March. Scuttlebutt down here is the closing on the property is April 1. I'm going to the Auction next month to observe.

 

[Notch1320]

Also, most probably JR will be the last Nitro car down the track.

 

[mgty3whlr]

Isn't Alexa attending the photo shoot also?

 

[T.Smith]

Yea his Supra has a BMW engine and the Funny Car has a hemi, so what?

My coded point was, the Supra shares quite a bit from the BMW M4. Engine, transmission and chassis. So much so the Supra gets sent to BMW for service. Not my taste in sports cars, but still a nice car.