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Its coming.......Its not what people in these classes want to hear and the Associations are afraid of losing spectators. Shorter racing surface and/or slow the damn cars down (a lot) with rule changes with the engine specs allowed. Even the Pro Stocks of today need to be slowed down. Thats a lot of kenetic energy at the speeds they run today. Most dont want to hear it but if these cars are not slowed down no one will be able to get insurance in the future to put on a race and drag racing as we know it soon no longer exist. Without insurance nothing will happen except for the crazies who run at outlaw tracks. The staus que has to change.

Re: Another Racer Killed at E-Town
 

What is "staus que"?

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He meant status quo:

Main Entry: status quo
Pronunciation: \-ˈkwō\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, state in which
Date: 1807
: the existing state of affairs <seeks to preserve the status quo>

M68

Re: Another Racer Killed at E-Town
 

Right on mopar man!

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Im not the greatest typist. Never claimed to be. All that is going on and wrong with drag racing today and you worry about a friggin' typo.

Re: Another Racer Killed at E-Town
 

Settle down, take your meds.

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How many people must be sacrificed before the NHRA takes this seriously ? The idea of the pea gravel from a truck runoff is a good starting thought but you are dealing with 50 to 80,000 lbs. at 60 to 70 mph. It is the weight sinking into the gravel ( gravity ) slowing it down. We are dealing with 2000 lbs trying to take off ( wings & things ). As well as the cars are built , I can see the gravel getting into the cockpit at those speeds. I believe you would want a ballistics suit on. Ever watch one of the CSI shows as they fire a bullet into a jello like substance to test ballistics. Well , I believe that may be the direction to look at and it will not be cheap.A life is too precious to ignore or gloss over the problem. ------Just my thoughts.------John

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I also like Alan's idea of "uphill" shut downs....aren't there a couple of tracks using them already? However, you still need plenty of room in the event of a runaway, and Englishtown seems to be lacking enough of it.....opinion only.... WJ

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i think that's a high priced thing used in playing pool

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That is funny!