Unfinished Business

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

I did see photos of a packed Gainesville raceway. Very refreshing to see that. The stands being full for the UB finals wouldn’t have anything to do with the final rounds of PRO qualifying running right after them, would it ?? ....

It was insanely packed but you could, like all events, tell when the nitro cars were running. Now I figure I'm slightly different than most on this board in that I'm a drag racing fan before I'm a drag racing participant, therefore most of the weekend I could be found at the fence. You can always spot a casual fan, and they were abundant with many "first timers" at the fence with me, they all seemed to play into the Toyota race and the hype associated. The one indicators that I saw that would at least say people loved seeing the "legends", was the 150'-175' line at the Toyota booth for their autographs. One of the "legends" during an interview mentioned they would like more of the same "but with faster cars". I'm not a fan of the Toyota's but I did find myself in a friendly back and fourth with my wife concerning the race and the hype involved... we enjoyed it.