DRC Commentary

Gary Smith · 03-03-2010, 11:53 PM

Dump the gradepoints, go back to class eliminators with each class finalist running the shoe polish eliminator on Sunday. I seem to recall the stands being filled in the late 70s - early 80s during class runoffs at the Winters and Gators, spectators even standing up as each pair went down the track. Seems NHRA screwed up royally dumping Modified. Wasn't a guy named Dallas Gardner, a well known bean counter involved with that decision?

I'll never forget the sell "dwindling carcounts, this new eliminator will breathe life back into the sportsman ranks while the spectators will enjoy it just as much". Hmmmmm.....does imaginary or invisible people count as spectators? I bet they love to come out and watch sportsmen at 0'dark hundred too, unlike the midday during those old days.. Oh well, what's the difference anyway, all sportsman racing is the same.

rick lester · 03-04-2010, 12:35 AM

very interesting post. i for one think it is a good thing letting kurt busch in to race. i will be there first round, laughing my ***** off at all the super gassers wrecking getting behind him, just like in bracket racing. my girlfriend did not want to go at first, then i mentioned kurt was going to be there, now is counting the days on the calender. he's her favorite beer, i mean driver in nascar. i don't like the grading point system myself, but think about it, if the system was eliminated, then the racers chasing a world championship might miss a race if all the locals just went to their closest national event. answer me honestly guys, would you only go to national events if there was no grading points? i for one as a specator, chose divisionals over nationals. why? because of the sportsmen racers, they are, and will always be the backbone of drag racing. at a early age some of the people i looked up to were stock and super stock racers, lee and linda sherman are just two of them. hell if scott helms wasn't going this year, i'd skip it altogether. i'll be there, just look for the fool sitting in the stands when stock and super stock are running.

Rick Bailey · 03-04-2010, 01:00 AM

I stand corrected

Thank-you Bob

Rick

Ken Haase · 03-04-2010, 01:47 AM

What the??? Do you mean to tell me the ultra-saturation coverage of drag racing, better known as John Force and friends, isn't working? Why, that's inconceivable! I doubt the media coverage of Kurt Busch at Gainesville will make a blip on the radar screen. Maybe if George W. Bush entered an N/IHRA race, that might generate some TV time for drag racing. I'm pretty sure Kurt will be on NHRA Today though.

One other thing. I'll bet "all" the non-racing media types that do show up will think Busch has the race in the bag when his opponent goes on the stop, and he's swooshing on down track into the lead............momentarily. Should be fun!

Jim Bailey · 03-04-2010, 07:27 AM

Wait and see what happens when Busch stops on the track after a Red Light. JB

Tom Meyer · 03-04-2010, 08:19 AM

What time will super gas run round one. Now if they try to put that in between TF and Funnny car they will take it to far. Just how much may pepole will you have at 9:30 in the morning to what Kurt get whomped by someone.Tom

Bobby Bennett · 03-04-2010, 08:26 AM

Never believed class racers cared about Super Gas. I always thought most looked down on the class. Learn something new everyday.

danny waters sr · 03-04-2010, 08:27 AM

Under the watchful eye of former NHRA and IHRA Pro Stock driver Roy Hill, Kyle Busch raced at Rockingham Dragway Monday. The 31-year-old Busch, who normally drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, had a best quarter mile time of 9.16 seconds at 166 miles per hour.
slideshow Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion and one of only 18 drivers to have won races in each of NASCAR’s top three divisions, showed off his vaunted versatility Monday night at Rockingham Dragway at the wheel of a 1970 Dodge Challenger in which he will make his drag racing debut two weeks hence.

Under the watchful eye of former NHRA and IHRA Pro Stock driver Roy Hill, who now operates a professional drag racing school, the 31-year-old Busch, who normally drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, had a best quarter mile time of 9.16 seconds at 166 miles per hour.

“We got a lot of homework done,” Busch said, “but we’ve still got a lot to do. The track worked great and I was amazed at how well the car hooked at the 400 foot mark.”

