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Originally Posted by Roger K Fain
How do you think Bruton Smith feels about NHRA....he opens the most fantastic racing (drag) facility since the Dry Lakes at Muroc in '56 and NHRA says, Oh, by the way, we are not contesting Stock Eliminator at your event, so there will be about 150 competitors and their family members not participating. That's about $38,000 through the gate, not to mention all the concessions sales lost.
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The NHRA Sportsman schedule for 2008 was published well before Bruton got the approval to build Z-Max Dragway; he knew that Stock would not be contested at the event. If the plans for Z-Max had failed; Plan B was to have the event in Gainesville and Stock would not have been contested there either. The NHRA implemented this rotating schedule several years ago to control car counts; the only event where all classes are run is Indy. If they had made an exception for Bruton; how do you think the other National Event track owners would have felt? Z-Max is a truly magnificent facility; I made the trip from Ct. and thoroughly enjoyed all 4 days of the event.
Bill Seabrooks - superfan1