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I can't say I thought much of this radial racing. 2nd round qualifying was mayhem. Wrecks and track oil downs all evening tonight.

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After tuning into the live web cast, it's clear this Drag Racing is alive and well. Nearly 300 entries, $50,000 to win in the top class, 22,000 people watching the webcast, so many spectators that they were turning people away, and people donating and Sending PayPal donations to add to the purse. Exciting heads up racing with diverse engines, NO2, turbos, blowers and all motor. This is where the young people and lots of $$ are. The webcast was well done.

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26,300 at 7.30 watching on web! Sad next week will be the Pro Am from there and might get 2000 to watch! NHRA may need stuff like this to get the younger crowd involved?

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30+K Watching the Finals 9:40 EST

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Was pretty cool to watch.

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Yes they do!!.

That race was huge

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There were WAAAAAAAAAAY too many people on the starting line. There was barely enough room for the cars to stage. This wasn't just for the finals either.

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Great racing, I streamed it while out in the shop all weekend.

At some point I was watching Pro 275 and saw Sean in his Murder Nova wheelie the car across the 660 at over 160 mph for the win. Crazy.

They had to close the gate due to the raceway being at capacity.

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I attended this race last year and it was by far my favorite race I have been to. I have been going to NHRA div and nat's since the 90s and nothing compares to a Duck race for excitement and crazy performance.

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In my own opinion, it was some close racing with some pretty cool cars, turbos, blowers, etc. I watched a little bit on and off, I guess because I was bored and no other racing was on besides Daytona. The question is, was it sold out because they wanted to see close racing or because they wanted to see crashes or because the street outlaws were there. We all know PRI was a huge success because they were there and everyone flocked to see the new cars and get autographs.

I must say, one thing that is concerning is the amount of people on the starting line. Listen, I'm all about the fans seeing good, close racing but, at what price. I would love to find out what they did at Lights Out to get that amount of people. Is it location, price ($25.00 per day to enter and a pass of $60.00 for 3 days or more). I was at Atco during the collector incident and I'm friends with the gentlemen who got hit at New England Dragway a few years back with pieces of the motor. Both these guys were way away from the racing surface or so they thought. With almost 150-200 people on the starting line all it takes is a car to get sideways in the burnout, a key component of the car to break and hit someone and Drag Racing will be on the Nightly News not for results but because people were killed for standing on the starting line. It's not the way you want to think and not taking away from a great event but, the two incidents in D-1 happened with a TS & Comp Car. So these guys are drivers that have top of the line safety equipment and something still broke. I just hope down the road were not talking about something like this in the future.

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I am sure the SO guys had something to do with it, they were all there last year too but didn't race. I think the $50k to the RvW winner brought out almost 60 cars trying to qualify was highly promoted and that was a huge draw.

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Some photos of the people on the starting line and the crowds. And an observation ......these racers like black t-shirts and hoodies.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...psnb1b41yo.jpg


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Yupp Nhra your really missing the boat for bringing in new blood.Heads up racing is the shizz.

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Black Hoodies at the racetrack are nice.

Flip up the hood if your head or ears get cold.

If you have to work on the car the black fabric hides most of the grease, oil, RTV. etc..

I bet there was a lot of rubber in the air at the starting line too.

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Check out these stats from the Web Cast. These are impressive and no matter what you think of the format, this thing is working.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...pswzixz4tu.jpg

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I expect NHRA wishes their events would create this kind of buzz.

I don't pay much attention to the NHRA TV shows. I had Lights Out streaming most of the weekend while I was in the shop working. The track's PA feed with the track announcers as the only commentary is much preferable to the personalities, side features and distractions of broadcast TV. The camera work was great as was the on track audio. It's as close to being there as you can get without actually being there.

I usually have the NHRA audiocast on also when there is an event. I enjoy hearing it as it happens at the track. If I could watch NHRA events in this format, I would. Hopefully, someone in Glendora is paying attention.

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....and it's been working like this for a very long time.........Carl Weisinger's World StreetNationals brought in the crowds just like the Duck does now....I can only imagine if live feeds were as mainstream back then -- the Duck just perfected the Show.

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the first thing that NHRA has to do is figure out who they are trying to sell their product/sport too. I am not sure they know.

NASCAR ratings for Daytona this past Sunday were way down too even without another major sporting event one TV.

The traditional racing fans are not there any more.

Do you see all the people with hoodies at an NHRA race or Nascar? Nope.

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In the late 1960's some special events had crowds like this and people all over the starting line area.

