Live from Atco , NJ -- NHRA Lucas Oil Series

[David Barton]

Wow, that's a lot more than I thought. Thanks!

[Doug Blackley]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

That sounds good.Then maybe us smart guys can show up on Thursday too and throw in $25 each and have a Smart Guy Stock Eliminator race as a fill in.That will keep everybody busy.

Now that's funny!

[joe176]

So punish the racers that guessed right on the weather and close the field.....In these hard times it seems as though NHRA is shooting themselves in the foot again !!!!!!! As a business owner myself I would think the track owner would like to have more customers paying twice at the gate come October..

[Dave Ficacci]

Lets just say they reopen the fields. Now you have more people showing up than normal to get to run two races on one weekend (remember maple grove divisional and open a few years ago with 140 stockers on the same weekend.)
Think about the cluster F that would cause giving everyone 1 time run, plus alcohol and running the entire race on Thursday...
Most certainly they would not finish in time, and schedule the remainder of the race for Friday morning. Imagine the bitching you would have from people that show up on Friday and only get one time run instead of the usual 2.

I wasn't even there and I agree with closing the field.

[Dave Ficacci]

Originally Posted by David Barton

Hi Joe,

can you post a list of every AA/SA & AA/S car since the beginning of 2008? I'm wondering how many cars would actually show up for a shootout if we had one.

I count 10-12 that would participate with a legitimate shot to win. Depending on the location of the shootout, 6-8 is more than likely.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by David Barton

Wow, that's a lot more than I thought. Thanks!

Fuqua and Cradduck are driving the same car, it's just different drivers. There are a few more examples of the same car with two different drivers on that list, I think I picked out 2-3. A lot of the 396 cars probably wouldn't run a shoot out, a lot of them cannot get light enough.

You were correct in the other thread, you could not do it at Indy. The index puts too many of them at risk of a DNQ. It is the price we paid when Len asked us what we wanted for an index. We knew that would be the case, but felt the trade off was worth the risk of a DNQ at Indy.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Dave Ficacci

I count 10-12 that would participate with a legitimate shot to win. Depending on the location of the shootout, 6-8 is more than likely.

That's probably about right.

[joe176]

So I guess it's to discourage more racers from coming? Just turn it into a four day event....If anyone can make it happen Joe Sway can. I was at that Maple Grove race and everyone I was with had a good time.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by joe176

So I guess it's to discourage more racers from coming? Just turn it into a four day event....If anyone can make it happen Joe Sway can. I was at that Maple Grove race and everyone I was with had a good time.

Joe Sway is a smart businessman.I'm sure if he could twist Rain Man's arm the right way the field will open up and both races will go off,weather permitting.

[Mike Meier]

Oh geez, I guess NO ONE is going to show up at the fall Atco divisional now. That's what they get for playing hooky.

And Ed, why are you complaining? You weren't even planning on running this race anyway.