Going to be one less in Charlotte this year.

Turns out my wife is pregnant, and due THAT weekend.

i dont see the problem Dan

i mean is the baby coming out of you?!?!?!

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As for the rest of this thread ... like everything else in life ... it boils down to preference. If you like full bodied doorslammers or 1/8th mile racing in particular you will be at the Rock. If you are a Nitro fan or only follow the "pros" you will be in Charlotte. It doesn't necessarily mean one is better than the other.

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Actualy... the concrete stands at Rockingham were built on the same blue prints as the ones built at the oval.. (but later torn down)...and according to the program from the old North Carolina Motor Speedway i have here... those stands held aproximently 23,000 fans.

the kicker is... I believe that the strip stands at the ROCK are two full sections longer than the ovals were...

THe recently moved metal stands.. which are about to be part of the LMS dragstrip were the same length but several rows higher were rated to 35,000 seats. and LMS is only useing part of them for the new strip to start.

i'll double check the numbers... and correct where i am off....

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I have worked at every track that has had a national event (NHRA or IHRA) in the past 10 years, and no way do the stone seats at the rock sit 23,000.
The main grandstands at LVMS only hold 17,000 and they are more than twice as many rows high, a little shorter in length but way more seats. The stone seats may hold 13.000 with alot of standing and not siting.

Good point!

My information on the count is from the press release for the oval when discribing the old concrete stands at the oval.. (an the drag strips are larger than the oval) were..... what they had... to what the then new stands would add....

Also i believe same numbers were used for the stands moved to the new LMS strip, from the ROCK oval.

Either way neither event will hurt.... two completely different crowds....

nice write up on the ADRL event on DRO .. ::: Drag Racing Online ::: ADRL at Houston - 3/10/08

Also Whitt Bazemore, Eric Enders and Jack Wyatt were seen roaming the pits there.....


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