Al-Anabi leaving racing

Not a Stock or Super Stock issue but Al-Anabi leaving NHRA.

http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com...-tbd/#comments

[MR DERBY CITY]

Now, if and when Force and or Schumacher ever pull the plug.....well, then,....that will be News. Perhaps a gallon of gasoline selling for 1.90 has something to do with this. M.J.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Now, if and when Force and or Schumacher ever pull the plug.....well, then,....that will be News. Perhaps a gallon of gasoline selling for 1.90 has something to do with this. M.J.

Wouldn't be many fuel cars left if they did.

Btw, a gallon of regular is $1.76 here right now. Diesel is $2.67, I topped off my 100 gallon diesel motorhome tank at $3.39 a gallon before storing it for the winter, just knowing it would be higher this year. LOL

Really think that is related?

I would speculate that the lower oil prices are costing them money and running Fuel and Pro Mod teams is very expensive so something had to give. As a lifelong educator though I'm not familiar enough with the economic structure to say this with certainty so my opinion is nothing more than an educated guess. Living in Texas I have friends/family in the oil field business and they're complaining about how it's hurting their paychecks but from the consumer's viewpoint it's very hard to argue with gas under $2 a gallon. $1.94 here in East Texas.

Scott

[Lyn Smith]

Lets see they made bazillions off of us for 40 plus years, now oil prices drop and in 2 months they are broke?I really feel for them.LOL

[mopacltd]

Qutar is in the natural gas business, not oil.

[Tim Kish]

I just think they probably had their fun and are on to another flavor of the week hobby. Not to mention that they built a nice facility of their own and have bought enough cars and knowledge to be able to race at their own facility - Pro Mods are going as fast or faster over there than they do here.

[Lyn Smith]

Acording to wikipedia "Qatar is the richest country per capita in the world,and has the third largest natural gas and oil reserves in excess of 25 billion barrels".

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Tim Kish

I just think they probably had their fun and are on to another flavor of the week hobby. Not to mention that they built a nice facility of their own and have bought enough cars and knowledge to be able to race at their own facility - Pro Mods are going as fast or faster over there than they do here.

My thoughts too

[FireSale]

"Ceasing all motor sports activities in North America" has a political twang to it. Aren't they (Qatar) bickering with allies of ours right now? Egypt??

Dale