What's the future of Drag Racing with this generation?

[Luke Nieuwhof]

One thing about some more youth orientated motorsports is that they give each event its own unique identity:

http://formulad.com/schedule/pro-championship/ - Have a look at the event names: Miami Heat, the Gauntlet, Throwdown. Each event has a profile of its very own.

http://torcseries.com/event-dates-schedule - Same for the Traxxas Off Road Series: Duel in the Desert, Big House Brawl, Keys to the Big House (?!)

NHRA events are well run for the most part, adhere to schedule brilliantly and present some great close racing. But it is clinical and each event looks the same as the next and the next and the next.

Even if NHRA doesn't choose to cut back the schedule there should be moves towards at least giving each event an identity and giving it a FOMO factor (Fear of missing out) in the consumer. The 37th running of the Whatever Nationals presented by Some Company isn't an exciting title.

Of course to truly give each event its own identity you'd really have to start going crazy and add unique factors: eighth mile, 1000 feet, quarter mile, no-prep, half-prep, full-prep, limited wing, max wing, night race, day race, 32 car field, 8 car field, Chicago shootout (imagine that at Route 66)...okay I'm finished ranting now.

 

[I was NITRO BREATH]

ALL IT TOOK TO GET BIG CROWDS AT MAPLE GROVE LAST WEEK WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF BIG SPEEDS

 

[Jimbo]

Barry I agree with you and Maple Grove as always been on of the more popular events every year for years but the problem is not all events are as successful as Maple Grove Raceway.

I wish they were !!!!!! Jimbo

 

[I was NITRO BREATH]

so i guess one of the questions for nhra is--what is going to be that ''lever'' that gets people out to the hot tracks in the summer??? everyone who came to maple grove was anticipating fast, possibly record braking, racing.every race needs that extra edge to bring the fringe fans in for a full house. norwalk does it right with hands on management and the fans feel the love. englishtown has the big city markets. lots of fans in the area. how are the other tracks gonna step it up.......

 

[Huge]

ALL IT TOOK TO GET BIG CROWDS AT MAPLE GROVE LAST WEEK WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF BIG SPEEDS

If this is true...then the fans that keep saying record breaking performances doesn't matter anymore, and that the cars need to slow down... must not have the correct answer to saving drag racing.