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Originally Posted by 79CamaroDiva
are you being sarcastic or not? personally, i'm not surprised.
i don't think ticket sales will suffer. but bob brockmyer (the guy who owns compulink, which is the timing system at 90% of NHRA tracks) will be extremely busy to put MPH blocks at the 1000' mark of each of the national event tracks.
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I was being serious. First for the reason that you said. NHRA will be spending big bucks having Brockmyer conceive a 1000' MPH block/hardware/software update, plus installation. Second, because having the fuel cars shutoff at 1000' is really no different than 1320'. They dont accelerate all that much more in the last 320'. They're going around 300mph+ by 1000' anyway. Heck, they're going between 270 and 280 by half track. By doing this, and if the same situation were to happen that took place at E-town, you'd still have the same results. I think if it becomes the standard, it may affect ticket sales, they're shortening the track by 25%. The only good thing that'll come out of it is the amount of parts broken in a run. Most engine damage comes in the last 200 or so feet of the run, so the fuel guys should save a lot of money on parts.