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Kurt Bush will generate about as much coverage as all of the rest of the B.S. that was supposed to get drag racing huge amounts of media coverage. :rolleyes:

:eek:

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Is Kurt Busch an NHRA member? Does he have a competition #/License? Since this is a 9.90 category, he would have had to have made qualifying runs -- 3 -- and signed off by either an instructor or licensed drivers. Any of you out there sign off for him?

Maybe NHRA is like the government -- make the rules, then break them when it is convenient.

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I don't see a problem with him being allowed to race. I'm sure if any of you were as well known as Busch, then you would be allowed in without a grade point. They'll be plenty of room on the entry quota for him and he is driving a Mopar, don't they sponsor a few races?

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Seems to me I read he attended Hawley's School for his license.. But the grade points are another thing!!!!

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I don't care if he races there.....but I'm concerned about my fellow super gas racers getting into a wreck trying to line up against him 1st round.....lol

Rock

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Let's not all of us fly off the handle !
There are 2 sides to consider before writing your opinions which are viewed by a lot of racers. I for one agree that we have Grade point rules that are required for us to race in national events and I do that every year, 8 divisionals and 12 nationals events.
From an NHRA standpoint we need to consider that this has been the worst recession I've seen in in 40 yrs. and they need to do everything possible to promote these events, even it means bending rules. Car counts are down. Fan attendance is down and Sponsors are down.
I welcome Kurt in Super Gas in Gainesville and I not worried about the rules or all the Rambling BS on here and other forums ! We all need to maintain a level of respect wether we agree or not.
As far as Bobby Bennett is concerned, I've known Him for a number of years and he is a stand up first class act that writes non biased articles that most enjoy.
This is a real Racers opinion.

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Jerry Glanville may have pulled off a similar stunt about ten years ago at Atlanta. He tried to make several Time Trial passes with a 50 Merc. Not sure if he had the grade points to be there.

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Ding, ding, ding! Solution being: Eliminate grade points. (and not for just a handful of celebrities)

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Busch went to Roy Hills school. He was on Pass Time to make a pass at Z-MAX.

Hammer

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Busch spent three or four days in December getting schooled in drag racing in Roy Hill's Pro Stock car with encouragement from his friend Greg Anderson. In January, he got his NHRA S/G license at Roy Hill's school at Charlotte.

I can fully understand the problems some have with his entering a national event without any grade points. Rules are rules, or at least they should be.

I do find it a bit unusual that his entry has far more people upset in Stock and Super Stock than it does those in the .90 classes. The car he'll be racing has a turbo charged hemi under the hood, and is reported to be street legal with no delay box or throttle stop. I can envision a traffic jam in the staging lanes caused by S/G drivers wanting to pair up with Busch in round one eliminations!