A vintage “muscle car,” Busch’s Challenger is equipped with a turbocharger which, according to Hill, makes it fully capable of sub-9.00 second times although it will be dialed-in to run the 9.90 second standard of the NHRA Super Gas class.

Busch will make his Super Gas debut at the March 11-14 NHRA Tire Kingdom Gatornationals at Gainesville, Fla.

A native of Las Vegas, Busch was the 2000 Craftsman Trucks Rookie-of-the-Year and the 2003 IROC champion before winning the ultimate stock car title in 2004, the first year NASCAR’s premier championship was determined in a Countdown format.

Tom Goldman · 03-04-2010, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Bennett

Never believed class racers cared about Super Gas. I always thought most looked down on the class. Learn something new everyday.

Bobby, You could not have put it better. .....I'm sorry my friends,but this is a whole lot of whining and complaining about nothing. .......I made light of Buschs' plans on the .90 forum a month ago,and we all had a good laugh. ...........As of today neither Stock or SS is full, or SG..........I seriously doubt NHRA will be bumping anyone to make way for Busch to enter................The only thing I agree on is he should be in the Sportsman pits. ....Think of the spectator traffic that would generate!..............Don't doubt that NHRA will try to engineer a Marquis matchup for him 1st round ,ala Garlets /Fletcher at Indy. ......My 2 cents, Tom.

danny waters sr · 03-04-2010, 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

Bobby, You could not have put it better. .....I'm sorry my friends,but this is a whole lot of whining and complaining about nothing. .......I made light of Buschs' plans on the .90 forum a month ago,and we all had a good laugh. ...........As of today neither Stock or SS is full, or SG..........I seriously doubt NHRA will be bumping anyone to make way for Busch to enter................The only thing I agree on is he should be in the Sportsman pits. ....Think of the spectator traffic that would generate!..............Don't doubt that NHRA will try to engineer a Marquis matchup for him 1st round ,ala Garlets /Fletcher at Indy. ......My 2 cents, Tom.

I was not whining ,just showing were he had actually tested his own car . I hope he gets serious with this deal and gets a car that could be competive.I'm not a Bush fan and by no means am i taking up for him. As Dan said in another post it could be anybody. Big Daddy had his little Day at the races in stock and that did not last long either. I like seeing new faces in this sport . Not trying to Bash anyone.

03-03-2010, 11:53 PM	#1
Gary Smith Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 820 Likes: 9 Liked 132 Times in 30 Posts	Re: DRC Commentary Dump the gradepoints, go back to class eliminators with each class finalist running the shoe polish eliminator on Sunday. I seem to recall the stands being filled in the late 70s - early 80s during class runoffs at the Winters and Gators, spectators even standing up as each pair went down the track. Seems NHRA screwed up royally dumping Modified. Wasn't a guy named Dallas Gardner, a well known bean counter involved with that decision? I'll never forget the sell "dwindling carcounts, this new eliminator will breathe life back into the sportsman ranks while the spectators will enjoy it just as much". Hmmmmm.....does imaginary or invisible people count as spectators? I bet they love to come out and watch sportsmen at 0'dark hundred too, unlike the midday during those old days.. Oh well, what's the difference anyway, all sportsman racing is the same. __________________ Gary Smith "another broke racer spectating"

03-04-2010, 12:35 AM	#2
rick lester Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Littlestown PA Posts: 163 Likes: 9 Liked 4 Times in 1 Post	Re: DRC Commentary very interesting post. i for one think it is a good thing letting kurt busch in to race. i will be there first round, laughing my ***** off at all the super gassers wrecking getting behind him, just like in bracket racing. my girlfriend did not want to go at first, then i mentioned kurt was going to be there, now is counting the days on the calender. he's her favorite beer, i mean driver in nascar. i don't like the grading point system myself, but think about it, if the system was eliminated, then the racers chasing a world championship might miss a race if all the locals just went to their closest national event. answer me honestly guys, would you only go to national events if there was no grading points? i for one as a specator, chose divisionals over nationals. why? because of the sportsmen racers, they are, and will always be the backbone of drag racing. at a early age some of the people i looked up to were stock and super stock racers, lee and linda sherman are just two of them. hell if scott helms wasn't going this year, i'd skip it altogether. i'll be there, just look for the fool sitting in the stands when stock and super stock are running.

