WOW---
Did you catch the 4 car exhibition races in Top Fuel and Funny Car at Bruton Smith's new drag strip???????????
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WOW---
Did you catch the 4 car exhibition races in Top Fuel and Funny Car at Bruton Smith's new drag strip???????????
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was that bitchin' or what? And they all legged it pretty good too.
http://www.nhra.com/video/default.aspx
http://www.nhra.com/story/2009/9/20/...e-exhibitions/
Pat
Yep, that was pretty awesome!
Would love to see that in person.
Was there ............ Bruton is definitely turning drag racing into a circus ....... haven't seen anything so stupid (or dangerous) since watching four gassers go off side by side at Great Meadows, NJ in 1964 :(:(
Maybe next year we can have top fuelers parachute dropped into the facility ....... no wait .......... a pair of top fuelers trying to jump a line of 30 blazing school buses .......... no wait .......... maybe ..... :mad::mad::mad:
oh well....guess some people dont want to get their moneys worth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Coyote
I dont see why it was dangerous at all. There was a wall between them just as if they were side by side and plenty of traction compound down on the left lanes.
All teams were out so it was a add bonus for the fans.
The center wall was in place ......... however there was no wall between the left two cars or the right two cars ........ luckily none of the cars had problems and wandered out of their single lanesQuote:
Originally Posted by iceburgh
I can't believe that the NHRA allowed this stunt, especially after banning this type of exhibition back in the '70's........... oh wait, I forgot, money overrides all rules :mad::mad:
NHRA sold out the professional part of the races for hundred million
there never is a wall between cars:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Coyote
Well, there wasn't a wall between the two cars in side by side eliminations all day long, either... But, nevertheless, of course it was a publicity stunt for money!!!!! Crowds are down, participants are down. Maybe next year we won't even see a full field of pro cars in the fuel ranks??? Sounds like Smokelss is pulling out as a sponsor at the end of the year... Probably going to have to see some weird things just to keep the money coming in...
The sell out of NHRA and NASCAR was completed years ago... The big corporate sponsors are the ones with the money, and the money determines how the game is played.... Maybe it's not right, but to win you gotta go fast, to go fast you gotta have money, to have money you gotta have sponsors, then the guys with the money run things.... Heck, maybe it all comes down to Team Schumacher vs. Team Force---then a handful of local racers to make the field....??????
If you watch the videos it was every bit as safe as the races that had been going on all day in the two left lanes. Did you see how excited the drivers and teams were that got to do it? I thought it was a great spectacal. I would have loved to feel the ground shake and feel the concussion when FOUR fuel cars went off at once. Since he built the track like that, it only makes sense to use it at least once in a while. One of the future uses I see of have dual tracks is to keep the show going in the event of a bad oil down.
Dave it is scary with even Budweiser pulling out. The current economy and the cost of racing may push the sport back into the "Old Days". The popularity of Pro Mod, 10.5 outlaw and that sort of racing is indication of that. Even the dreaded Pinks All-Out is drawing huge participation and crowds.
Pat
the only spectators for pro mod, 10.5, and pinks type racing are people that came with the racers---there are no SPECTATORS
at the so called National races---there are spectators---for all the classes--but the Wednesday night type race---------
Even locally, money is going away..... We've had two of the same sponsors for better then 15 years, they are both done at the end of the season until "times get better"... Which means, we're done.... Probably put a car of my own together and go back to the bracket wars, but that's gonna be it. No more Super Gas, no more freebies and help for some of the local circle burners, no more putting a little money in the pot at a gambler's race on Saturday night 'til "times get better"... The trickle down of the bs economy finally made it to the poverty belt.... Local circle track, been here since the 50's is done, only action in turn 3 this summer has been watch the cows graze on the steep banking.....
Put me down for anything, ANYTHING that will put some money into drag racing and keep the sport going.... Heck, I'll always be a racer!!!!! Even if it's back to one pass on the bypass for $100.00 on a Saturday night.... That's where I started, betcha I'm still pretty good at it!!!!!!!:LOL::LOL::LOL:
The economy stinks, non essential spending is obviously the first thing to go. Maybe the Pro cars go back to match racing best out of three at Cowpasture Dragways on Sunday???? Of course, with the lousy track prep and questionable safety program, they'll barely be in the 5's.... But hey, take the rest of the big money out of racing, that's where it's headed.
