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05-26-2024, 11:15 AM | #41 |
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Re: Live from Maple Grove - NHRA DIV 1 LUCAS OIL SERIES #2
IF the NHRA has a future it through the junior dragster program!
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Re: Live from Maple Grove - NHRA DIV 1 LUCAS OIL SERIES #2
Stock Elim. Winner: Cliff Hynson
R U: Lynda Preiser Super Stock Winner: Bill Kennedy R U: Justin Picillo Congratulations to all. Remembering our Veterans on Memorial Day.
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OK - yep ,I ditched you guys after a nice but very busy couple of days where I ended up with a great qualifying effort but a very emotional second round red lite .I did everything I could for that not to happen but it still did - me ?? I don't know .Anyway a very nice race at Maple Grove but I really needed to get home and deal with the damage done by Friday nights storm .Had tree limbs everywhere but some friends moved stuff out of my driveway so I could at least park when I got home .Plenty of loading and chainsaw work - but was lucky that only limbs came down and not entire trees .
Congrats to Cliff and Bill - see you later in the week hopefully .
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Re: Live from Maple Grove - NHRA DIV 1 LUCAS OIL SERIES #2
Did you tell them to "Get off my lawn"? Sheesh!
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That one statement sums up a big chunk of the "Old Timers" on here!
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FWIW, I have zero problem with the Jr's. I think its a fabulous program. It encourages family time with a common passion, and gives the kiddo's something far more rewarding than twitter, communist China-run Tik-Tok, and gory video games. As well as helping to introduce the next generation into our sport.
I was however not thrilled at seeing, when it was all said and done, probably at least 6 hours of the program time spent on that 8.5 index class. No disrespect to those guys, but I really get frustrated with the non-nhra classes that are continuing to being added to our races. A divisional in 1 is now $230. Did those 8.50 index folks pay that entry? They also got the finest pit spots on-site. And it now seems like every event we struggle to get a points race done in 3 days... Its even more of a craw in my jaw when I see the non-nhra classes at a national event... With quotas so low for all of us, its hard to swallow the inclusion of the small tire, big tire, local bracket hero crap to a national event thats become very difficult for the core classes to even attend. Im not a NHRA basher, I almost always stick up for them, but these non-nhra class additions to the schedules are not very easy to swallow. Kp Last edited by Kevin Panzino; 05-27-2024 at 02:52 PM. |
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The days of “hey I’m bringing 50 stock / SS” cars to the track can you give me a full weekend are over, you better well be bringing at least 200-250 cars with you to get a weekend at the track or renting the track for $20k a day or most tracks won’t even answer your phone call. The reality is tracks don’t want Lucas Races for the most part, it’s now why D1 is $225 to get in, the track owners asked for a raise in the entry with the additional $25 to go to them, it was dam near $50 but the vote was turned down. MG had 581 total cars, probably a great $$ weekend for them, had a decent crowd for the “Night of Chaos” and the concession stand and souvenir stand were somewhat packed but, how much advertising did they have to do to get about 1,000 people? Also you had it start at 3pm just as the sky’s were starting to look blah, so I’m sure some stayed home and it started pouring at 7 - 7:15pm. The thing is they added the 8.50 index deal back in January / February and we know Memorial Day weekend at MG can be a crap shoot for car counts, so your not sure how many cars will show, I think the counts were great because some were going straight to Epping or Norwalk, some missed Cecil and the Association race was rained out last week at Cecil and they just want to go racing. look at Cecil was with the weather, from what I heard at Cecil they had over 75 tech cards abandoned that were filled out online but because of the weather they didn’t show, so that about $17,000 there of lost income but the track is committed to running the event. It's the one bad part of preregistration without payment, you wake up the weekend looks blah….ehhh I’m staying home, the track has your tech card but not that $225. I think the 8.50 guys paid $150 and it was $3k to win but they also bring sponsors, they have a big fishing pole company that backs them and puts up alot of money. I’ve told guys before we want more money we need to start looking at having our own sponsors support the classes. Last edited by BKSG1198; 05-27-2024 at 03:58 PM. |
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More important, the 8.50 index class actually brings in fans, assess in the stands, which stock and super stock does not! Last edited by 1320racer; 05-27-2024 at 06:43 PM. |
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