Where?s Alan Reinhardt?

[John Winslow Jr]

Such a bummer gonna miss Alan

[1320racer]

good guy, good announcer but life goes on and the NHRA will continue without him. He announced at some FLINGS in the past, maybe he'll become the official announcer for the FLINGS.

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https://www.youtube.com/live/-S6VSPsh3rA

[MEXJOE]

THAT JUST SUCKS! He is amazing at announcing a drag race and understand more about the sport than most of the people who are in charge of the organization! If you cant let him announce on the P.A., you should invite him to the board room. He could get you back in touch with your customers! What a shame to lose Alan Reinhart!

[1320racer]

No one likes change but we continued on without Dave McClelland, the Voice of the NHRA, continued on without Bob Frey continued on without Lewis Bloom, the Stat guy and we will do the same without Alan.

Division 7 Champs banquet, I remember Jeff, Darren and I sitting down with Alan for hours talking racing stories and facts. I?ll miss him.
Thank you Alan R for the professionalism and stores as well as the humor.


Barry Polley

[Alan Roehrich]

More stupidity on the part of NHRA.

[1320racer]

Maybe so BUT they'll be no shortage of racers lining up at the gate for divisionals to park for 4 days and race for $1,500 and a cheap trophy and no shortage of racers trying to enter national events months in advance before the quotas are met then no shortage of racers complaining that the quotas need to be increased because they didn't get in, so they can park for a week and race for $1,800 and a larger cheap trophy .

Plenty of stupidity to go around!

[Cglrcng]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

good guy, good announcer but life goes on and the NHRA will continue without him. He announced at some FLINGS in the past, maybe he'll become the official announcer for the FLINGS.



1:05:30

https://www.youtube.com/live/-S6VSPsh3rA

[QUOTE=1320racer;708309]good guy, good announcer but life goes on and the NHRA will continue without him. He announced at some FLINGS in the past, maybe he'll become the official announcer for the FLINGS.

Ed, good to see you actually have not retired from racing (as I had been led to believe), and you will drive. But, Alan was correct on the mic...How in the world do you end up racing your own son first round in a non-laddered Fling bracket
race dude? I will need to go back and watch the successive rounds to see if that trailering your own boy early on the day actually paid off for you that day or
not.

Nice leave , nice wheelie, nice finish...credit where credit is due...But, really poor staging lane strategy (unless that was actually planned out to happen first day of the event I am assuming since it was just a 15K, to get an assurance that at least 1 of the 2 were going to at least advance to the 2nd round and attempt to get a chance to get financially ahead on the week), even then, unless you won on the day (do not know yet that answer), 2 chances are still better than 1 to both advance.

You certainly had a great race announcer perplexed. Has your Son forgiven you yet bro? Lol. Gotta love when a good plan turns to schidt. All I can think of based on the results is maybe you were attempting to pen someone you disagreed with prior into racing at least 1 of your Bigly cars and the plan backfired.

I just saw something like that happen at Vegas just last Dec. 1 of Spt (I got to lane #2 first, look up and everyone else is in Lan #2 behind me, lane #1 is completely empty. I wait and a guy finally drives around everyone and up next to me. He gets out and then the others all do the lane shuffle over behind him. But, eventually lane master comes over and pulls him out as his .012 light first rnd. qualified him to receive the tentative bye. It made me laugh as Karma came a knockin' and "the best laid plans of mice and men gone awry" visited once again.

Lane games rarely benefit anyone, too many variables to consider. As is I attempt to be the first 1 in the lanes if I can, no games to play at my age, let's just get it over with before my "best if used by date" expires. So, if you want a victim (or to become a victim depending on the day), I'll usually be there waiting.

More often than not the potential bye pull will really screw with people and any pre- plans. You have got to beat everyone on the day (event), to get in the Winner's circle photograph...at least as a driver.

So, do tell us please...bad planning, or bad strategy, or an amazing winner's circle result. Curious folks want to know!

[Cglrcng]

NM Ed, I found it at 7:31:10 out 3rd rnd after a slight gift in rnd 2. Still good .0 teen lights in both. Love National Trails Raceway. And The FLINGS is the place to be.

Good to hear Alan announcing though eally gonna miss that golden voice at the NHRA.

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by Cglrcng

Ed, good to see you actually have not retired from racing (as I had been led to believe)

stop believing the haters, who ain't got shyt nor done shyt worth talking about!

Nothing diabolic, nor bad planning, or bad strategy. The Firebird had a mechanical issue that morning, my son stayed at our pit to assist so the car could make the call. We knew once we got to the lanes that it was possible we'd run each other, didn't matter, if so one of us would be buying back in.