WOW ! 4 lane fuel cars

[thumper83]

Would love to be there just to hear this !
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/raub/12299_404930246409_64205041409_5005.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/raub/12299_404930451409_64205041409_5005.jpg

[69 Post Sedan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qbqdTg-HSQ

[Rixls6]

I was watching that yesterday.
Really wild!

[Xplantdad]

Lynn and Holly watched it all...I had to work! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Dave Rifkin]

Can you imagine the staging duels?

[ORIGLS6]

Wilkerson mentioned the staging thing yesterday and made reference to heading to the 'Circus' when he won at Gainesville. Personally, I don't like it. Just another marketing fiasco for NHRA and Bruton. Fewer actual races and most likely more TV hype and sponsorship plugs.

I still go back and watch the earlier races I have on VCR tapes. Remember Diamond P on TNN? Those were the GOOD times when the coverage was about racing.

[htweelz]

It is a neat...but just too much to watch. I'd just rather two run at a time.

[BUIZILLA]

the 4-wide Pro Stock was awesome...

little Jeggie walked on 'em

[Mr BB Chevy]

Its a joke, all marketing... now Vegas is going 4 wide..

[KevinW]

Yes, I was watching yesterday too. It was a little too much to watch at one time, but I enjoyed it. It did seem to go through the field a little quicker.

[SmallHurst]

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I still go back and watch the earlier races I have on VCR tapes. Remember Diamond P on TNN? Those were the GOOD times when the coverage was about racing.

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Amen!!! Steve Evans, McClellan and Bob Frey!!! That was the golden age of television coverage!!!! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

I agree, it was too difficult to watch. They tried to explain the staging thing, but they failed to properly explain the blue light (was it pre-stage or staged when the blue came on?)

[68l30]

Nothing new here...Dragway 42 did this in 71-72.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif



Steve

[L78racer]

now what?
http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/nhra/columns/story?columnist=blount_terry&id=5064710

[John Brown]

From spring of 1962 at Detroit Dragway.

http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/images/dragstrips/1335/m^spring_1962_from_jack_skinny_fuche.jpg

Courtesy of the state of Michigans web site http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/drags.asp?ID=1335&type=6&noinfo=true

[SUSQ]

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Would love to be there just to hear this !
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/raub/12299_404930246409_64205041409_5005.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/raub/12299_404930451409_64205041409_5005.jpg

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My thoughts exactly! Must have sounded great in person. That being said, I have serious reservations about safety with four cars on the track at the same time. Recipe for disaster. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I hope I'm wrong. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[ORIGLS6]

Cast your vote and then check out the US map. Interesting! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

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[427.060]

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Would love to be there just to hear this !
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y245/raub/12299_404930246409_64205041409_5005.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albu. ms/y245/raub/12299_404930451409_64205041409_5005.jpg

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I was there all day Saturday. The sound and feel of 32,000 horsepower going down the track at one time was something to experience. I know most of the drivers didn't like it but the fans did.
James