The 70th Big Go 2024 (1 Viewer)
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I am now posting here as a "civilian", as I retired from www.DragRaceCentral.com in December after many, many years of reporting.
At 81+ years old, my mind saws GO, but my body says STOP!
The first in, last out routine every day, air travel challenges , motel stays, etc. were just not the fun that they used to be.
I will be following DRC and NM for as long as I can!
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Looks like 58 cars so far in Comp Eliminator. That has to be some kind of record in recent years. A tip of the hat to Roger Brogden for all he has done to seemingly bring this class back from the dead.
7 hemis in the .4's first round between 8.455 and 8.493, then comella is the 8th and goes .009 @ 8.406. holy cow that car is fast.
to put this hemi challenge in perspective, i'll use rick johnson's barracuda from MN (one of 50 original barracudas with hemi package)
2002 qualified #3 @ 9.052
2024 qualified #18 @ 8.85
also for perspective regarding jon clark's post above. 2002 comp ran a 64 car field with 74 attempting to qualify
52 in 2019 ...... 41 in 2021 .... 48 in 2022 .... 61 in 2023 ..... 58 this year
to put this hemi challenge in perspective, i'll use rick johnson's barracuda from MN (one of 50 original barracudas with hemi package)
2002 qualified #3 @ 9.052
2024 qualified #18 @ 8.85
also for perspective regarding jon clark's post above. 2002 comp ran a 64 car field with 74 attempting to qualify
52 in 2019 ...... 41 in 2021 .... 48 in 2022 .... 61 in 2023 ..... 58 this year
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Thanks, Mike for that info. So it looks like these large Comp fields have been more or less usual for the US Nationals, even when the Comp fields at other National events have been diminishing until recently.
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I'm just now starting to watch the live feed on Youtube. It's disappointing to see the stands all but empty on a Friday afternoon.
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The 90°+ weather might have something to do with the sparse crowd.
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Pros don't run until 6:45. Lots of people in the pit area.
There are 18 cars on the TAD list
LOL
NHRA's website showed 36 boxes in the Q1 detailed results; dumb me didn't bother to look at each name; I just counted the boxes. The site inadvertently lumped Q2 and Q1 together.
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Epic bumping again by the Pro Mods.
kali neff with huge win yesterday in comp clash over teammate kayla mozeris. both gals advancing to E3 in comp today.
kali with razor thin win over ctech machine of jim greenheck ...... someday the rest of the world will understand the growing number
of females that not only race, but kick ass!!!
kali with razor thin win over ctech machine of jim greenheck ...... someday the rest of the world will understand the growing number
of females that not only race, but kick ass!!!
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That’s OK, they pretty much filled it up today on Sunday. With more cars than spots in all fields, it made for some really interesting and exciting qualifying. How about that Paul Lee! And that (haha) Langdon/Kalitta weirdness? Doesn’t get any better than that.