Super Stock was new.....Pro Stock didn't exist yet...
Exhibition cars were being built with all kinds of wild stuff...

York.....Cecil County....and I'm sure others.

I was at York when the crowds were huge behind the starting line....late 1960's....

My question is how in the world is this starting line crowd tolerated when at just about any other race there is NO WAY that many people would be allowed to be that close to cars making 2000hp and more....

We pay a lot of money for safety items,....insurance surcharges.....chassis cert and jump thru hoops to meet the demands made of us by NHRA....all in the name of safety.....

It doesn't add up to an old guy like me......

Sure the excitement and enthusiasm is great but it's just thrill seekers to me.....

Cars doing giant wheelies way down track....big power....danger to the max........fast et's.....big mph...

I've seen it at Cecil when the small tire crowd was there......during a Lucas race and it was allowed.....

I just don't understand how it flys from an insurance and safety standpoint.....

Money talks......

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At first glance of the people standing I thought it was the Schumacher / Force entourage.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA everybody has black zits.

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They shut the race down a couple of times and made people move off of the starting line. Took 15 minutes to get the crowd to move. Place was wall to wall people. Don't know what kind of security they had on hand. They were probably just trying to maintain some semblance of control. It does appear to be a different audience than shows up for NHRA events.

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The crowds at the starting line have been like that for several years now at grudge racing events in the south. There's more people at the line than in the stands sometimes.

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Ok so we know their security at starting line wasn't the best. But it's a good problem trying to contain 40,000 people.And who cares wtf they are wearing. NHRA wishes they had that problem.Writing is on the wall old people.Yes I'm old.Lol.Heads up racing is the future.Ask any young people involved in drag racing. And isn't that the reason we build these S/SS cars.We can surely bracket race with a lot cheaper car.NHRA needs to delete some classes and get back to heads up no break out racing.Time to go to work!

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NHRA tried to have some heads up events a couple years ago and it failed.


http://www.nhra.com/multimedia/unleashed.aspx

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Last time I checked they are still running Pro mod.Keep the same rules those cars are running now, same format 1/8 mile etc.And put up a purse to entice those cars to come.Not what they (shaft) pay sportsmen racers now.I would bet a race like that with a good promoter like Bill Bader could get the same results.

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LOL! I had SO many arguments over "the next coming thing" and that "imports are here to stay" "it's the NEW era of drag racing" On and on it went as F&F was in the theatres and everybody was putting macdonald's dinner trays under the back tires of their civic's then with the parkbrake on, "drifting" around parking lots. "oh yeah, you guys had drag racing but mark my words, drifting is the new drag racing"

Yeah ok punk....and now 10 years later.....the kid grew up and is driving a mustang and his friend is driving a challenger. New, mind you, and supercharged or turbo'd mind you...and now the call is "heads up is the only way to race, brackets are out" and in 10 years when they've burned through all their cash and have a mortgage/wife/kids....all of a sudden being able to race without having to spend every last cent will seem kinda cool too.

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How many young racers are there today in S/SS?

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Simple rules.Excitement. Local people supporting their local racers. And a lack of too much oversight .That's what makes this racing popular. This is just like drag racing from the 60's and 70's. Now everything is over monitored. Would Wild Willie Borsh have made such a splash with both hands on the wheel? Why has street racing made a comeback? I'm sorry but S/G S/ST just too predictable.Throttle stops, electric shifters......Spectators know seat of the pants racing and they can tell one car from another. That's what makes it exciting. Stockers and SS doing wheelies gets people excited. It's all about the show.

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Not nearly enough. My brother and I were at an expo this past weekend and we met with some track owners. Im 34 and my bro is 31. He mentioned to a specific track owner in NC that he has a 68 Camaro super stocker and is building a AA/SA 69 camaro. The first question from the track owners mouth..."wow, were those your dads cars?" HAHA, he said no, I make plenty of money to buy my own cars and build them. Had many similar conversations with other divisions about the future of stock/super stock.

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Yes it is about the show.Try to explain to a new spectator about index's, dial in's, breakouts etc.You get the deer in the headlights look. Heads up whoever gets to finish line first.How about a no breakout 32 car qualified Stock and separate SS against your index race a la comp eliminator. Which by the way ain't too healthly.The factoring system would get a workout. . See a big influx of young comp eliminator racers?

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Yes but the Unleashed was cancelled and all the other classes with it.


NMCA has those classes now, including Pro Mod down to the heads up street class with a 30 mile cruise before you run.


They made it work, NHRA just can't