NHRA racing gas just got cheaper.Maybe?
 

Over on the Competion Plus,and NHRA sites it was just announced that starting next year Sunoco will be the official gas of NHRA.Signed a 10 year agreement to be the official fuel of the sanction.

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It would be interesting to know the behind-the-scenes details, but I would be willing to bet that it involved MONEY.

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A lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and now you're stuck with what ever they want to charge.Only good thing is it will pass fuel check week in and week out.

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NHRA and cheaper…stop kidding around. It goes like this Supplier- NHRA-Dealer and then Racer. You don't want to know who gets the most. MB.

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Surely we won't all have to run their fuel?

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If Sunoco does with their race gas like they did with their street gas, it should stay reasonably priced. Here in Daytona within the last couple of years, they bought out a bunch of stations, mainly Shell, and basically saturated the area. They even have 3 Sunoco stations within a few blocks of each other about a mile from my house. But their prices are usually among the cheapest in the area.

They took over Nascar, are involved with IHRA and now NHRA. Hopefully volume sales will keep the race gas pricing reasonable like with their street gas.

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The accepted fuels list remains the same.

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Sunoco is the official fuel of the IHRA and as I recall their fuel was priced reasonably. At the time it was around $7.00 a gallon.

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Hopefully the NHRA will quit using VP traction compound.

See you at the races,
Wayne Kerr

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Will it be available north of the border ?? The race gas we get now is overpriced as it is






Bruce Cameron

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NHRA national events have not used VP traction compound for at least the past 8 years.
They use PJ1 what use to be known as VHT.

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EXCEPT!! at the Bradenton Pro Am. Bradenton normally sells fuel out of their own pumps and although I don't go there often, remember they had reasonable prices. At the just completed Pro-Am they had locks on the pumps and had a fuel vendor selling 5 gal pails of Sunoco. He was selling 110 for $14 a gallon!! Sad thing is the same vendor has an office over here by me and if I go there and pick it up I can buy the same for quite a bit less. I know they paid a vendor fee but it didn't sit well with me that the track "endorsed" the racers getting hosed on fuel during that race. Lesson learned.

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I Don't really know you MB BUT I couldn't agree with you MORE :-)
just like anytime there is a pay change at your work be prepared to be screwed :mad:
VP Probably had enough of NHRA making more than them and threw in the towel that entire "official fuel of the NHRA deal stunk from day one as if a congressman orchestrated it republican or democrat take your pick they are ALL CROOKS:rolleyes:

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Things shouldn't change much at the national level. Sunoco will supply the same " spec ' fuels for the same classes. All other classes will still be free to use Renegade, VP, or Sunoco that's on the accepted fuels list. IHRA does the same.
The traction compound has been PJ1 for years, but now Renegade is producing their traction compound so some tracks have looked at switching over.
Bradenton just went to VP, but Renegade is at the oval track next door for a very low price, so there's some choice.