Will they call it the F**** you Nationals

[Rich Biebel]

Originally Posted by Carl Juliano

Im thinking there had to be some money thrown around for PRO to change their stance so quickly without a fight. Almost all the drivers were against it.....now its squashed and everythings cool?!!,what BS.
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Carl I agree 100%......Had to be $$$ Talking
No way they could tell the Pro organization something like "We will find other cars to run the show".......There are no other cars!

NASCAR did that at the first race at Taladega many years ago.
NHRA Ran Indy without many of the big name Pro's around 1972 but that was a completely different era and there were plenty of cars out there running........

[Michael Pliska]

Damn, Bruton and Compton hacked Don's account over here too

[Tom Joseph]

Originally Posted by Don Higgins

Nope, just giving my opinion. Everyone who was there thought it was amazing to watch.

I was there it was confusing at best. The drivers were having the worst reaction times in history not to mention the track prep was not acceptable. I hope you enjoy it next year I won't be there and if you like it go that's what's kool about living in The USA and being allowed to think what you want...for now.

[GaryGoFast]

Being a first time event I was excited to go but with that being said, the track was garbage, I didnt travel 14.5 hrs to watch 4 wide but to compete against other racers. I wont go back, like i said in an earlier post, I can get screwed closer to home for less.

[Jason Oldfield]

I was there primarily to witness the 4-wide spectacle, and after about 5 sets I had enough. It was too hard to watch, and there was FAR too much downtime with there being twice as many lanes to maintain with no more equipment.

My personal opinion is that NHRA didn't throw more money at the racers, but Bruton threatened to take Zmax and the other tracks he owns (Sonoma, Bristol, and Vegas), go buy IHRA, AHRA, or the ADRL and make them all very sorry for pissing him off.

Bruton doesn't screw around - he plays hardball, and gets what he wants. If you all remember, the way Zmax got built in the first place was Bruton threatening to doze over Lowe's Motor Speedway and build a new super speedway in a neighboring county where he could also build his drag strip. He was obviously convincing enough that the Mecklenburg Country government backed off their restrictions and let Bruton build his drag strip.

[Carl Juliano]

In this article Ron Capps attempts to tell us what really went on at the PRO meeting,and why they agreed to run 4 wide again

http://www.competitionplus.com/index...ecord-straight

[Floyd Gomez]

Originally Posted by Carl Juliano

In this article Ron Capps attempts to tell us what really went on at the PRO meeting,and why they agreed to run 4 wide again

http://www.competitionplus.com/index...ecord-straight

In other words PRO said "No we are not!" and NHRA said "Yes you are!" and PRO said "yes sir daddy"