If Bruton Smith can pull some circus stuff and keep butts in the seats, I hope a dozen more promoters just like him jump up, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
B Smith bought into the Joliet track(there were 2 national nhra races here) instantly one race went away
Charlotte????? What did a spectator ticket cost????We used to leave California, made a stopover race in either Utah or Texas, go to Indy and back for probably less than a family of 4 can go to a race now
we need fewer Bruton Smiths and Roger Penskes, race teams like Force and Shumacker, and get back to the Broadway Bob, CJ Hart,type tracks with the SUNDAY<SUNDAY<SUNDAY ads on radio for the races
I don't like it either, Jerry...... Locally we used to run a full field of cars and all classes, couple times a month the match racers would come in..... Now, we're having a "big weekend" if there's 200 cars..... Maybe it is time for the travelling teams to make a comeback???? Couple of floppers running fives in a best of three match race would sure be better then being there for the last race before the track closes......Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
Anyway, no I got myself all depressed again..... Think I'll go out to the garage and play with the 'maro.....:(:(:(
You guys need to go to an ADRL event-standing room only! and the best of pro mod and 10.5
Well, say what you want about Pinks All-Out. Every indication I have seen is it is drawing big fields every where they go, 350-500 cars. Crowds have been big too. They are making some fun TV with the shows and the Pinks All Out Takes. Gives a lot of average Joe and Joleen racers a chance at exposure and probably the biggest purse they ever raced for in front of the biggest crowd. And I think the entry is less than $50. Kinda like buying a racers lotto ticket to get into the 32 or 16 grouping, but the racing I have seen has been great. And every type of car you can think of shows up to race too. Plus they throw in some match race funny cars, jet cars or wheel standers to add excitement to the show. They also have the Quick 8 for the fastest cars to show up. Last show I saw, the winner of that was running low 7s at 190!
I think they have hit on a winning combination, way better than the original Pinks. Count me as a fan.
Pat
Don't know for sure Jerry .......... we were in on passes labeled at $95.00 a piece ......... not sure what general admission prices were ............ :confused::confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
I have been ......... went to the May event at Valdosta, Georgia to see what the ADRL was all about ............. honestly, I was disappointed ........ I don't like 1/8 mile racing ......... never have, never will :(:(Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdude
Couldn't agree more :cool::cool::cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by jerry clayton
I will always long for the "golden Age" ....the period up to the mid seventies .... and nothing else will be as good in my mind. The popularity of nostalgia racing and organizations means that I am not alone.
I have a good friend who is involved in altereds in the Northwest and Canada, so I get lots of pictures from the Hot Rod Reunion and other events there. He is currently a hired driver for a restored car, and is building a car of his own for the various altered events in the west. You can have an exciting calendar of nostalgia races, if you will travel, but we won't see them on TV. :-(
I am so disappointed with the differences in modern racing. I think they would be better advised to resort to the things that made that period so great, than to lower themselves to "reality" themes. How about some hyped matchraces? ....or throw a specialty class, like slingshot fuelers, fuel altereds, supercharged gassers, altered wheelbase funnycars, or other "classics" into the national event schedule? They could do one specialty class at about 6 events a year, in differing parts of the country, then next year switch them around. The closest thing to what I am talking about is the Hemi Shootout at the Nationals. Of course these event-within-an-event changes would either be included in event TV coverage, or broadcast as a separate TV program. I believe that would bring a lot of lost souls back into the stands.
would have loved to been there in person, seeing 2 go down the track is an experience... 4 WOW!!
1/8 mile is even worse then 1000'Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdude
no thanks
But I agree with what most say....it is all about the money. That is why I got out of the drag racing game 10 years ago. Still love it and I miss it....but foolish money even to run SG and basically you only cold work 3 days a week in the summer.
Family changes all of that quick