Lung full

It used to be much bigger, they are flunking Business 101 and the concept of supply and demand, seeing completely empty stands on one side tells me (a no college fella) that they're overcharging for their product, I'm assuming that's the spectator side and if I was that track owner I would charge as low as $1 for seating on that side, not only would that be an extra $3-5,000 (or whatever number of seats are there) but the revenue from concessions also and possibly the most important thing would be the gains in growing the fan base.

No, it should not. It is were it is because it doesn't have mass appeal.

Enjoy it while you can , HALF the drags strips have been sold to developers to build apartments and condos , More to fall this year . Cooperate greed wins everytime 👎

Many thanks! It’s all about the racing.

Was that a free race??

Enjoy it while you can bacause in the near future the sound will be BBBBZZZZZZZZZ thanks to the electric motors

I just went a month ago to see top fuel for the first time. I knew it would be loud but, I had no idea really. I wish I could see a fast jet up close going supersonic, that would be amazing as were the Top fuel cars. I was lucky, the track was a new venue (for top fuel) and many of us got just few feet from the track. So the fist time I ever experienced it I was about 5 yard from the start line. I did not expect that.

@@Igbon5 Yes, it’s really amazing watching these machines race.

Check out Jet Cars at New England dragway. They have an event called Jet Cars Under The Stars. AMAZING, BTW, living in the next town over means I can hear the jet cars from my front porch, and I love it!

Jets "cone" at subsonic speeds too. Seen it at many airshows, and none of the aircraft were breaking the sound barrier. More like 600-650 mph. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7VkecacqKe-pIk.html

B-1 will turn bone to Jelly. Incredible we can harness that much power and yet it’s nothing compared to the sun.

That's exactly what happened. When the body was lowered it just lightly clipped the throttle linkage and blipped the engine.

@@TheMrMused And overpowered the brakes?

@@carlwilliams6977 Easily. Brakes can't come close to holding the car back.

@@carlwilliams6977 100%. Brakes only work when the engine is at idle or shut off. Have you tried to figure out what it takes to hold back even a few thousand horsepower when the engine blips above idle? Not even the whole 11,000+hp when it's wide open.

Didn't the crew have tee shirts made with a tire tread across the front. I remember the crew getting a good laugh over it.

I was gonna say, if he's having trouble seeing with the car standing still, get him otta there!! 👍😁

I was thinking something like that had happened.

Ahhhhh thanks

Ok...that makes sense! Thanks for the response.

That was my first impression.

Poor choice of words…

@@HotRodsnHueys maybe you should go watch dancing with the stars...who cares

@@robertbloomquist7354 nah I’m good. Maybe you should work on your social skills and manners. Especially with strangers.

I thought Capps won, ... could not see down there

@@robertbihn3005 wish he would've! That was close

"Tons of nitro filled metal?" LOL ... The "metal" portion of a Funny Car, ie, the chassis tubing, weighs about 125lbs. total. The entire car around 2600 lbs. Barely over a ton for the entire thing. While blurps do happen every now and then, this is not a "common thing" and rarely does a crewmember get hurt.

I have quit watching motosports, Too safe, The driver doesn't have any fear anymore....The car or vehicle wins the race....The driver is only a passenger. They can say what they want but it's easier to go 300 miles per hour with a 5 point harness, rollcage and strapped in a safe cocoon than it is with only a lap belt.

You’re welcome. It was a great drag race. Sadly, they’ve changed the date for next year’s Winternationals so I’ll likely miss them.

Thank you. It was a great day of racing.

Dickie Venables had his pants ripped off when they raised the body on Tony Pedregons car

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hc18nLZzsbDQiH0.html

If you watch close he actually gets hit by the car in his right elbow. I think it’s a walkie talkie or temp gun etc that gets knocked out of his hand and goes flying

Here's a mishap from Byron raceway back in 2013. I was not out there that weekend, but was the week before. In this video, it shows a dragster doing it's burnout, & than while backing up, veers off to one side & than lurches forward into the wall at full throttle. The driver was stuck in the dragster while the dragster continues running & smashing itself into the retaining wall. They said this driver passed out during his burnout due to the hot humid weather. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/meClepOrzMmvZIU.html

@@philsmidwestclassiccars150 Thanks for linking video, that was definitely a burnout.

