Vegas or Phoenix for the Finals. Yes I know the weather can have impact anywhere. Other factors beyond the weather is a factor. The Fox equipment not being available due to prior commitments, dealing with the city of Pomona or whoever, etc.
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Pomona canceled, Just like that the Season is over, Bad decision by NHRA in my opinion (3 Viewers)
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Vegas or Phoenix for the Finals. Yes I know the weather can have impact anywhere. Other factors beyond the weather is a factor. The Fox equipment not being available due to prior commitments, dealing with the city of Pomona or whoever, etc.
NitroRichFire
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OK, if there are always problems where the next weekend at Pomona is already booked for having events on the schedule, what about moving the finals to Sonoma Raceway? Isn't Sonoma Raceway still in California??
You don't say? The Fox mobile unit factor, the fairgrounds and city of Pomona factor, the cost of the teams staying or traveling elsewhere factor.
Nobody is arguing against the weather causing all of that.
Custom Body Fan
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So this “other track” will instantly need to fully staff up, get vendors in place, NHRA will have to get there and prep the track, all the teams will have to pack up and drive at least a few hundred miles if not more , the teams, NHRA and support companies (like Goodyear) will have to secure a massive number of hotel rooms with 0 days notice and hope enough of their team can get there and not have to go back to a “real job”, somehow tickets will need to be sold to what few fans will be able to get there, Fox will hopefully have equipment and a crew available, local police details will be needed, etc etc. To me that sounds pretty complicated, but if Mighty Mack says it’s doable, NHRA needs to put him in charge.
TF CREW
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Because there will be crew member changes, driver changes, team changes.so why not settle the 2025 Championship, at the the first race in 2026. Racers could accumulate their normal 2026 points but also count points intended for the 2025 finals. That's a wacky idea, but it's better than cancellation. This whole scenario kinda reminded me of How the 'Sopranos' Ended
He's sounding like the people that argued that the individuals who died with COVID with underlying issues DIDN'T ACTUALLY die from COVID. If the weather wasn't as bad as it was, all of these other factors would have been MOOT. Agreeing with your post.You don't say? The Fox mobile unit factor, the fairgrounds and city of Pomona factor, the cost of the teams staying or traveling elsewhere factor.
Nobody is arguing against the weather causing all of that.
ZWeinstein
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Look we can all **** on NHRA, and dont get me wrong, there are times they deserve it, but last weekend was just one of those no-win situations. I commend them for getting all of Sportsman done on Thursday and giving the racers the option to no-show 1st round and still get their entry credited for next season. With how much rain was dumped there was no way they could have safely ran without scraping all of the rubber from start to finish and re-prep the track and that I believe takes a whole day and I dont think they had more than a hour or two where it wasnt raining since Thursday night. I think back to that Atlanta race years ago where it dumped for 24 hours and they tried to run Top Fuel at like 7pm only for nobody to get down the track and Bob Vandergriff about going turtle in his car. Thats what would have happened at Pomona except probably worse.
From what I've been hearing the banquet being Monday had nothing to do with the race being cancelled, more had to do with the fact they could not use the facility this weekend. From their website, looks like three different events going on this weekend. The logistics of moving to say Vegas or Phoenix of getting enough staff together to work the facility, parking, etc and thats before getting the crews, teams, media enough hotel rooms is impossible. Even if we could magically transport everyone from Pomona to say Phoenix, guess what. It rained all day yesterday and is suppose to rain all day today.
From what I've been hearing the banquet being Monday had nothing to do with the race being cancelled, more had to do with the fact they could not use the facility this weekend. From their website, looks like three different events going on this weekend. The logistics of moving to say Vegas or Phoenix of getting enough staff together to work the facility, parking, etc and thats before getting the crews, teams, media enough hotel rooms is impossible. Even if we could magically transport everyone from Pomona to say Phoenix, guess what. It rained all day yesterday and is suppose to rain all day today.
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T.Smith
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A logistics nightmare. I'll just speak on our crew guys alone. We have crew guys from Oklahoma, Colorado, California, Washington and Indiana. The rest are from Illinois.
T.Smith
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Ain't that some sh*t, pack all that crap up only have it rain there too.
Also, speaking of Las Vegas. There's this race going on this weekend called the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix!!!...on the streets of Las Vegas!
none
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F1 wouldn't be the problem. The Street Car SuperNationals are going on this weekend at the Strip.
That would be a problem.
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T.Smith
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Mighty Mack is a got damn idiot if he believes that. Pomona was not available, moving to another track was not an option. Who says where the awards ceremony was held is available next week? F**k it, just call the local VFW hall and do it there. Burgers & fries, pizza, fish fry and open bar.
T.Smith
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To quote Larry Huffman..."Door slammers, stay home!"
What's amazing is, all the racers that were affected by the rainout are good with the decision, have already enjoyed the banquet, are back home, and getting ready for PRI and looking to 2026. But there will be a steady stream of Monday morning quarterbacks (crewchiefs?) coming up with all the things NHRA should've and could've done for weeks to come.
DragFan2
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Paul, what you said was pretty much everyone's opinion if they considered the facts. Matt Hagen had a slim chance of overtaking Austin Prock in Funny Car but all the stars had to lineup. I know it has happened that way before, but probably very unlikely. So TSR was the only team that lost out in this deal and Tony Stewart stated he was okay with it. Class act.
z28
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they had In-N-Out one time didn't they? Really it was just a no win situation. Let 2026 begin.
Dennis
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I'm not one of the NHRA cheerleaders. In my uneducated and unsolicited opinion the NHRA did the right thing.
All this talk about "Plan B" - but nobody gives specifics. For all the Plan B proponents, how does this play out, specifically? Load up the cars, change the flights, book last minute hotels and rental cars elsewhere? And that goes for both the teams and the fans. As a fan, I'd be ticked if I planned a vacation around Los Angeles and then was told "oops, we're going to Vegas or Phoenix" on 4 days notice.
This isn't something that happens every "x" years and NHRA could be faulted for poor foresight. It was a freak event, fingers crossed it doesn't happen for another 50 years.
All this talk about "Plan B" - but nobody gives specifics. For all the Plan B proponents, how does this play out, specifically? Load up the cars, change the flights, book last minute hotels and rental cars elsewhere? And that goes for both the teams and the fans. As a fan, I'd be ticked if I planned a vacation around Los Angeles and then was told "oops, we're going to Vegas or Phoenix" on 4 days notice.
This isn't something that happens every "x" years and NHRA could be faulted for poor foresight. It was a freak event, fingers crossed it doesn't happen for another 50 years.
DragFan2
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I thought Mighty Mack had good sense. Apparently not. Everyone seems to think that NHRA did not have a Plan B. Well, pushing the race to Monday or Tuesday if necessary would have been Plan B. That turned out to NOT be an option. Moving a race to an entirely different track on 3-4 days notice? That makes no sense and logistically would never work. Too much work involved in putting on a race on such short notice and just how many fans could it draw if it even was doable. Mother Nature made her wishes known and sometimes you just have to accept the inevitable.
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