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Originally Posted by Jim Wahl
Anybody else paying attention to the outlaw races out there? Recently at South Georgia Motorsports Park the had a race called "Lights Out" that netted over 60,000 spectators! That's right, SIXTY THOUSAND spectators (they were climbing over the fences to get in when the gates closed)
to watch all sorts of big and small tire, turbo, supercharged. N/A race cars do battle for unbelievable amounts of money. Is this the way of the future? Jim
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I remember asking Carl Weisinger about his October "street car" shootout race many years ago, told me he felt "this is the direction the sport is going". When the one who holds the "entry gate keys" he will know best. NHRA needs to follow the money, not the nitro.