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Re: Any news from NHRA About the rest of the season
Bill,
My understanding is that at least at Indy 3 anyone could buy tickets and on NHRA.TV it looked like there were more folks in the stands. Looking down the road given all of Florida's COVID issues is it realistic that the Gators will be run? Looking further down the road what is the situation in Las Vegas? Is that a possible venue for several races later in the year? While I genuinely hope that all the currently scheduled races can be run as scheduled I don't know if that is going to be possible. Bill |
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NHRA needs 12 National events to get the Coca-Cola money. We're currently sitting on 5 events with the US Nationals still to go. So that'll make 6.
NHRA is going to try EVERYTHING they can to get to the 12 events. And by everything, I mean everything. They want that money. Maple Grove isn't likely to happen. Charlotte, Gainesville, Denver, St. Louis, Topeka and the two races in TX are all 50/50. Of course things are changing daily but this was as of this past Sunday. Bristol is 75%. NHRA was actually trying to get 2 events at Bristol but it just won't work. So it'll likely just be the 1 in October. There's talk that Gainesville will be pushed back to a later date and ran as the season finale since Vegas & Pomona are extremely unlikely to happen. But of the 8 races left that have a chance at happening, NHRA only needs to have 6 to hit the magic number of 12. |
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Re: Any news from NHRA About the rest of the season
Matt posted Vegas unlikely.......does anyone know if casinos are open? If so, you'd think Vegas could run
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Thanks Matt; that sounds like a really good assessment of the situation. Bristol having two would have been great; beautiful country there in that Fall. Given all that I feel getting to 12 is going to be a real challenge but trying to be optimistic. The Lucas Oil championships (if they happen) will have an asterisk for sure.
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Casino's are open
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I wish Peter Clifford luck with getting it done.
I believe he will because the drag racing community wants it as bad as he does. |
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Re: Any news from NHRA About the rest of the season
OK 2001 payout schedule
Comp-- winner--1200 RU--600 4th rd --350 3rd rd 225 2nd rd--200 LOW QUALIFIER 200___________________ Stock winner--1000 RU--500 6th rd--250 5th rd--200 4th rd--125 3rd rd--100 LOW QUALIFIER 100 _______________________________ Super stock winner --1200 RU--600 6th rd--300 5th rd--200 4th rd--125 3rd rd--100 LOW QUALIFIER--200 ____________________________ Super Gas/Comp Winner--1000 RU--500 7th rd--300 6th rd--250 5th rd--200 4th rd--125 3rd rd--100 LOW QUALIFIER--100 _____________________________ WINNER/RUNNER UP contingency products posted for the event 119 total Contingency products posted for the event 108 products posted for contingency for Comp Elim. 112 products posted for contingency for super stock 99 products posted for contingency for stock 114 products posted for contingency for super gas/comp |
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[QUOTE=340Cuda;620821]Bill,
My understanding is that at least at Indy 3 anyone could buy tickets and on NHRA.TV it looked like there were more folks in the stands. Correct. Anybody could've purchased a ticket to Indy 3. I had friends purchasing them in the parking lot before heading to the gate. There's a really good chance the current schedule will get shuffled up again. But as of right now, other than the US Nationals, Bristol has the best shot of happening as scheduled. |
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Unfortunately when they set the quotas Bristol was only 50 and it's been full for quite some time. Not much motivation for people to withdraw, unless they're bagging the year in which case they probably don't mind having the credit carried to next year.
Thanks for the 2001 payout; entry was probably $125 which made it a little more reasonable, not bracket racing payouts mind you; $5K payouts were the norm for $125 but it's the choice we've made as Class Racing addicts. Matt, I'm going to follow your future outings more closely, I don't particularly care for any of the DSR cars anyway.
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