Warren Johnson's interview...WOW

rx dealer · 08-24-2009, 08:02 AM

W.J. ripped the NHRA on T.V. for having unsafe track prep. on the top end. He also said the NHRA is basically " SCALPING " the fans at the door.did anyone else catch it...Luke

Tom Goldman · 08-24-2009, 09:07 AM

I turned on the race coverage after we got home from the race and was falling asleep from boredom, when they interviewed Warren. .....Wow! .....ya gotta love him, he pulls no punches. .......ESPN loves to go to him and Larry Morgan for controversy.........The Talking Head commentators sure werent saying much........Jeggie was much more "politically correct" when they asked him about the conditions. ....Early in the coverage ,I saw a ton of water coming off the rear tires of a TF car in the shutdown when they showed the run in slow motion!........Tom

Carl Juliano · 08-24-2009, 09:30 AM

W.J. was pretty ticked!, I saw the whole thing, and in a nutshell, he was trying to say that if NHRA would have just "slowed" the fuel classes down a few years ago, not only would they be able to continue 1/4mile racing, but the track owners wouldnt have to spend millions on re-doing shutdown areas and complex "catch nets".....in his opinion, all that money could have been spent on drainage for the water seepage issues that some tracks on the circuit have.
I kinda agree with him, I mean the fuelers are doing like 280+ at 1000ft, why cant they back em down so they run 280 on the 1/4?, closer races and more "full passes"....less breakage.......just my .02

Michael Lyons · 08-24-2009, 09:31 AM

Force about crashed at the 1000 ft line when he raced Matt Hagen and Jason Line almost did on his run in front of Warrens but Page and Dunn didn't notice it. I was cringing when I saw Jasons run, reminded me of Columbus in the beginning of his KB career. But Warren was right, the ground next to the track cannot be higher than the racing surface or it'll send all the water to the race track(DUH!). And if they would fix that maybe they wouldn't have to fix their sand trap cause then you could actually use the brakes to stop! Looks like they need to fix the drop off just past the finish line too and then cars wouldn't be so light under braking.. I was loving Warrens interview though, I don't feel much sympathy for the descion makers at NHRA especially now with the way they're gonna eliminate the Comp class at the end of the year. Thats disgusting. Greed is one of the seven deadly sins. Wonder what they'll do in a couple years after they mishandle the latest batch of sportsman racers and the car counts plummet in T/D & T/S? Probably stick it to them too.

Give it to em Warren, they deserve far worse for their sins..

larry dowty · 08-24-2009, 10:01 AM

WHO said they were dropping comp? more rumors!

KingReptile · 08-24-2009, 10:50 AM

WJ for president,like him or not .He was totally correct in what he said last night.

Caperat · 08-24-2009, 10:59 AM

Wadda ya mean, no more Comp class????????????

JD Smith · 08-24-2009, 09:47 PM

Warren loves to speak out when frustrated, maybe a face to face with the war lords would do some good....no, I bet not.

08-24-2009, 08:02 AM	#1
rx dealer Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lake Orion, Michigan Posts: 337 Likes: 12 Liked 53 Times in 13 Posts	Warren Johnson's interview...WOW W.J. ripped the NHRA on T.V. for having unsafe track prep. on the top end. He also said the NHRA is basically " SCALPING " the fans at the door.did anyone else catch it...Luke

08-24-2009, 09:07 AM	#2
Tom Goldman VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Allentown,PA Posts: 2,474 Likes: 885 Liked 858 Times in 234 Posts	Re: Warren Johnson's interview...WOW I turned on the race coverage after we got home from the race and was falling asleep from boredom, when they interviewed Warren. .....Wow! .....ya gotta love him, he pulls no punches. .......ESPN loves to go to him and Larry Morgan for controversy.........The Talking Head commentators sure werent saying much........Jeggie was much more "politically correct" when they asked him about the conditions. ....Early in the coverage ,I saw a ton of water coming off the rear tires of a TF car in the shutdown when they showed the run in slow motion!........Tom __________________ Tom Goldman 1500 SG , 1506 STK

08-24-2009, 09:30 AM	#3
Carl Juliano Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Queens, NYC Posts: 294 Likes: 234 Liked 64 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Warren Johnson's interview...WOW W.J. was pretty ticked!, I saw the whole thing, and in a nutshell, he was trying to say that if NHRA would have just "slowed" the fuel classes down a few years ago, not only would they be able to continue 1/4mile racing, but the track owners wouldnt have to spend millions on re-doing shutdown areas and complex "catch nets".....in his opinion, all that money could have been spent on drainage for the water seepage issues that some tracks on the circuit have. I kinda agree with him, I mean the fuelers are doing like 280+ at 1000ft, why cant they back em down so they run 280 on the 1/4?, closer races and more "full passes"....less breakage.......just my .02 __________________ Carl Juliano TS 1275 John Juliano SG 151 Carl Sr.

08-24-2009, 09:31 AM	#4
Michael Lyons Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Garden City, MI Posts: 226 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Warren Johnson's interview...WOW Force about crashed at the 1000 ft line when he raced Matt Hagen and Jason Line almost did on his run in front of Warrens but Page and Dunn didn't notice it. I was cringing when I saw Jasons run, reminded me of Columbus in the beginning of his KB career. But Warren was right, the ground next to the track cannot be higher than the racing surface or it'll send all the water to the race track(DUH!). And if they would fix that maybe they wouldn't have to fix their sand trap cause then you could actually use the brakes to stop! Looks like they need to fix the drop off just past the finish line too and then cars wouldn't be so light under braking.. I was loving Warrens interview though, I don't feel much sympathy for the descion makers at NHRA especially now with the way they're gonna eliminate the Comp class at the end of the year. Thats disgusting. Greed is one of the seven deadly sins. Wonder what they'll do in a couple years after they mishandle the latest batch of sportsman racers and the car counts plummet in T/D & T/S? Probably stick it to them too. Give it to em Warren, they deserve far worse for their sins..

08-24-2009, 10:01 AM	#5
larry dowty Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: chewelah wa Posts: 283 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Warren Johnson's interview...WOW WHO said they were dropping comp? more rumors! __________________ larry dowty 6388 SS

08-24-2009, 10:50 AM	#6
KingReptile Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 257 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Warren Johnson's interview...WOW WJ for president,like him or not .He was totally correct in what he said last night.

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Caperat Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: CANADA Posts: 76 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Warren Johnson's interview...WOW Wadda ya mean, no more Comp class????????????

08-24-2009, 09:47 PM	#8
JD Smith Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 20 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Warren Johnson's interview...WOW Warren loves to speak out when frustrated, maybe a face to face with the war lords would do some good....no, I bet not.