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Joe, I think you hit the nail on the head! ....It' probably much more about spectator appeal,than economics or safety....I know quite a few old motorheads who get together for Englishtown or Maple Grove and really dislike the 1000' racing.........It just makes me laugh when nitro snobs turn their noses up at Super class cars when the fuel cars are doing the same thing with even more electronics and pneumatics [altho the results are far more spectacular]......Tom

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The article said the changes were for preparation to go back to 1/4 mile racing.But the big #s wont
be there.At least the MPH.Don't think the ETs will improve for quite a while.Years ago guys like Garlits and the others were what he called crafty.Now they're just $$$$ powered.

Ed F.

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At 300 mph those Fuel cars are traveling 440 feet per second. The difference between 1,000 feet and 1,320 feet is covered in .727-second.

So, all this agonizing is about watching racing for a difference of less than three-quarters of a second?

I wonder how long it takes to blink your eyes???

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it takes 1/20th of a second to blink your eyes

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Make them run gasoline!!

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Simple. 10.5x31.5W tire. Run 'em hard, they blow the tires off. Run 'em soft, they slow down. End of problem.

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Thanks, Jim....so, if you blink your eyes while they're running that last 320 feet, you'll still have .52-sec. to watch the rest of the race! Splended!!!! Half a second!!! No wonder everybody's so excited about this!!!

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easiest fix for the fuel cars.......take a pump and a mag off.......easy to do.......and it will slow them down right away......


adam