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| Silverback51 |
03-29-2010 03:31 PM |
Personally I hated it.
Did you notice they did not post the reaction times? For the most part they sucked. Very seldom did all four cars leave at the same time.
If I was a paying fan I would also be upset. Instead of watching 15 rounds of racing per class, I would only see 7 rounds.
To me it just seemed like a gimmick, or something NASCAR would do.
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It is definately a gimmick but still cool to see once in a while.
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| CobraEd |
03-29-2010 03:57 PM |
I thought that it was only 1/8 mile too. Am I wrong ?????????????????
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| Silverback51 |
03-29-2010 03:59 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by jams
(Post 1039944)
It is definately a gimmick but still cool to see once in a while.
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I have no doubt that to be there and see it would be something. I just feel they need to keep it an exihibition type thing, not actual racing. Or use it for qualifying only. That would work for me. |
| mdmull |
03-29-2010 06:31 PM |
WWF comes to NHRA
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Who knows if it is even a safety issue? You could have one car take out 2 or more.
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| ROBERT GWALTNEY |
03-29-2010 08:31 PM |
I find it hard enough to watch two cars at 3 hundred mph. much less four.
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| Paul F |
03-29-2010 09:27 PM |
Next, they will be running all cars in a class side-by-side on a one-shot 4 mile straight-away. Last engine to blow wins.
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| Karl Bebout |
03-29-2010 09:32 PM |
The nitro cars in NHRA have been running 1000' for about the last couple years as a safety measure for these monsters going 'way over 300MPH. There were lots of problems for the drivers getting used to the four wide start and it sounded like many of them didn't like it too well. The Charlette track is a show place, designed for four lanes but it would be very expensive to convert the other tracks. I doubt the four wide will catch on. Back in the day, I raced at Dragway 42, in Northern Ohio, and they had four lanes. Rather than four cars on the same class running at the same time, they used the two right lanes for the slower classes and the fast cars used the left lanes. That was a pretty good set up.
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| Silverback51 |
03-30-2010 04:17 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl Bebout
(Post 1040090)
The nitro cars in NHRA have been running 1000' for about the last couple years as a safety measure for these monsters going 'way over 300MPH. There were lots of problems for the drivers getting used to the four wide start and it sounded like many of them didn't like it too well. The Charlette track is a show place, designed for four lanes but it would be very expensive to convert the other tracks. I doubt the four wide will catch on. Back in the day, I raced at Dragway 42, in Northern Ohio, and they had four lanes. Rather than four cars on the same class running at the same time, they used the two right lanes for the slower classes and the fast cars used the left lanes. That was a pretty good set up.
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The 1000 foot came about after Scott Kallita was killed when he had a motor blow in the lights and went off the end of the track. |
| Ron61 |
03-30-2010 06:28 AM |
And even the 1000' doesn't stop those monster powered cars from blowing up once in a while and hurting someone. Wasn't it just last year that a wheel came of and killed a spectator?
Ron :(
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| Silverback51 |
03-30-2010 08:25 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron61
(Post 1040160)
And even the 1000' doesn't stop those monster powered cars from blowing up once in a while and hurting someone. Wasn't it just last year that a wheel came of and killed a spectator?
Ron :(
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Nope, that was this year at Pomona. Antron Brown had some pretty violent tire shake and it snapped the studs. Then it was a really freaky thing that happened. The tire was just rolling along, but it hit the forward section of the body and that launched it into the stands. |
| Ron61 |
03-30-2010 08:32 AM |
:)
John,
Thanks for correcting when it happened. I knew that I saw it on a news report but couldn't remember if it was last year or this year. I don't watch much drag racing so I don't really keep up with what is going on.
Ron :)
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| Karl Bebout |
03-30-2010 09:38 AM |
The accident happened at Phoenix, between the rain squalls. The lady that was killed was in the pits and probably never saw the tire coming at her. It was bouncing higher than car hauler trailers parked in that area.
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| Silverback51 |
03-30-2010 11:40 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl Bebout
(Post 1040225)
The accident happened at Phoenix, between the rain squalls. The lady that was killed was in the pits and probably never saw the tire coming at her. It was bouncing higher than car hauler trailers parked in that area.
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You're correct, it was Phoenix. Thanks for correcting me. |
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