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Interesting last comment from Jim Bailey....

Think he meant wrapping up Points chase at Indy...and contesting it there...

Very fitting...and appropriate to host it at the "Big Go."

Many might not agree...some might like being on the road until nearly Thanksgiving...to get it done...and look forward to heading West....

He might be saying LESS Points meets...and LESS points to accumulate....for a
World Championship...maybe not?

Not trying to start "trouble" here Jim! Honest!

But...we're in a "down" economy...who knows when we'll totally recover...

Maybe LESS...is BETTER?

Thinking along the lines...of total $$$ and time spent...etc....from a Family
perspective as well....

Another benefit...aside from making it a bit more affordable...is it would free up
a few more weekends...so that you could spend some extra time with family....

OR attend a couple more LOCAL races that you might have missed by being on
the road....

What'ya think?

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Called Marketing and Advertising !!

D

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Yeah, like this crap ? :

http://www.mavtv.com/shows/won-and-done.html

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Yeah, what Mark said x2.

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YEAH you got a point but what ever its intent it brings some interest to Drag Racing.

TO me it is just Legalizing Street Racing so it is done on TV.
Stuff I use to do when I was a kid and not a lot of brains.

BUT for the TV promotion HELL YEAH...

We have a lot of Stockers we can do this same bragging right challenge the same way.

Creating controversy and settling it..
Such as bring out and restore the old Pro Stockers or the FX Stock Cars.
409's, 426 wedge, 421's, GTO, GSx, Hemi and so forth.

Put them on TV ..I guarantee it will get a following.
Bring the mysteries and legends back.

Hell who has the fastest V Stocker.
Cars are interesting and it is about time we brag about our passion !

In fact this is what our sanctioning bodies should be doing to educate and draw interest in our sport.
It is about reviewing history, nostaglia, challenging the minds with the new rides out there.

What it does is bring in business..

Then lets *** teh Foreign Makes..!
You want contovery..

So dammit BRING IT ON !!

it is all FUN !!

Dan

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For two consecutive National events the PRO's held court by themselves (plus some Alky cars) and not that any sportsmen racers were there to witness it but has anyone heard how the experiment went? Granted, weather was a factor and sure the Lucas Oil competitors were thankful for being able to run their rounds without the track prep(?) for fuel cars. But has anyone heard it was a success from NHRA's perspective? From ESPN's perspective I'm sure they enjoyed the "drama" of shorter turnaround times for the Pros but do the typical fans really enjoy seeing less variety and fewer cars going down the track?

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Sad to say, but from my experiances at NHRA National events, the"typical fan" doesn`t care about anything besides Top Fuel and Funny Car. Once the nitro cars run, the stands empiy out quickly, presumably so these "fans" can stand in line to get John Forces autograph, and watch the crews thrash between runs, and hopefully get a facefull of nitro fumes, and jump when the crew chief whacks the throttle during warm up. These are the same fans who almost seem to treat anything below Pro Stock with contempt, and appear to enjoy walking 10 abreast thru the pits and staging lanes, and holding up the cars trying to manuver past them on the way to the staging lanes withut overheating. Of course not all are like that, but many are.

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Most are like that. Most don't even watch alky cars or Pro Stock.

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Look @ Michael's Live From Norwalk LODRS. Michael reported that the saturday crowd was the biggest one-day crowd in the event's history, topping 40,000! This show's the Fan base is there.

Leonard A. Johnson #4445

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True. Talked to a co-worker this morning who happened to watch the race last night on ESPN2. He knows ZERO about drag racing and just happened to stumble on it flipping channels and stopped because his young son was interested. Being around it all my life, and especially Sportsman racing, I was curious on his take. He asked lots of questions about why do they make the tires smoke, etc. Basically he liked the Fuel cars but once Pro Stock came on (he didn't even know the name of them) he turned the channel and lost interest. I'm not sure how you appeal to a "fan" like that.