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They sure hooked me last year. It's silly but it sure was fun!

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They got me too, my wife better be Glad we got young children or I would be your with Fletcher.

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Warren Johnson has it right, if there is no way to make money I'm staying at home.

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And where did that get IHRA?

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Same here.
I got so hooked on class racing last year, I went and built another Stocker.

I'm a glutton for punishment I suppose...

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Bringing Top Fuel back

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After watching the way the N.H.R.A.treated the TA/FC cars they showed they really did not care very much.

For years this class was stepping stone to move up but it appears those day's are over.

Anyone remember the last time the TA/FC guy's saw an increase in the payout?

I am old enough to remember what happened to classes like Junior Stock and Modified Production years ago.

I have never been able to figure out many of the moves the N.H.R.A. makes.

Jim Hill

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As far as the IHRA, when I spoke with Bill Bader Sr. he confirmed Feld was using the IHRA to launder money from the monster truck side which was very profitable. Bill had contacted them and said he would help by bringing product and series sponsors, everything but money, they declined so he eventually sold his 25 % stake in IHRA.

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Jim, you know I consider you a friend but I have to call you out when you post ridiculous crap like this. If you're too lazy to use Google Earth and simple math to figure out the true seating capacity of a track, you could, at the very least, go to the track's website which plainly proclaims their seating capacity to be 3,000 people.

I know, I know; you're going to reply by saying you're just repeating what you heard. There are a lot of problems with that approach. One is the fact it makes you look like an idiot. The other is the fact it detracts from all the other events which DO draw more than ten thousand people.

Before you ask, the answer is "Yes!". I really DO know the actual seating capacity of every drag strip in the country.

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So I have said this before a number of times and it falls on deaf ears but there just isn't as many people (family members included) who want to sit around with little to nothing to do for 2-3 days at a time as there used to be. There's a better way to handle things- like setting your runs within a couple of hours so there is free time to enjoy the things the host city has to offer. Gee, it's a shocker to think that there are less people with families that wanna go watch the never repainted 30 year old stocker that runs 11's or the 71 pinto Super Gasser, while waiting to run at 10, then 11, then 4, then cancel; over going to Disneyland or grabbing a wine tour in Napa, etc. etc. etc.

I know people will say there isn't enough time to fix something between runs. Tough ****. Bring spares, be prepared- maybe NHRA could let you run after another category. It's not really that big of a deal.

Until you convince the real sponsors (the family members) that its good, you can change rules until you are blue in the face, or add maybe another 30 or so SS classes to ensure there is no heads up drag racing; it will continue to wither away. By the way, doesn't it usually cost more to build another combination than to improve the one you have??? The prices paid to not heads up are larger than most realize.

As far as the outlaw races go, this is really happening and the train is leaving the station.