Drag Week canceled

Steve Polhill · 07-15-2020, 12:20 PM

Another Major Drag racing event has been canceled. I know none of us are Drag Week contestants, but it's still a pretty major announcement.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hot-...2020-canceled/

Spyphish · 07-15-2020, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Polhill

Another Major Drag racing event has been canceled. I know none of us are Drag Week contestants, but it's still a pretty major announcement.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hot-...2020-canceled/

2020 Great Race cancelled as well and a VERY limited Lemons 24 schedule. Man I am bored. Phish

340Cuda · 07-15-2020, 06:07 PM

My son has run Drag Week six times and I have ridden with him five times. Good people good times.

We skipped last year because it was a such a long tow and were really looking forward to this year.

So there is at least one member here that is totally bummed out.

Whalen3186 · 07-15-2020, 10:16 PM

Matt Forbes and Brandon WIlkinson from Kentucky did Drag Week last year with a former comp car. They were signed up for it again this year and have been working towards it. Matt did a great job of documenting last years trip on social media.

rognelson777 · 07-15-2020, 11:43 PM

Crazy big dollars to cancel. They had $170,000 in prepaid entries they are returning. And sponsor dollars on top of that. All those dragstrips not getting a portion of that money, could make it tough for them to survive Covid 19 year

jmcarter · 07-16-2020, 05:56 AM

Really disappointed Bill, I was looking forward to catching up with you guys at the Indy installment. The diversity and ingenuity of the entrants had made this a bucket list deal for me to come see for myself.

340Cuda · 07-16-2020, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jmcarter

Really disappointed Bill, I was looking forward to catching up with you guys at the Indy installment. The diversity and ingenuity of the entrants had made this a bucket list deal for me to come see for myself.

We would have really liked to have talked to you in person and let you see your manifold in action. Hopefully next year.

I would not be surprised if it was the same tracks with Norwalk back in the mix.

Nmbr1GMfan · 07-16-2020, 03:06 PM

Huge DW fan, only went 1 year with my twin turbo GTO. Lots of friends are real bummed about the cancelation this year. Autumn is planning an engine swap and to take the stocker on DW one year so that should be interesting.

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Steve Polhill Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: London Ontario Posts: 515 Likes: 40 Liked 262 Times in 74 Posts	Drag Week canceled Another Major Drag racing event has been canceled. I know none of us are Drag Week contestants, but it's still a pretty major announcement. https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hot-...2020-canceled/ __________________ Steve Polhill 3520 STOCK, COMP Last edited by Steve Polhill; 07-15-2020 at 12:57 PM.

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340Cuda VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 1,668 Likes: 3,844 Liked 799 Times in 336 Posts	Re: Drag Week canceled My son has run Drag Week six times and I have ridden with him five times. Good people good times. We skipped last year because it was a such a long tow and were really looking forward to this year. So there is at least one member here that is totally bummed out.

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Whalen3186 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 241 Likes: 20 Liked 108 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Drag Week canceled Matt Forbes and Brandon WIlkinson from Kentucky did Drag Week last year with a former comp car. They were signed up for it again this year and have been working towards it. Matt did a great job of documenting last years trip on social media. __________________ Drew Whalen Stk 3186

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rognelson777 Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 376 Likes: 20 Liked 135 Times in 74 Posts	Re: Drag Week canceled Crazy big dollars to cancel. They had $170,000 in prepaid entries they are returning. And sponsor dollars on top of that. All those dragstrips not getting a portion of that money, could make it tough for them to survive Covid 19 year

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jmcarter VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Richmond Hill GA (and Port Ludlow WA) Posts: 4,293 Likes: 2,368 Liked 3,169 Times in 970 Posts	Re: Drag Week canceled Really disappointed Bill, I was looking forward to catching up with you guys at the Indy installment. The diversity and ingenuity of the entrants had made this a bucket list deal for me to come see for myself. __________________ Jim Carter 2340 Super Stock 2340 SST/2340 Stock Set another place at the table

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Nmbr1GMfan VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,763 Likes: 1,197 Liked 1,954 Times in 491 Posts	Re: Drag Week canceled Huge DW fan, only went 1 year with my twin turbo GTO. Lots of friends are real bummed about the cancelation this year. Autumn is planning an engine swap and to take the stocker on DW one year so that should be interesting. __________________ Todd Greene