NHRA Insider with Brian Lohnes 12/15/2020

[Mark Howes]

A good portion of those missing cars in 2020 would be Canadian cars unable to cross the border. Hopefully back in 2021 to help bring those numbers back up

[Nmbr1GMfan]

I met Brian Lohnes during Drag Week before his current position with NHRA and I can tell you he is a great guy and a true lover of this sport. Personally I love the way he calls races, whether it's NHRA nitro, Comp, Stock or a big radial race. With that being said I spoke with Brian concerning this very comment on his podcast and among other things he had this to say, "There’s going to be a lot more spotlight on sportsman racing than there has been in a very very long time." So for me personally, I'm very excited about that!!!

[jmcarter]

Agree Brian is a great guy to have in the booth, just wish they would bring Lewis Bloom back.

[Carguy49]

Have Lewis Bloom come back and he can replace Tony Pedregon

[NHRA1926]

ANY body but Tony Pendragon. He talks like every one watching has NEVER seen or been to a drag racing event in their life. Stop talking to me like I'm a dope when it comes to NHRA drag racing, Ugh! Man I sure miss Steve Evans and Dave McLellan, Mike Dunn would be GREAT to see again also, always enjoyed his commentary. It was like he was talking directly to you as another racer. Hell, Bring up Alan Rinehart or Bruno Massel. They are great to listen to. Instead of live coverage, where they just show interview after interview, after interview when there is down time, why don't they show some sportsman coverage. Dan Fletcher's interview hit it right on the head. People DO enjoy seeing wheel standing cars on TV also, so give them and their sponsors some exposure during the down times. If I wanted to watch interviews, I would just watch day time TV shows!

[doglover44]

So what was the sportsman news for 2021 anybody know yet ?

[jmcarter]

Hopefully it wasn’t just about this...

http://www.nhraracer.com/content/gen...109&zoneid=175

Doubtful that’s it but who knows. Can’t help but wonder if they’re trying to keep their cash cow supporting NHRA and not going over to big money class racing or even brackets. I’m also curious how they plan to deploy NHRA.TV at the divisional level since they disinvited Warren. Orlando is four weeks away...tick tick.

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by doglover44

So what was the sportsman news for 2021 anybody know yet ?

I don't know if there will be one large announcement.

In my opinion, with no real basis in fact, is that it will be be smaller things like the recent announcement of some quota increases.