Indy Washout and scheduling scam Apology

[W J]

Originally Posted by mannymen

Snowmobiles seem to be more popular to the few fans that were there to watch. From the fans: Cool man a snowmobile ran 8 seconds in the quarter mile. The next line that came out was the bragging about a snowmobile being faster than most of the cars.

Almost all the fans I've talked to really like the sleds.....especially when they are running at 1/4 mi. tracks in parts of the country where snowmobiles are real popular.....like the Midwest (Indy), New England, and many areas of the far North West.....and yes, the fastest 1/4 mi. asphalt-prepped sleds (low 8's, even high 7's) run quicker than most ALL classes of stock and superstock doorslammers.....HOWEVER, being a NEW competition class, they should be scheduled to run LAST at ALL Sportsman race events. Whether it be time trials, qualifying, or elimination runs, they should run last. Pair them up w/motorcycles if you want, whatever....I do think the sleds are here to stay, are exciting to watch, very high-tech, and once the snowmobile fans hear they're running at NHRA and IHRA events, they will be in the stands in good numbers-----probably MORE of them that are showing up to watch the stockers and superstock cars run at the present time.....sadly enough. What happened with the running order at Indy just proves that NHRA just doesn't have much respect for the stock/superstock racers any more....just my opinion. WJ