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Tony Pedregon's comments
- Thread starter Bobby
- Start date
great comments by tony!!!! well lets see, tony seems to not like the 1,000 ft thing. but im sure some of the "experts " on here will disagree with a funny car driver, team owner, 2 time world champgreat job tony ped!
Yeah, but he did agree with the choice to run to 1,000ft until the cars can be slowed down.
FalconRacer
Nitro Member
I really liked Tony's statement about the 5"s of wing... "IF" NHRA had kept the cars looking somewhat like the car they are supposed to be.. Keeping them with no tall spoiler wing in the back like the alcohol cars.. Would have kept the funny cars slowed down... Top Fuel could be slowed down by moving the wing forward and losing some of the leverage that wants to float the front tires.... Not sure what unsafe conditions would arise.... I'm sure we'd have more tire smoke on the big end though...
Mr. Jean
Nitro Member
mike cummings
Nitro Member
now there's an idea. For over 10 years I have hated the way these plastic bubble cars look. Everytime i mentioned it on here I would get replies telling me that the aerodynamic bodies make the cars faster. Faster? Maybe but I'm not all that thrilled about watching 2 bubbles racing down the track.
I think the first thing NHRA should do if they want to slow the cars down is use a body template that more accurately reflects the street models.
Oh yeah and go back to 1320' racing.
megadeth
Nitro Member
I thought he was just talking about taking some of the wing away and treatment of the track. I didn't realize he was referring to the bodies style or shape..
shane
Nitro Member
Thats what they should look like.... I think it would bring back the personality of the class a little...
Original pic taken from draglist
Rexfiles
Nitro Member
Thats what they should look like.... I think it would bring back the personality of the class a little...
Original pic taken from draglist
Now THAT, looks MAAAVELOUS!!!!!!!!!
Except you'd pretty much be limited to Mustangs and Challengers.
Everything else is a "Pod Mobile"
Unless of course Chargers are included, then you'd have a brick with four doors..........maybe get to 200 on a good day
REX
Bobby
Nitro Member
Thats what they should look like.... I think it would bring back the personality of the class a little...
Original pic taken from draglist
that is what I 'm talking about. wow.
FalconRacer
Nitro Member
I thought he was just talking about taking some of the wing away and treatment of the track. I didn't realize he was referring to the bodies style or shape..
Tony was just talking about the wing.. Which would make a HUGE difference.. I'd like to see more of a NOSTALGIA movement.. Bringing back Funny Cars that actually look like their stock counterparts... The Alcohol version of a late model Mustang is much more believeable than the Top Fuel version.. BUT both styles really stretch the imagination..
Bob
Nitro Member
That looks very cool, but there's no way you could run a car like that with a current generation nitro engine. You could get it down the track with some of the highest output Top Sportsman engines, but even some of them would make the thing a beast to hook up and handle.
Thats what they should look like.... I think it would bring back the personality of the class a little...
Original pic taken from draglist
Johnny Mopar
Nitro Member
Mike,
I totally agree! These cars don't look a thing like the production cars.
One more thing...if NHRA would like these cars to be seriously considered for sponsorship and covered in the media, they should change the name of the class to something other than "FUNNY" car. Can you imagine the response of the CEO of a large company when told by their marketing firm that they're considering spending a couple million on a car called a "Funny Car"? Unless the CEO follows our sport, they'll never understand what these cars do.
headporter
Nitro Member
Where is NHRA Graham Cracker lite's car of tomorrow since he likes Smash car so much.
I will gladly take a Retro looking car over this what kinda car is he driving. frankly unless the driver tells you it's a Chevy AKA Wilkerson, who care the are all Mopars under the hood.
Now for the REAL reason to Remove the Read Wing on Funnys..............
Since no one has said a word about this. I will bring light to a Fact that has been WAY over looked for a LONG time.
Big rear wings are the MAJOR cause of the bodys being ruined when the blower pops and the rear wing down force rips the body apart at the base of the windshield. Now that I bring this to lite. look back and Capps blow up.. the rear was gone the front stayed.. same for Several others.
