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I'll respond to you Jason because I know you. I know that you have been racing your cars weekly in bracket programs the last few years cutting your teeth and preparing for this. I know that you are a good racer, and come from a Stock Eliminator family.


As you know, I DO race slow cars. Each of these slow cars is competitive and most have won multiple races (in both the Pro and Sportsman bracket classes). One of them is currently being converted into a "slow stocker" as we speak...and we'll likely have the same issues as Alan is with running the index at first. Will that stop us from racing it? Well, if it does then I'm thinking we aren't real racers. I can assure you that Alan is a fine driver, and each person does have their own way of going about their program!


I know that none of my credentials include anything spectacular from an STOCK eliminator standpoint...so perhaps my viewpoint on this isn't relevant! As far as competitive slow stockers...it's certainly possible to compete. Hopefully in the next few years I can start racing stock more often and build up my credentials but for now I just have to watch and root on my favorites.


As for Bowling Green...go down there and make some noise. I wish you the best of luck, Jason! If I could be there with a stocker trying to get my first win in STOCK, I would be there in a heartbeat.

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I stand corrected

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Don't waste your time unless you want a doughnut or a cup of coffee. Peter Clifford is a good public speaker and you can tell he is passionate about NHRA. Unfortunately he does not understand or have a clue about our type of sportsman racing. I sat through his presentation at the gators. When he spoke of sportsman it was alcohol a pro mods. Not what we think of sportsman. He will talk up the new TV package and the All Access package and a few other youth programs. Other than that its the same old song and dance. Nothing that would help or interest our type of racers except for trying to grow the sport.

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I plan on attending.

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x2 Mike. The one at the gators was a joke.

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Hey Brian,

Great seeing you on Sunday and congrats on the win! What a cool track Bremerton is - definitely a fun place to race at.

Cody Lane

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It's so frustrating, that NHRA cannot see the potential of S/SS with just a little bit of FOCUSSED advertising, they could draw in the car clubs, outlaw street racer fans, with our program....say run 2-3 rounds back to back Saturday afternoon (round robin, ( which we should be prepared to do), have special seating (to fill all those empty seats) for groups and clubs

If NHRA is so confident in their Pro show, these ignored groups, just may come back on Sunday

There are MANY more ways to promote our CAR SHOW "in Action" IF NHRA marketing cared

Like with many pro sports and college even, the TV money makes them lazy

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Cody, nice job on setting the record Sunday. I didn't get a chance to say congrats in person, sorry.

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Just my opinion but I think the N.H.R.A. would be happy to just run the Pro Classes at every event even though to me it makes no sense what they are doing.

Maybe when the Pro Classes some day get down to 8 or 12 cars they will rethink their their future plans a little better.

Right now if one or two of the multi cars teams in the Pro Classes decided to pull out for sponsor reasons you would see panic on the part of the N.H.R.A.

Jim Hill

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Just posted on NHRARACER.COM


One of the many important duties of NHRA’s Racing Administration department is the setting of class quotas at NHRA national events. Deciding on the number of entrants per class and in total takes into account many factors that reflect the current environment of the events, including historical data, the size of facility, television broadcast times, track and local curfews, weather history, the size and number of haulers, and past on-site experience. Despite quotas being set, at many events already this year racing has run well into the evening or NHRA officials were forced to reduce the number of qualifying passes to time constraints.

Below are some examples of the challenges:

Facility size: In many situations we are limited on the amount of entries we can accept due to overall size of the facility. In Gainesville, approximately 20 teams were parked in the spectator lot.

Live TV: With the move to FS1 and 17 live TV shows changes are made to ensure that segments of racing meet time slots set by FOX.
Curfews/weather: Based on a growing population around many of the facilities, curfews have been established, which limits the amount of time that race cars can be run. That challenge is made tougher early and late in the season when cool weather conditions can produce conditions that are not ideal.
Size of haulers: Over the past several years, the size of haulers have grown, which limits the amount of useable space to have additional cars on property.

NHRA strives to deliver the best experience possible to everyone attending a national event, and the ability to do so is challenged when NHRA is forced to park racers in spectator parking, schedules force us to run late into the evening under conditions that are not ideal, which is why the establishment and enforcement of quotas is so important.