NHRA Confirms Kurt Busch Entry

[D.Holly]

Kurt Busch wins at Atlanta!

[E MAN 1982]

Looks like Busch will be heading to Gainesville with momentum on his side, after his win at Atlanta this weekend. (My bad! that was NASCAR) LOL

[Beth Denysenko]

His plans for next weekend was mentioned a few times during the race today that I caught - didn't watch every lap. I would be interested to see ratings for the Gainesville event. Those who tune in to see Kurt race might be dissappointed. Or not - it might end up being the Kurt Busch show. We shall see . . .

As for rules, I expect fairness and this can't be considered fair. I can understand why they are letting him in, but for those who are trying to enter with zero grand points, they would be remiss to not mention this in their arguments. Maybe this will get the 0 grade point rule changed? I cannot understand why NHRA would walk away from any penny potentially left on the table, and this would give them a good out to change the rule and get more money.

[W J]

Well, Kurt will be coming to Gainesville w/a fresh win under his belt from Atlanta Nascar cup race earlier today. Is a T-stop mandatory in Super Gas class? Thanks. WJ

[david ring]

Originally Posted by hemidup

My NASCAR crazed wife just informed me that the commentators at Talladaga announced that Kurt Bush is drag racing next week. I guess the media coverage has started.

Yes they did and then one of the announcers indicated that someone was going to do a John Force-like burnout.

[Rick Bailey]

Nice # 210

[Tom Goldman]

Originally Posted by david ring

Yes they did and then one of the announcers indicated that someone was going to do a John Force-like burnout.

I recieved the evil eye [very evil] from Rick Stewart for just rolling over the starting line at Maple Grove,when I got sideways coming out of the water box!!!, ......I'm sure he'll be more tolerant of Busch, if he go's across under power. ......Mabe they'll let him do a couple of donuts too. ........I'm all for letting him run, Entry rules being waived are one thing , but if he can burn out across the line ,I want to be able to do it too!!!, ......Shoulda entered in Super Comp if he wanted to do that. .......Tom

[chris3racing]

I have not problem with Kurt racing if he meets the rules. I was treated the same way. I race all over the country in the 60's and 70's quit in 1972. I had a car, worked hard to get it complete at the same time Z-Max opened only to be told I could not enter unless I had grade points. This is just not right.

[Hemiparts]

If someone got pushed out for him to get in or someone who had grade points lost a spot to him, then I agree with everyones argument. But, keep in mind guys with car counts already low if you have too many races with not enough cars when the NHRA looks @ the class you may find yourself being completely left out of some events, to be replaced by a class the draws full fields. My .02 worth

[Mike Meier]

I think a lot of people are mistaken about Kurt Busch building a car for Super Gas. The couple of articles which I read about his little venture seem to describe his Challenger as a street-legal car with stupid amounts of horsepower. I mean, who builds a Super Gas car with a turbo if you are only gonna throttle-stop it?

I have a feeling that he had the car built to be a fast street car that he can take to the track every now and then. Then when he waltzed over to the NHRA to ask about getting his turn at racing, they realized the rulebook was already out and they couldn't make up a class for him to race in, so they stuck him there just to get their 15 minutes of free publicity. I could just imagine the office blabber-mouth who started to say "Hey Kurt, maybe they have a class for you in the NMC.........(smack)".

Sorry Super Gas / sportsman racers, you aren't going to get one second of coverage beyond whoever happens to be in the other lane or the lucky soul who drives by his pit while he's being interviewed. This isn't going to make hundreds or thousands of fans flock to the races to see sportsman racing or bring any one of you a new sponsor. They are coming to see a celebrity play around with his new car and when said celebrity is done doing his gimmick the fans leave. More likely then not his fans will leave pi$$ed off and confused why he went a 9.15 and lost to a slower car that stalled right off the starting line (no knock on the 9.90 cars intended).

In my opinion they should have just booked him as an exhibition, that way no real competitors are screwed over (in terms of him getting in w/o grade points). Bring in a few fast street cars that run about the same ET and run them in between the pros.