Ask how many bodys would not have been rendered Usless by the pulling apart from the front being push down and the rear wanting to life the front of it and render it souviers. Put that on the list of $$$ saving ideas..
PS the only body I can recall getting rendered usless by other means was a sawzall by some other team when it was left behind... OOOPS
As for top fuel.
Removing the for lack of Better tern. The outside portion of the rear wing. AKA above the rear tires would be a 1000% safety inhancement. If the rear wing was narrower. when the rear tire on Russel's car shreded and Ripped the wing strut forward into and place it should not have gone. He would still be with us today.
Ask dixon or any one else who lost a rear wing in a TF car how they like it. I bet the comment would be.. well it sure would keep the center of the frame from Bowing up as much and Breaking apart at times.
I did find it nice to hear Coil say some thing about 4 wheel brakes today. maybe he read my post in another thread and took it as a real issue.
Theres my 5 cents worth.
I will gladly take a Retro looking car over this what kinda car is he driving. frankly unless the driver tells you it's a Chevy AKA Wilkerson, who care the are all Mopars under the hood.
Now for the REAL reason to Remove the Read Wing on Funnys..............
Since no one has said a word about this. I will bring light to a Fact that has been WAY over looked for a LONG time.
Big rear wings are the MAJOR cause of the bodys being ruined when the blower pops and the rear wing down force rips the body apart at the base of the windshield. Now that I bring this to lite. look back and Capps blow up.. the rear was gone the front stayed.. same for Several others.
Ask how many bodys would not have been rendered Usless by the pulling apart from the front being push down and the rear wanting to life the front of it and render it souviers. Put that on the list of $$$ saving ideas..
PS the only body I can recall getting rendered usless by other means was a sawzall by some other team when it was left behind... OOOPS
As for top fuel.
Removing the for lack of Better tern. The outside portion of the rear wing. AKA above the rear tires would be a 1000% safety inhancement. If the rear wing was narrower. when the rear tire on Russel's car shreded and Ripped the wing strut forward into and place it should not have gone. He would still be with us today.
Ask dixon or any one else who lost a rear wing in a TF car how they like it. I bet the comment would be.. well it sure would keep the center of the frame from Bowing up as much and Breaking apart at times.
I did find it nice to hear Coil say some thing about 4 wheel brakes today. maybe he read my post in another thread and took it as a real issue.
Theres my 5 cents worth.
Bob
Nitro Member
Remove down force from Funny Car bodies. That's the ticket! It'd slow them down because they'd all be up in smoke or banging into the walls or each other. Zero elapsed time in both lanes would be very (ultimately) slow. Not necessarily safer, but slow.
Mandate every fuel dragster be a mono wing chassis? That's another ticket! Obsolete every car currently in possession, in competition or on order, and get it done by 2009. Might as well toss the class entirely than try to do that.
I'm amazed at some of the suggestions being made. I understand everyone's desire to express opinions, and harbor no ill will toward that, but some of it just doesn't make real world sense.
You just can't affectively obsolete almost everything that is nitro racing today. The fields are already tight or short. The expense of some of the changes being offered by those who aren't racing in these classes can surely be put on a fantasy wish list. They just aren't going to happen.
headporter
Nitro Member
I see some selective reading here mixed in with adding words to some one elses mouth. lol
However just to clairfy. NO ONE is talking changes Today.
perhaps in your case you don't LOOK at Nosalgia FCars. I think it would do you well. Hint just in case you mind is not able to google. Hot Rod Heritage Series NostalgiaFest - AA/FC News and then look at the times they produce. With one mag even.. the point is it's fun and you can even tell what kinda cars they are.
look further at the TF cars they run over there with a 12.5 tire..
As for the mono wing.. Since you brought it up.. your mind must not be working. Since if you selectively read and type with out thinking.. that issue is DEAD.. to enlighten you a team spent a lot of $$$ trying to bring it to use and got shut down by NHRA again perhaps your google fingers are not up to task on finding out who it is. I never said MONO wing.
Now lets see what your real imput is as to how to slow them down.. Come on lets hear it.
oh and please don't repeat anyone. it shows lack of meaningful use of the keyboard and brain cells.
Changes can't be made over night and unless your China.
