Crazy
Nitro Member
I hope they step on the big toes..
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!
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!!!!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...
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 believe Pro Mod is the 3rd biggest attraction at a nhra national event to the average fan mainly b/c of body styles and paint schemes.