03-04-2010, 01:00 AM	#3
Rick Bailey Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 502 Likes: 5 Liked 10 Times in 7 Posts	Re: DRC Commentary I stand corrected Thank-you Bob Rick __________________ Rick Bailey 3439 SC

03-04-2010, 01:47 AM	#4
Ken Haase Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 233 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: DRC Commentary What the??? Do you mean to tell me the ultra-saturation coverage of drag racing, better known as John Force and friends, isn't working? Why, that's inconceivable! I doubt the media coverage of Kurt Busch at Gainesville will make a blip on the radar screen. Maybe if George W. Bush entered an N/IHRA race, that might generate some TV time for drag racing. I'm pretty sure Kurt will be on NHRA Today though. One other thing. I'll bet "all" the non-racing media types that do show up will think Busch has the race in the bag when his opponent goes on the stop, and he's swooshing on down track into the lead............momentarily. Should be fun!

03-04-2010, 07:27 AM	#5
Jim Bailey Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 674 Likes: 15 Liked 584 Times in 94 Posts	Re: DRC Commentary Wait and see what happens when Busch stops on the track after a Red Light. JB

03-04-2010, 08:19 AM	#6
Tom Meyer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pierce NE Posts: 936 Likes: 78 Liked 354 Times in 120 Posts	Re: DRC Commentary What time will super gas run round one. Now if they try to put that in between TF and Funnny car they will take it to far. Just how much may pepole will you have at 9:30 in the morning to what Kurt get whomped by someone.Tom __________________ Tom Meyer 5240 SS Stock ??? Last edited by Tom Meyer; 03-04-2010 at 08:22 AM.

03-04-2010, 08:26 AM	#7
Bobby Bennett Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Spartanburg, SC Posts: 67 Likes: 0 Liked 14 Times in 2 Posts	Re: DRC Commentary Never believed class racers cared about Super Gas. I always thought most looked down on the class. Learn something new everyday.

03-04-2010, 08:27 AM	#8
danny waters sr VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: lagrange,nc Posts: 2,224 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: DRC Commentary Under the watchful eye of former NHRA and IHRA Pro Stock driver Roy Hill, Kyle Busch raced at Rockingham Dragway Monday. The 31-year-old Busch, who normally drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, had a best quarter mile time of 9.16 seconds at 166 miles per hour. slideshow Kurt Busch, the 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion and one of only 18 drivers to have won races in each of NASCAR’s top three divisions, showed off his vaunted versatility Monday night at Rockingham Dragway at the wheel of a 1970 Dodge Challenger in which he will make his drag racing debut two weeks hence. Under the watchful eye of former NHRA and IHRA Pro Stock driver Roy Hill, who now operates a professional drag racing school, the 31-year-old Busch, who normally drives the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, had a best quarter mile time of 9.16 seconds at 166 miles per hour. “We got a lot of homework done,” Busch said, “but we’ve still got a lot to do. The track worked great and I was amazed at how well the car hooked at the 400 foot mark.” A vintage “muscle car,” Busch’s Challenger is equipped with a turbocharger which, according to Hill, makes it fully capable of sub-9.00 second times although it will be dialed-in to run the 9.90 second standard of the NHRA Super Gas class. Busch will make his Super Gas debut at the March 11-14 NHRA Tire Kingdom Gatornationals at Gainesville, Fla. A native of Las Vegas, Busch was the 2000 Craftsman Trucks Rookie-of-the-Year and the 2003 IROC champion before winning the ultimate stock car title in 2004, the first year NASCAR’s premier championship was determined in a Countdown format. __________________ Danny Waters, Sr / 73 Duster "340"