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Drag Racing Online :: Burk's Blast

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Yes its said and like he said, it all started after Rockingham broke attendance records. I am here to say, besides a NHRA national event, the ADRL is the finest event I have been too. I plan on making several of there races this year. And like Burk said, the ADRL has PLENTY of financial backing.

Wow..imagine that..NHRA/IHRA not playing fair.

I hope they step on the big toes..

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Or stick the BIG TOE where the sun don't shine.

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I say "do away with multi-car teams"

aka: Cymon Sez

Not knocking any of the TF classes but, you would figure this would show the NHRA which group of racers has a huge following and would try to capitolize on it.. but nope.. don't like , don't UNDERSTAND it so KILL it... theres alot more to this than just the "Rules/ASO" insurance reasoning...

NHRA doesn't take the PM class serious at all.. ever noticed that the AMS PM series when it runs with the NHRA National events is the onlt class that doesn't get a "Wally".

IHRA.. who knows what there reasoning is.. maybe they are worried if they don't go along that the NHRA will go after them too....

its a shame....Both orgs need all they can get to try to step up and take some of the motorsports limelight form the oval guys...

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What was the Rockingham attendance? I think I heard 11-12,000? Not sure but the Night of Fire at Bandimere every year will draw over 20,000 fans! Granted they have a pair of TF'ers and FC's, but the Main draw is the Jet cars!

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This kind of stuff will keep going on until there is a class action lawsuit against the sanctioning bodies to prevent them from sanctioning racetracks. They should only be allowed to sanction events, not the tracks. As long as they can sanction tracks, they can tell tracks what they can and can not do.

The pro stock truck guys fought them. Imagine what could happen if all the members joined in a suit.

Not even close. Track management stopped counting at 27,000 & closed the gates. However people continued to pour in & the final estimates were over 30,000. I was there, it was no exageration. It was unreal, people were standing in line for a hotdog for over an hour.

I was under the impression, from numerous articles, that a good deal of the tickets were freebies. Hell, I would go to an all Pro-Mod show if it were free!

Late..................Mitch

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"We'll just put another engine in it. That's the way this game is played if you have to." Big Daddy Indy '86/ONFIRE '03

That is true... LOTS of free tickets...

I think the free ticket idea is great. Get people to the track that may not go otherwise, and get 'em hooked. Even if someone gets in for free, you think they may get excited and go buy some event souvenirs? Racer T-shirts? No matter what, they will at the very least be buying food & drinks. And a bunch will become diehard fans. I've always thought that NHRA should offer bunches of free & deep-discount tickets to their events in markets that don't yet have the following to pack the stands like their more established events.

Jon Asher has been beating the High prices deal to death for 5 years! At Pomona, Dallas and Houston, I have relatives that live in those cities. The only race I can get them to attend is Houston cause they have very reasonable ticket prices. As far as Pomona/Dallas they hear how much it costs and they bail out right away.

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I think it was an excellent strategy. Ticket were given away all throughout the area. It was obvious by surveying the demographic that some folks had never been to a drag race before. Earwood made a boatload on concessions, etc. The crowd enjoyed a landmark show, hell hundreds hung around after the race to participate in post-race photos, etc.

It exposed the show to new people, & created a marketing gem. The numbers, photos & video from that race will be used for ages in ADRL brand promotion. People see that & say, "wow, look at the crowd, it must be a good product"...

They dont get a wally!!! they get nothing!!!! They pay to race at the nhra events they run at!! and its a lot of money I heard a figure between 15-25K a race. They get no respect and are treated like second class racers. The ADRL will just get bigger. Kenny Nowling is paying 10k each to win in pro extreme and pro nitrous. I heard a rumor there will be as few as 2 nitrous cars at ihra this year because they are tired of not being able to run with the blown cars, and that came from a very well known nitrous car owner that talked to the rest of the nitrous guys. The ADRL will just keep growing, they are adding outlaw 10.5 this year which is just as much fun to watch as the pro-mods are.Next year they are adding mountain motor pro stock to the program. They will be running pro stock at the st.louis race and one other this year. I'm sure the body's will continue to give the adrl a hard time but I believe Kenny's got a good enough foundation laid to survive. Maybe he just needs to purchase a few tracks of his own!!!!

That's a great crowd, but I'm not sure I'd enjoy a day at the track where your packed in the stands like sardines. Waiting an hour for a snack? That's overkill IMO!

As for the Free tickets, it works everytime it's tried. At both Denver and Houston Div. races they had crowds over 15,000 from free tix promotions.

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