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Old 01-29-2011, 01:02 PM   #1
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Michael, what is Lee Tuttle racing in V? It can't be 66 Caprice.
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Old 01-29-2011, 01:09 PM   #2
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V6 Camaro... Red one in the pics posted earlier.

Wind's turned head, and it tweren't purty. Bleagh! Still rolling cars quickly... 1st rnd should be here before you know it.
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Old 01-29-2011, 01:14 PM   #3
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Mike,

Good luck with your racing this weekend, thanks for posting all that's going on at PBIR. Wish I was there, 27 deg. light snow here in East Berlin, Pa. Not really complaining, just east of us in Philly, NJ and NY has had much more snow than us. I announced there for the opening of the new facility in Nov. 2008. What a great track!

Have fun everyone,

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Old 01-29-2011, 01:21 PM   #4
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Michael, things are moving quick cause of no car count what so ever, very sad. Even the best pr tool IHRA has (Beard) cant bring the cars in.
Hope this isn't just the start of things to come
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Old 01-30-2011, 09:07 PM   #5
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Joe,
Car count was up over last year. Maybe if ya'll "KEYBOARD JOCKEY's" would come out car count would be more.

I had a great time there.

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Old 01-30-2011, 11:08 PM   #6
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joe told the truth, they have a race at the end of the earth and expect a good turn out????
If Palm Beach is at the end of the earth, then Bradenton, Orlando and Gainesville are pretty close to "the end of the earth". If racers could attend NHRA divisionals at those locations over the years, why not travel just a little further? Several Stock/SS NHRA cars already in Florida that didn't show up, not to mention .90 cars. Bracket payout was pretty good too. I made more for ET semi's than I would have in Stock semi's. IHRA was nice enough to allow first round losers to buy in the the ET combo. Less cars than I expected there also.

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Guys i didn't mean it in a bad way at all against IHRA. It really has me worried.
I feel that they have given sportsman racers another avenue to play at and nobody seems to jump on it. I won my first national event at IHRA SportsNats in 1988, Chip you won 12.90 I think also if you knew me back then i raced a lot of IHRA and always have supported them. I posted what i did because it floored me what the car count was and I think MB does a great job promoting them and really thought , umm this year they will get over the hump, but this economy really has me worried right now and reports of 5 bucks for gas in the summer is scary.
Now we all don't want to see this happen either. But..............keep the car counts up like PBIR and something is going to hit the fan.
PBIR by the numbers
TF 2
PFC 8
Fuel Altered 4
bikes 5
T/D 29
T/S 7
SS 9
Stock 22
Q/R 23
S/R 25
H/R 31
Box 64 (6 rds I'm guessing)
No Box 32 (5 rds guessing again)
Total car count plus 2 Jets= 258 cars, this isnt right!
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Old 01-31-2011, 07:13 AM   #8
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joe told the truth, they have a race at the end of the earth and expect a good turn out????
Ends of the earth.....are you friggin' nuts ????? Another keyboard jockey who dosent know what he is talking about ! Its a lousy 3 to 3 1/2 hours depending which way you travel from Gainesville at the very most and the NHRA guys pack that place ! NHRA could give away used condoms for a win and the die hards would still show up at the NHRA races just to compare the size of their "trouser trouts". Like I said before I hope you all enjoy your "enhancements" when IHRA says no more to stock and S/S not to mention any other classes..

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Old 01-31-2011, 09:28 AM   #9
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The ends of the earth explanation does not hold any water because races were held there when it was NHRA and the cars were there.Stop whining and stirring the pot and get out and race, its a very simple solution, There is a big difference between not attending due to lack of time , or other reasons but not supporting just because its IHRA is totally idiotic. I for one would like to see a superbowl of drag racing in s/ss and see what happens then.Joe the pro car count is booked in , that is why it is not high numbers.you cant count those in your observation.I just seen the snow is hitting ohio again.See you in the spring
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Old 01-31-2011, 09:52 AM   #10
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It's ironic that PBIR is considered to be "the end of the earth" to some, but obviously not to all. The winners of Quick Rod (Jim Morrison) and Hot Rod (Bill Clarke) are both from Nova Scotia, Canada. They travelled down to Florida to escape the winter weather and take in some racing. By the way, that's a 40+ hour drive one way.

It was also Bill's very first time racing at a National Event. Congrats to them both!

On the topic of turnout; it's definitely a cause for concern when a National Event only gets attendance as small as this. Neither Association is in it to lose money, and having these embarassingly low numbers is a quick path to oblivion for any class.
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