Agree! Great guy and a terrific racer.

@@bcjake5491 hell with toyota body, mopar or no caar, he lost me for good switching to toyota..

@@davidledford1456 Your loss. He's still winning and Mopar was the loser in that deal.

Loved the dry hop. Always good to let the crew get out of the way first though.

All the dry hop does destroys any adjustments your clutch man just did your entire program goes up in a puff of smoke

I'm sure it started out dry and his pants ended up wet !

@@chauvinemmons could you expand on your comment in full detail?

@@chauvinemmons It was fun watching them though. Nostalgia funny cars actually looked different too. Today's cars same body just painted in with Ford, Dodge, or Chevy markings and lights. Nostalgia obviously has much less power but still 1/4 mile races.

Blue collar diesel.."but it looked like he jumped out of the way from my view point"???....oh right...by smashing his head into the body of the car cause his feet were pushed back so quickly when the splitter hit his legs....oh right that's how ''he jumped out of the way'' is described to you?.....lolololololol....Oh did you vote for Biden as well?,,,,,lololololol

@@mark006868 what are you talking about?? Did you drink too much today? Lmao. Settle down boy and let the grown ups talk NHRA

@@bluecollardiesel Well I can never drink too much...and I'm fully settled down....Now...I'm sure that there millions if not billions of things that you don't understand what people are '' talking about''....Please do not list them all as noone will live long enough to read them all...In your defense I'm sure that in your ''grown up mind'' it ''looked like he jumped out of the way'' but the fact remains that the splitter hit his legs and then his head and face hit the hood of the car before he bounced of the car....and nothing will change those facts....and not even for you and all the other senile grown ups....You have a great day at the old folks home....

@@mark006868 You are special. I was saying from my point of view sitting on the grandstand it “looked” like he jumped out of the way. It “looked.” Now why is this upsetting you.

​@@bluecollardiesel In fact...nothing is ''upsetting'' me...and I'm not ''special'' at all...but...you must have me confused with some one who cares what you may or may not think...and I'm sorry if the facts offend you...oh who am I kidding?...I'm not sorry at all...Just go have you pudding with the rest of the grown ups but don't forget your dentures cause it makes you look like Granpa Simpson as well as acting just like him....lolololololol

Body lightly clipped the throttle linkage on the way down.

That's exactly what happened

They dont seat people in Pomona on the right side of the track.

Hopefully will win another Championship this year.

I noticed that. im very surprised by the empty seats.

@@saysflushable Yea, someone said they had a sell out crowd (Some COVID-Restrictions still in place). They only allowed spectators on one side of the track.

@@philsmidwestclassiccars150: That's BS! NHRA is definitely dying. Most fans favorite class was the factory wars Pro Stock class. Ford vs GM vs Chrysler. NHRA's favoritism towards GM has killed the Pro Stock class.

@@MGB18 So you don't think NHRA Bracket Racing draws a crowd? This was the bring what you want Division where all you had to do is give them an ET & they would send you down the track next to anything else that showed up & claimed an ET & adjust the lights accordingly. I don't think this type of NHRA Racing is dying, maybe it's just not meeting your expectations.

@@philsmidwestclassiccars150: You don't think the NHRA is dying? Explain why the NHRA has been slowly losing it's fans year by year since 1998? They sure aren't attracting new fans. It sure isn't only my expectations that the NHRA isn't meeting. I'm just one of thousands of fans that feel the same. NHRA's bread and butter had always been "Heads Up" factory war Pro Stock drag racing. Ford vs GM vs Chrysler. It's well known that was the fans favorite class.

12,000hp+

🥴A day changer for sure, glad he’s OK…..

Yeah those lips did a test hit on the hood

1000'.

Yes, very brave to stand in front of a 13,000 horsepower nitro funny car.

Recorded in Landscape mode.

That's exactly what happened, the opposite happened to Tony Pedregon a number of years back, but they knew they had a clearance issue and when the crew chief told the guy to lift the body, hit the throttle and blew/burnt the crew chiefs pants off and burned his legs and beat the other guy up pretty bad as well....aaaand Tony swerved to try and miss and drove straight into the Christmas Tree (lol) -- never thought I'd see one w/ the body going down, especially not that team..

