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Scrappers Parked (6 Viewers)
- Thread starter Nunz
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Don't remember what year, but sometime in the 90's when we were burning 98% and had long insane smokey burnouts and fire in the pipes @ idle and packed grandstands, they started "slowing" down the cars just as the CC's were developing huge new injectors, setback blowers etc,etc. Seems like it has gone downhill since those days?
T.Smith
Nitro Member
T.Smith
Nitro Member
Everytime one of you reminisce about the 70's, 80's and 90's. You show how old you are, but what the hell, let's reminisce also about long oil downs, shows ending 3 hours later than scheduled, armco guardrails and shaky safety standards...I could go on.
Nick Rienstra
Nitro Member
I have 1st hand experience that a bunch of twenty somethings YouTubers who spent $5000 to modify one mustang and $30000 to modify another both would not run faster than an 11 second quarter mile. Then promoted a match race at Tucson Dragway through their Donut Media channel and filled the grandstands. I don’t think I have seen that many people there even when we had preseason PRO testing here years ago. As a die hard drag racing fan the show absolutely sucked! But the stands were full and everyone had a free Donut media gift swag bag full of hats and shirts. My son filmed our experience there and the video is one of the most viewed videos on our Rienstra Family Racing YouTube channel. Fans in the stands is not a race car combination issue……it’s a marketing issue.
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Great post. All the posts here along with so many on FB complaining about EVERYTHING with regards to drag racing today, reinforces the need to attract new, younger fans. In addition to TF and FC, we have so many badass categories today, I think the sport offers something for everyone. You did hurt my feelings Tony with your thoughts on A/Fuel cars...lol. All kidding aside, as much as I love my A/FC there will never be anything like a modern blown fuel car. To Nick's point, I believe there is work to do as far as marketing our sport goes.
Tony, we no longer have Armco, safety standards have improved incredibly, long oil downs are a fact of Nitro existence and much has been done to address them.
Never really cared about shows running late, more time to spend @ the track and in the pits...
I was NITRO BREATH
Nitro Member
I wonder if that would be true if it meant full fields at every track??? I think I would be in favor of it. Im going to Epping next month. It would make most fans very unhappy if there were only 12 or 13 tf dragsters
Marchboom
Nitro Member
Aren't any of the T/F & F/C team owners, drivers and crew chiefs complaining to NHRA about doing something to reduce the costs? I know everyone wants to go quicker and faster but with every other run resulting in some type of expensive damage pretty soon you run out of money before you run out of racing season. After all, who really loses when teams disappear...the team owners, drivers, crew chiefs and the crews. Not to mention everyone who supports them.
TF CREW
Nitro Member
mick
Nitro Member
well, the mudflap is the biggest aero discussion in TF in what? 30 years? real innovative stuff going on here 
who's dictating the present and future direction of nhra nitro pro racing? it's a given that it can't just keep getting faster.
IMO someone/s should start focusing on the entertainment value of the 'pro' program. in recent years i think focusing on the driver's personalities
has been a great start. we don't like the fluff, but i get it if it helps sell the sport. we'll see what this new marketing firm does (can't remember name)
who's dictating the present and future direction of nhra nitro pro racing? it's a given that it can't just keep getting faster.
IMO someone/s should start focusing on the entertainment value of the 'pro' program. in recent years i think focusing on the driver's personalities
has been a great start. we don't like the fluff, but i get it if it helps sell the sport. we'll see what this new marketing firm does (can't remember name)
Joe
I have made so many runs in one I can't count. yes more parachute failures then I want to remember. But to ride in a two seater would be the last thing I would ever do.
Larry Sutton---
I agree with mike, the nostalgia races almost always have good crowd's put on great shows and they charge less to get in, In most case's. the nostalgia cars are putting on a great show at NHRA national events. I have said for years that the top fuel type cars will be a exhibition class sooner then later, big money racers are going away.
Larry Sutton---
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Nitro Member
Ditto. I'd rather watch motorcycles and p/s than those
I believe Cruz Pedregon tested with that combination which among other things included a 426" engine and a much smaller pump. I don't recall if there were blower or nitro restrictions. Ran 4.20s at around 285mph. Obviously the idea didn't catch on.
I could live with the slower times and speeds but not without the impact from a supercharged fuel engine. If I had to choose between the two I'd prefer to watch nostalgia AA/FD and AA/FC's over TAD and AFD - no disrespect intended - even though they're a little slower. When you've been watching blown nitro for 50 years it's a pretty hard habit to break. Throw in a dry hop or two and I'm on Cloud Nine.
AA/FC blast from the past. OCIR, 1981. Blue Max sounding really good.
