Chris, the entry fee for Pro Mod at a regular NHRA event is $500, so when factoring in the $100k prize, I think there will be plenty of racers who will be willing to pony up the grand to take a shot at the big money.
James - Yes it will be the full quarter mile.
Nunzio - If you have two weeks vacation, you could catch the Mile High Nationals July 21-23, hang out for two weeks going to Rockies games, concerts at Red Rocks, plethora of brewery tours, etc., then catch the Pro Mod race August 4th and 5th.
Chris again - I agree the Whiteley family would be tough to beat. At last year's night of fire and thunder they had four pro mods. Steve Matusek, Danny Rowe, Mike Knowles, and Clint Satterfield. So three supercharged cars and one turbo. It was either Matusek or Rowe who had low ET, I want to say low 6.0's and Satterfield had top speed in the mid to upper 240's. Satterfield wasn't too far off on the E.T. so those two combos should do fine, but we'll see when it comes to nitrous. These times were run in May and the World Series is in August so they might be a bit slower with the extra heat, but who cares, it should be great racing.
Here is an excerpt from an article last year where they were talking to Rowe and Matusek about the future of Pro Mod:
Matusek recalls RPM’s appearance at Bandimere’s Night of Fire and Thunder race this May and the positive response of the crowd.
“We signed more autographs at that one race in Denver than we have the whole season. Fans had a great time, and the Pro Mods ran fast. That’s what racing should be,” he says. “We have track operators calling us to come out, and that’s a good feeling. To have NHRA-legal Pro Mod cars headline a major event at a track like Bandimere—I have to believe we’re doing something right.”
