mikebcurve
Nitro Member
RUMOR MILL - IS PRO STAGING A BIG-MONEY RACE AHEAD OF 2024 NHRA SEASON OPENER? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter mikebcurve
- Start date
Where will the money come from? That will be the interesting thing to see.
Sherman, Sherm, & Sherm Gun
Nitro Member
It would be nice if PSM was there, too.
For the sake of typing out loud, I'm sure most fans would pay to see just the Nitro cars run, like usual.
For the sake of typing out loud, I'm sure most fans would pay to see just the Nitro cars run, like usual.
Nitro Cane
Nitro Member
Charlotte would be cool., just not 4 wide .
Jer
Nitro Member
Itl have to be somewhere warmer
I was at the ‘72 & ‘73 National Challenges at Tulsa.
Drove from Little Rock to Tulsa in a 1962 Ford Galaxie. I slept in my car in a Holiday Inn parking lot both times.
At the ‘73 race Dick Landy was staying at the same Holiday Inn where I was. He had the car up on jacks and the crew was working underneath the car.
They were using some kind of cleaner they were wiping on something.
Next thing you know an incandescent shop light fell to the ground and everybody scattered thinking the spark would ignite the cleaner. Thankfully the cleaner was not gasoline and nothing happened.
For some reason that event is the first thing I think of when someone mentions those two races.
qualified17th
Nitro Member
Says “southeastern United States”… some of y’all guessing locations clearly must have failed geography in high school
Well, Oklahoma University is about to join the Southeastern Conference.
I don't think NHRA will let them use Gainesville, I'm guessing Orlando.Oh no! Gainesville. Please make it happen in Gainesville.
ironpony
Nitro Member
ironpony
Nitro Member
Ya think I would know that being I can throw a rock and hit the track.................................
Orlando has had pretty big events in the past, Doorslammer Nationals, World Street Nationals, Pro Mod races, Tom Bailey's Sick Week (where there were over 300 cars), etc. And the track has a good reputation for grip.
This is my analsis of the possible track locations.
Gainesville, Bristol and Charlotte. These locations have plenty of parking and have hosted national events. But NHRA may not want to rent either track to another organization.
The 3 other possible locations are, like you said, Orlando, Bradenton and one nobody has mentioned, South Georgia Motosports Park. If the event is held in one of these tracks in February, it could be used as a test and tune for the Gator Nationals.
As for Orlando, the only possible problem would be seating. There's not enough.
If it happens in Orlando, OMG! I could go for the warmups in the morning, come home for lunch and go back for the eliminations in the afternoon.
