Las Vegas Nationals

[GTS340]

Holy cow what a long day Friday will be. First round for Stock and Superstock will be 13-14 hours after the first qualifying pass.

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Paul Haszlauer

[GTX JOHN]

I doubt that they will get that far in the Program= Remember the Divisional
and all the Delays! I am glad that we have a Toterhome to stay in and rest.

[GTS340]

I hear it is a mess at the track. The carnival that was there is basically still being torn down. The stacking of rigs won't be let in till possibly noon Thursday (tomorrow) I was told. Maybe 10 am if all goes well. You have to be careful of big staples they use to hold down the fake grass they installed for the carnival. The fan parking lot is still full of tents. The fences around the track has to be reinstalled yet. There are folks hanging around everywhere. Not sure how secure the place is right now.

Paul

[63corvette]

We are here and you can not believe the mess unless you see it.
I just hope it gets better.
I can not believe the run schedule.
I now regret having come if the schedule holds true.
The wife reminds me the schedule is always subject to change.
I sure hope it does.
Just My 2 Cents
Rick Cates

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by 63corvette

We are here and you can not believe the mess unless you see it.

I can not believe the run schedule.

Rick Cates

I can believe it,….it is NHRA …..Who in their right mind would schedule a carnival within days of a NATIONAL EVENT ????

WHO is responsible for this ????

[DG]

My kids tell me it was an Electric Dance Concert (EDC) which attracts over 400,000 attendees and generates more than $152 million in revenue. They not only filled the spectator parking but the entire drag strip, pits and nascar track. Definitely not my thing, but kind of a big deal.

[GTX JOHN]

The EDC Drug and Sex Convention makes LVMS twice as much as
Both National Eventots and all three Divisional combined!

They could care less about the Bracket Series/Test and Tunes and
have cut them down by about 2/3.

It is not the Managements fault = the Multiple Track Owner just is not interested in
the Grass Roots stuff at all. LVMS is an expensive property AND
expensive to run as well. The local stuff is just not a Profit Center of
any significance. All the tracks under this ownership may like Sears
Point have a extremely limited Drag Racing Program if anything except
big races and occasional OursideTrack Rental Events

I do not think we will recognize what Drag Racing has become by the end
of the Decade = Particularly out here on the Western Division of NHRA.
Of Course, I hope that I am completely wrong for my Kids sake.

[stage1scott]

I attended a Buick race there about 15- 20 years ago and the track was shared with a Japanese car crowd-we ran time trials between 8 and 11 am then "they" had the track for most of the day-we ran our first round at 11 pm! sucked big time - I was never so happy to lose first round so I could get some sleep!

[Andys dad]

Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

The EDC Drug and Sex Convention makes LVMS twice as much as
Both National Eventots and all three Divisional combined!

They could care less about the Bracket Series/Test and Tunes and
have cut them down by about 2/3.

It is not the Managements fault = the Multiple Track Owner just is not interested in
the Grass Roots stuff at all. LVMS is an expensive property AND
expensive to run as well. The local stuff is just not a Profit Center of
any significance. All the tracks under this ownership may like Sears
Point have a extremely limited Drag Racing Program if anything except
big races and occasional OursideTrack Rental Events

I do not think we will recognize what Drag Racing has become by the end
of the Decade = Particularly out here on the Western Division of NHRA.
Of Course, I hope that I am completely wrong for my Kids sake.

John - it is OK if it is for you and not your kids ...

[Andys dad]

NO

NHRA tv as promised ..


Ron