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[Joe]

Is Ida still entered?

 

[MM]

Is Ida still entered?

No.

 

[T.Smith]

 

[Nitro79]

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So what does this mean for the pro classes?

 

[mick]

everyone loses on this deal. that's great that nhra is extending withdrawal all the way to a no show in E1 for thursday sportsman

 

[J. S.]

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Thanks for posting that, Jim.

 

[1963grinch]

So what does this mean for the pro classes?

Nothing so far. Only message from NHRA is the intent to get the race in and rules for qualifying positions in case of no or reduced number of qualifying runs. No change to the rules that I see. This is per a message this am about 1030 pst.

 

[J]

To bad they cant move it till next weekend,but i guess since alot of racers there already and the banquet monday night cant happen

 

[Chili]

everyone loses on this deal. that's great that nhra is extending withdrawal all the way to a no show in E1 for thursday sportsman

I feel sorry for the sportsman racers running for a championship this weekend. Hitting the track for round 1 with no time trial could be disaster for them. However I agree with the decision made by NHRA. If they can’t finish the race until next weekend quite a few would be unlikely to return unless they were in contention or local. They are better off getting it over with than sitting around for four days trying to race. With any rain their schedule would obviously be shuffled to get the pro categories in.

 

[T.Smith]

So what does this mean for the pro classes?

Lots of bench racing.

 

[none]

Lots of bench racing.

Poker.
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[J]

Lots of bench racing.

When its raining and you know its going to continue to rain do you all just stay at the hotel and sleep in,run errands,or just hang at the races?

 

[T.Smith]

When its raining and you know its going to continue to rain do you all just stay at the hotel and sleep in,run errands,or just hang at the races?

We get up and go to the track. We're pretty much welded there until NHRA calls it for the day. There's usually always something to work on. We obviously watch the weather radar just like everyone else just incase a window is coming. I've seen it happen! It only takes around 90 minutes to dry the track. So things can get busy in a hurry. If it continues to rain, I may go visit someone in the alky pits or another fuel team. Once they call it, most our guys go out dinner or find something to do. I'll usually chill out in the trailer lounge, listen to some west coast hip-hop music and have a glass of wine. That lounge can get pretty packed sometimes with members or friends of other teams.

 

[none]

My rain routine depended on how hard it was raining. If it was pouring I would stay in the tower and surf the web or write my next column for National Dragster or whatever I was I was writing for at the time.

If it was sprinkling I would cruise the pits and check in with what everyone was up to. I learned much more on rain days than on race days. I certainly wasn't ever hoping for rain, but I did try to get something positive out of it.

And I did find myself in the occasional card game. There used to be a Pro Stock trailer that would have a dice game going about the time the third drop of rain hit the ground.....

Alan

 

[J]

We get up and go to the track. We're pretty much welded there until NHRA calls it for the day. There's usually always something to work on. We obviously watch the weather radar just like everyone else just incase a window is coming. I've seen it happen! It only takes around 90 minutes to dry the track. So things can get busy in a hurry. If it continues to rain, I may go visit someone in the alky pits or another fuel team. Once they call it, most our guys go out dinner or find something to do. I'll usually chill out in the trailer lounge, listen to some west coast hip-hop music and have a glass of wine.

Are the trailers heated if cold and rainy or os it just ac,rainy days would suck

 

[T.Smith]

Are the trailers heated if cold and rainy or os it just ac,rainy days would suck

We have heat & A/C. Also, hot water and a bathroom.

 

[J]

We have heat & A/C. Also, hot water and a bathroom.

Nice,i didnt know about the bathrooms,prob saves a lot of time.

 

[Just Paul]

This should be a very entertaining first round today for sportsman. How good is your data, and how many numbers are you going to hold??? Oh man it's going to be fun to watch.

 

[Billy]

Is Ida still entered?

She was never entered into this event.

 

[mick]

This should be a very entertaining first round today for sportsman. How good is your data, and how many numbers are you going to hold??? Oh man it's going to be fun to watch.

totally agree paul. it's good they let STK go first as bubba is already the champ. i'm not sure if SC is over yet? as they are up 2nd today.
i would love to watch 1st rnd. there today for exactly the reasons you stated.