So True...
The weather looks like it is going to be nice and cool so if they stay in the groove they should put some nice numbers on the board..

I will look for you Tom.

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Wow, I never thought I'd ever hear Drag racer's referred to as Hot dog 1/4 milers by other drag racers! Guess this sport is more fractured than I ever thought!

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I race 1/8 mile heads up and it is quite exciting. I agree with what some others have said if you think 1/8 is boring go see a good outlaw 10.5 race. Hell I was in Huntsville last year when Millican won the 100k and if anyone thought that was boring you could have fooled me........stands were packed standing room only and everyone seemed not to be disappointed.

without even looking it up, chuck etchells ran the first 4 and jim epler the first 300. right?

1/8 is half a drag race. I wouldn't get out of bed to watch one.

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Eighth mile racing is primarily a southeast thing since a lot of the tracks are 1/8 mile. Running an 1/8 mile race on a smooth 1/4 mile track with plenty of shutdown area is really silly IMHO.

This is actually done at VMP for the top class in their bracket program. They tried this year to go back to 1/4 mile but apparently a few years of 1/8 mile racing produces a lot of cars which can't make it 1/4 mile without serious problems. I have heard all types of reasons why people want to run 1/8 mile but the long and the short of it is usually the cars can't make it down the track due to deficiencies in their design and build.

I've raced on both and I really prefer 1/4 mile,in fact I hate racing 1/8th mile tracks!! It's a lot more fun going 117 than 90.

I believed it was quarter mile or nothing - until I saw this movie from Farmington which is a really interesting view of Promods on the 1/8th. After watching this it really opened my mind up to eighth racing as well. It's a massive piece of video (which I've re-hosted) 50mb+ but its worth the wait!

http://www.topnitro-uk.com/video/Far...ods-080704.mpg

Build a faster car

1/8 mile is just an exaggerated Dry Hop!

Just where was that "blue Nova" at the Million Dollar race at Memphis ???
The winner there pocketed $310,000 for the win is his dragster !!
No Nova's in sight......and they ran the 1/8th mile !!!
Thank Goodness for Ardmore,Noble,Cherokee County,Red River,Amarillo and the other quarter mile tracks.Especially No Problem in Louisiana a GREAT facility and crew !!

Your right, a dragster won the million, but a door car won the $10k race. Also, there were door cars deep into most of the other races as well. I would rather have a dragster though, I think they are more competitive on the average.

O.K. everyone. This is not a door car -vs- dragster discussion.
In fact, I am not really sure what the discussion is. There is a very small push to make all drag racing 1/8th mile, and then we get on and justify which one we like better. Then we get in arguments about our differences rather than looking at our similarites.
If all you have is an 1/8th mile facility, then run it. There is nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong with a good race at an eighth and being a spectator.
When you have a good 1/4 mile facility, of course you are going to run 1/4 mile. Drive what you've got and like what you drive. It is all drag racing.
I guess what I am saying, if I wanted to hear full blown arguments over something so trivial, I would just spend time at home.

I think what Robert is getting at is that there are some big $$ racers that look down their noses at 1/8th mile tracks. Then when there is a high dollar race, they think they are going to come in and clean house when all of a sudden a local yokel with his beater puts them on the trailer. I don't think he was attacking dragsters per say.

Considering most of the fuel cars don't make it much past the 1/8th mile mark anyway, I'd just as soon see 1/8th mile race tracks.