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NO they dont

Looks like he decided to run third round qualifying.

They were a no show for the fourth session.

They were not the only ones . But why worry and spend money when there are only 15 cars anyway . I hate that the top qualifier gets a bye run . Its happening more and more lately . Less cars on the track that the fans want to see and paid to see , less exposure for the sponsors .

This is a monster that the nhra forced these teams to do , now its time for them to do some listening . I am done buying tickets until this all gets figured out the right way . If the sponsors get to pay less to the teams , then I want the fans to pay less for what they are getting in return also . Makes sense to me .

How many qualifying runs were on Saturday?
How many did Hillary make?

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Just in the door from my 2nd day at the only major professional motorsports venue in the geographical area from roughly Canada, south to Phoenix, East to Topeka, and west to Las Vegas. Hillary was not the only car that didn't run 4th session. I think Chrisman and one other sat too. They had the wing off Hill's car at 3pm; looked like a little routine servicing and prep for tomorrow morning... and then out to dinner for them. I think we'll see more and more of this until and unless this nitro crap gets cleared up.
Again, I commend Bobby Bennet - for coming on here on Monday chat several weeks ago and setting the story straight. Now we're seeing this start to unfold. It's gonna get ugly. NHRA better not worry about the driver egos, the crews, ESPN or all the sponsors.... they better think more about the people who save thier money all year long to log onto Ticketmaster and walk through the gates and get thier hands stamped week in and week out.

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According to nhra.com it looks like Hillary, Crisman, Torrence and ANTRON sat out the 4th session. Also, those elapsed times just look flat out goofy.

Might want to check the NHRA ticket prices before posting that??

I'm baggin Seattle. Gonna save a pile in tickets, reserved parking in the dirt 2 miles away and a sh-- load in gas $$. I'll catch it on ESPN if I can ever figure out when whichever game ends. I'll fire up a nitro RC trk for the fumes, drink dollar beers and barby $2 burgers. Gotter all !!

Where is Tom Compton!?!?

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We don't hear anything from him, so i forgot to add him. I'M BAD!

This is new? Remember when Paul Smith would have one of his students in his F/C make just 1 pass to get in the show? Very low buck self sponsored team would save parts + nitro for when it counted.

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Jesse... wasn't jabbing at you!

I just find it completely inexplicable as to why the president of the organization is no where to be seen in any of these high profile issues. Doesn't exactly instill a lot of confidence in the leadership.

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Isn't he out on Long Island? Oh, nevermind, that was the movie "Weekend at Bernie's"!

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