Houston Repeat of couple years ago

[cody pollage]

Just saw on the NHRA site that the AZ Nats are postponed yet once again, because of the track surface. NHRA is suppose to make an announcement during the week. It kind've reminds Houston a few years ago when it rained, they ran the pros, made the sportsmans stay for the following weekend. Then guess what it rained again. We shall see what happens.

[Hagen Gary]

Rain or shine, I think we are in for some Anal Dilation in Houston. Check the schedule that obviously some uninformed monkey made. How are we supose to get two runs of SS, SG, TD, and SC in 2 hrs friday with SC doing burnouts accross the tree? Don't even get me started on TD's John Force burnouts to half track, and what seems like staging battles in qualifying and in every other run. ( I know, I know. These TD and TS cars are soooo much more advanced than us, it takes time to make them run right) Be prepared to get ready for class as soon as you get back to your trailer only to be put off untill after the "Pros" ( which means 7 pm). Do you think we can get each class down the track within the 15 minutes aloted? Uh, NO...It gets better. How many rounds do you think we will get in with the 1 hr time slot for those four classes on Saturday? I think they want us to get at least two in, but I'm not sure. I foresee alot of night time racing in our future. Make sure you pack enough of supplies for monday or the next weekend just in case we get a single rain shower or oil down... Yea, that never happens. What idiot decided to move this to a 3 day race and then try to pack in TF, FC, PS, PSM, TAD, TAFC, PM, Comp, SS, SG, SC, and TD given Houston's history of rain? I guess I shouldn't complain. They might decide to drop a couple of classes and we all know who that would be.

FRIDAY, April 9, 2010
Spectator Gates Open 7:30 AM
Registration / Tech Inspection (all categories) 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Sportsman Qualifying 8:00 AM
Comp Eliminator Qualifying Session 10:00 AM
Top Alcohol Qualifying Session (Funny Car / Dragster) 11:00 AM
Comp Eliminator Qualifying Session 12:45 PM
Pro Mod Qualifying Session 1:15 PM
Top Alcohol Qualifying Session (Funny Car / Dragster) 1:45 PM
Pro Stock Qualifying Session (PS Motorcycle / PS Car) 2:45 PM
Nitro Qualifying Session (Funny Car / Top Fuel Dragster) 3:30 PM
Pro Mod Qualifying Session 4:30 PM
Pro Stock Qualifying Session (PS Motorcycle / PS Car) 5:15 PM
Nitro Qualifying Session (Funny Car / Top Fuel Dragster) 6:00 PM
Secure Track 7:00 PM

SATURDAY, April 10, 2010
Spectator Gates Open 7:30 AM
Sportsman Eliminations 8:00 AM
Comp Eliminator Qualifying Session 9:00 AM
Top Alcohol Qualifying Session (Dragster / Funny Car) 10:15 AM
Pro Stock Qualifying Session (PS Motorcycle / PS Car) 11:30 AM
Nitro Qualifying Session (Top Fuel Dragster / Funny Car) 12:15 PM
Pro Mod Qualifying Session 1:15 PM
Comp Eliminator - Round 1 1:45 PM
Pro Stock Qualifying Session (PS Motorcycle / PS Car) 2:15 PM
Nitro Qualifying Session (Top Fuel Dragster / Funny Car) 3:00 PM
Pro Mod - Round 1 4:00 PM
Top Alcohol (Dragster / Funny Car) - Round 1 4:30 PM
Secure Track 7:00 PM

SUNDAY, April 11, 2010
Spectator Gates Open 8:30 AM
Sportsman Eliminations 9:00 AM
Pre-Race Ceremonies 10:00 AM
Final Eliminations 11:00 AM
Secure Event 4:30 PM