I know he's been lobbied, but my guess is, Bernstein running 330mph at Denver last year killed it.Since Ray Alley has the same background as Dan Olson. One can only assume that Ray Alley knew about the growing costs of the 85% rule. Did he ever try to address that problem? Or did NHRA just tell him to bad?
Pulling a mag off, taking off electronics is not going to allow you to out run the Army or Castrol car. Being smart, hard work, attention to detail and proper funding will.
Damnyankee, how is that a ridiculous idea? IHRA runs a 3 qualifier format, seems to work fine for them. I would hope the Friday ticket price would go down. Nextell Cup, Champ Car, IRL and F1 all pretty much have their practice sessions and qualifing wittled down. To me thats an easy change.3 qualifying runs? how bout the Yankees save money by playing seven inning games? are you serious man?
will the price of tickets go down too?
that's a ridiculous idea.
The Only way to reduce costs is to drastically change the Rules. One Mag, smaller blower, smaller engine size, smaller tires. etc....
Even if NHRA made such rule changes which they won't, the Higher funded teams will continue to dominate! All this talk about bringing the Independent racers back....May as well start watching Nostalgia/Goodguys racing. That's about the only form of budget Nitro racing left.
A very wise man told me at dinner, Friday night of the Finals, that if they were serious about slowing them down, they could take away some wing or go to a smaller Goodyear tire. As of Sunday, after the Finals were over this wise man was very highly regarded. Maybe the higher ups should talk to him.
Just a thought
RicK Shute
Jerry, do I remember you as the crew chief for a northern fc, Doc or Hoover?
Slow em down...save money...whats this? Top Fuel is Top Fuel----King of the sport. Top Fuel has always been expensive, so what. If you have to ask what it cost you need to find a different hobby or find a way to finance it.
Seems alot of people want to run fuel but can't afford it, then scale down and do something different.
The NHRA has never had attendance decline @ the important races and they never discuss ways to save money for the racer.
Everyone here seems to have a way to fix a problem that is not a problem.
The NHRA cannot tell the teams that fill the stands what they can do or not do.
The NHRA might own the playing field but they do not own the players so they are very cautious about change.
And people like Force and Bernstein have no interest in slowing down to save money.