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03-20-2018, 10:59 AM | #11 |
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I can't tell you how amazed I was to these people lining the fence on Friday morning Q1 to watch these cars. Then when eliminations began it was unbelievable to see the crowds watching them, it really gave me some hope that there are still alot of drag racing fans left, not just Top Fool fans but real drag racing fans!
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03-20-2018, 11:35 AM | #12 | |
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Pat Cvengros (NHRA tech) and I fought pretty hard to keep it but we were shot down by other players in those discussions. They felt there weren't enough cars out west. To get car count up my thought was to make it a Vegas "Double Down" event. Run the season final on Saturday to crown a winner, and the next season qualifier or first elimination on Sunday. Or something along those lines to incentivize participation. The other benefit of having these cars in Vegas is that manufacturers could use them in their SEMA booths and potentially the class sponsor could do an event there kind of like what Pro Mod does. A series finale in St. Louis just doesn't have the same cache.
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I can't wait to attend Indy. 35+ cars attempting to qualify will be like the good old days of pro stock.
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03-20-2018, 04:47 PM | #14 | |
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One race on the west side is a pretty hard case to sell a guy on building a competitive car... If there were three plus races on the left coast I bet they would have had many more people get involved. My guess is we will never know. They for sure have a great thing going IMO. I wish they showed them on FS1 and dumped Pro stock motorcycle.
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03-20-2018, 05:11 PM | #15 |
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I Love watching Factory Stock.
I couldn't understand why Leah Pritchett's front end sits So High going down the track, you would think that's definitely NOT aero dynamic. I noticed the Mustang's sit level going ALL the way down the track.
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Barton's COPO also sits high .
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03-20-2018, 10:13 PM | #18 | |
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Sure world be cool to have an East coat West cost league (whatever you want to call it) then bring the top players together at the end for a real showdown...
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03-21-2018, 02:49 AM | #19 |
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I'd like it to become the next Pro Stock but probably won't happen.
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03-21-2018, 09:49 AM | #20 |
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Why would that be good all prostock has become is a bunch of factory backed professional teams. A regular racer can't compete with the millions needed and the corporate and factory backing. Right now you can buy a FS/XX car and be able to compete with a reasonable investment. Why turn it into another prostock when we have one now. It would be better to keep it in stock eliminator and not go into the pro classes.
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