Sportsman moment of the year

[doglover44]

Well I hate to say it but the racing season is over and we have had alot of great sportsman moments this year. What do you think is the best sportsman moment of the year ? my favorite moment was when Troy Coughlin Jr won the Vegas national event in Super Comp his first final round and national event win.

[442OLDS]

I think it might have happened a few hours ago.
Two AA/SA cars in the final at the last race of the year.It was Heads Up.The cars were evenly matched in performance.The car that won was who I figured would win,but I never thought that he would have needed a hole shot to do it.
They actually raced ALL OUT,didn't shut off at the 1000 ft like so many class runs.They were only .009 apart at the finish.

[ss4367]

Originally Posted by doglover44

Well I hate to say it but the racing season is over and we have had alot of great sportsman moments this year. What do you think is the best sportsman moment of the year ? my favorite moment was when Troy Coughlin Jr won the Vegas national event in Super Comp his first final round and national event win.

did you see his lights? the worst light was an 012. hard to beat that

[Tom P]

What a way to finish the season in Stock. That'd have to rate right up there as best moments. Did anybody expect Shaul to be that quick... or DeFrank for that matter?


With all the controversy over the Cobra Jets the season ends with a heads up AA/SA final and neither one is CJ yet both are near as fast.

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by 442OLDS

I think it might have happened a few hours ago.
Two AA/SA cars in the final at the last race of the year.It was Heads Up.The cars were evenly matched in performance.The car that won was who I figured would win,but I never thought that he would have needed a hole shot to do it.
They actually raced ALL OUT,didn't shut off at the 1000 ft like so many class runs.They were only .009 apart at the finish.

I agree -- what a finish -- no one saw that coming with all the CJ talk during the season ..................

[Randall Klein]

I'd have to vote for the 8.20 something runs in SS/AH

[art leong]

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas

I agree -- what a finish -- no one saw that coming with all the CJ talk during the season ..................

Congrats to these guys for working on their stuff, not on their pc.
The CJ's dominated all year but, If you get beat and turn it in to a learning experience it is not a loss

[Chuck Norton]

Ladies and gentlemen, we have experienced a rare moment in class racing history. It was a glimpse of a by-gone era that many of us doubted would ever be allowed to surface again. "Sportsman Moment of the Year," indeed! How about "Drag Racing Moment of the Year," or "Drag Racing Moment of the Decade?"

1. No delay boxes
2. No transbrakes
3. No handicaps
4. No throttle stops
5. No nitro or laughing gas
6. No engines on a stick
7. No flip-up "plastic replicas of the Detroit iron"
8. No legion of crew members in matching uniforms thronging around the cars on the starting line
9. No one in the stands to see the race of the weekend
10. Probably no Association marketing guru still on the property to realize what they missed

Just real drag racing the way it began and the way we love it.


That run epitomizes what this sport has always been about. If the Stock final had been aired on TV with the proper promotion or had been featured with a knowledgeable announcer working a crowd of 30,000 daylight fans with an appropriate buildup it would have whipped up a frenzy of enthusiasm. It was a promoter's dream and it was wasted.

Who is going to write the back-story?
Who is going to promote the poster of that run? (I want one.)
Who is going to do the situational play-by-play analysis of the moment?
Who took video or still pictures of the preparations for that run?
Who will conduct the in-depth interviews with the drivers?

Oh well, it was great and before it fades into a dim memory I would like to personally congratulate two really tough racers who were cast into the spotlight and who deserve a hell of a lot more than they're going to get. Nice going guys!

c

[Wade Mahaffey]

Well said Chuck, it was awsome indeed and I want one too! We both may get our wish....the cover of ND! Wade Mahaffey

[Julie Jordan]

My vote would be for Westcott Sr's win at the Hemi Challenge this year. All the thrashing they had to do to change a motor between rounds, barely make the call, then win the race. It was a testament to teamwork and working through adversity.