How did the clutch engage?

@@muimasmacho its centripetal (like a weed-eater, chainsaw, etc. Regardless of where the clutch timers are at, if ya walk the throttle, it'll move the car. :) Hope that kinds helps answer your question w/o getting overly technical. Take care!

10k horse. Maybe more

1000 how about close to10,000

Would have blown him off at the 60 foot mark

Oh, that would have been ugly

Good catch. If you watch it frame by frame that appears to be exactly what happened. I'm gong to guess that next year's NHRA rules will add a shroud or something to prevent that from happening in the future. Glad he was okay.

Why don’t they just cut the opening out bigger???

@@mnmvuk probably won’t even be an NHRA next year. With all the empty stands and track closing. They have pretty much ruined their own sport.

@@user-ev4pb9xj7e I'm sure they'd like to avoid that if possible due to aerodynamics.

@@user-ev4pb9xj7e Do you mean this particular track or the NHRA sport in general? ?????

*They’re, not their.

@@jumpinjojo Oops! Better? You, by chance, find anything wrong with my grammar?

check around 1:11 of the video

It was a great drag race. I edited the video description to include the times.

You cant have seen to many races then, there are probably more clean passes than not. 🤷

Robert Hight 3.861 329.58; Ron Capps 3.882 333.82 . Great drag race!

@@bcjake5491 Thanks! I'll admit I've never seen funny cars or any cars racing that are this fast. I know the sound was muted when they took off, which made it kind of ethereal. They made a droning, buzzing sound and just took off. Wonder what kind of g's they supposedly experience on these kinds of launches? And how much horsepower do these put out?

@@peedee4065 13,000 horsepower…..they’re amazing

@@bcjake5491 Ohhhhhhh, sahhhhhweeeeeeeeettttt! You know, I've repeatedly watched the launch and run at least 5 times in a row, and I'm simply not comprehending what I'm seeing. First, the departure from the line is weird, it's a bang noise. And, even though the sound is muted it's clear the drone is pretty consistent down the track, which is unusual for any typical vehicle accelerating from a stop and going through gears. Honestly, if I were there I'd definitely get "the whole experience," but I think it would happen so fast I'd be left gob-smacked and almost disappointed. Like, DON'T BLINK!

they admitted(although no one made a thing of it as far as I know) the opening was a little below spec.

Thanks for your comment Leroy. I did film this myself with my phone and I’m quite happy with the result. Except, as you say, the panning was way too fast….too much action on the starting line.

@@bcjake5491 It was a great video! I enjoyed it. Don't take the small critique to mean I didn't enjoy the video. ;)

@@leroyrussell8766 no problem. I appreciate everyone’s interest and comments.

Leroy, we all can’t be the pro cameraman as you are. Just try to settle down and enjoy the show !!!!

@@user-ev4pb9xj7e Absolutely no need to get snarky for constructive criticism.

the west section was closed completely. Apparently, they’re rebuilding the stands to include luxury suites,etc.

@@bcjake5491 thanks for the reply, your info is interesting and a couple of questions immediately came to mind, did it look like a construction site to you?, I watched on my phone and it didn't resemble a construction site. Secondly, what kind of business does renovations during the biggest event of the year?

@@indianaslim4971 who knows? That’s what the ticket folks told me. It’ll be interesting to see what it looks like next February or even this fall.

Doesn’t take much “ tech” to just cut the opening bigger.

Like one million dollars or something crazy lot of money 💰 lol

@@alkennedy1124 really now ? wow.. but if only one race engine damage cost 1.500$ .. ye trophy should be huge!

@@alkennedy1124 your dreaming !! It was $75.00 and a coupon to McDonalds.

The NHRA has picked favorite tracks based on Television, not fans. Standing room only at Commerce last year. They then sold the track to someone wanting to build more apartments.

o tickets were sold for the westside grandstand. Apparently, they’re rebuilding it to include luxury boxes, etc. Reply

it is undergoing renovations all year.

see Halmc’s comment

@@bcjake5491 couldn’t find it

@@jamesd548 no tickets were sold for the west bleachers. Apparently, they’re renovating the stands to include luxury boxes, etc. Not sure when they’ll be finished.

@@bcjake5491 👍👍

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