Gary,
I have a super comp (quick rod) dragster and drive a stocker for the Marlow family, who were at the event. I run one of the cars at nhra events only because of college commitments. Anyhow, I have an outside shot in super comp to get into the allstars, so I knew we would be coming to belle rose this weekend. We didn't want to endure multiple days of heat for weeks in a row. If I'd had known that it was going to be Saturday only, I would have been there.
It may have been a good paying race, but let's be honest, this sport ain't about money. It's about having fun, and how much fun is two weekends in a row with high heat. So instead, I sat out by the pool and had a great time with family.
And last, you can hate on TEXAS (and them longhorns) all you want, but don't talk bad about my aggies.
To me this sport is about both having fun and the money (which is why I dont' race my car as a bracket car). I can't see paying $50 bucks for a race that only pays maybe $350-$450 (if I'm lucky), and numerous times during the year, to hopefully earn the right to race in the Divisionals Race of Champions, for the right to race at the NHRA World Finals, when all I had to do to earn the right to do the same thing at the IHRA's World Finals, was win this race, and I just needed to win four straight rounds to do it (much easier a task on me and my car, than racing for a seasonal top four finish at my local track, prior to having to race other qualifiers from other tracks for the same privilege with NHRA).
No problem with the aggies, because I was a fan of the Texas A&M Aggies since they had R.C. Slocum (I hope I spelled his last name right?), as their football head coach, and any team who emphasizes the military in it is a team I really admire...GO AGGIES!!!!
Thanks and gig em,
Austin Williams