"Live" from Galot Division 2 Divisional 2016

[Michael Beard]

1/8 mile points meet? Who wants to run 1/8 mile? I'm not interested in 1/8 mile racing. I hope the facility is a big success in spite of that.

Right. I forgot that S/SS racers like to race 1000'...

All other NHRA races are 1/4 mile.

Not the National Open at Ohio Valley.

I would not have expected a very big turn out for that event. It's an Un tested venue.

Untested??? Before the track was even up and running, when they first paved it and set up the timing system, the *very first pass* down the track was around a 3.79, with a 0.9xx 60'! They've been open for a few months now, and have drawn over 300 cars for a local points race.

You can't expect racers to travel long distances for the meager purse that is posted.

NHRA sets the purse. People travel all over chasing the same poor payouts (and sometimes don't even get paid, re: Zmax).

The owner/promoter will have to put on several more of these type events and entice the racers with bigger pay outs.

Why on earth would the owner want to have any more of these events? How many losses do people expect them to take? I know what it cost us when we believed the racers who said, "We'll be there next time!" for the Class Nationals. (I appreciate the h*ll out of everyone who actually DID support us!)

I swear, I have never in my life seen so many excuses from people to NOT race than from Nat'l/Div'l event racers. Yes, they're individually certainly all valid excuses. Just don't assume that tracks/promoters are going to keep throwing good money after bad.