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Never have liked Torrence. I would have liked to see Kalita find 4 more points to get the championship. Not an Enders fan either.
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Afterwards, Torrence apologized.
but the word I got was he was ordered to apologize to Cameron and NHRA and all the fans by the NHRA officials, or they'd disqualify him and he would not win the championship. I heard him apologize to everyone, except Cameron. He's a real badass, all 5'7", 150 lbs. of him. He must have looked long and hard to find someone small enough to pick on. Quote:
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I didn't like Erica very much as first, but after I got to know her a little and talked to people who really know her, she ain't so bad. Not my first pick to win but I don't root against her unless she's across from Anderson. There are some really, really good people in drag racing. Then there's Laughlin and cruz and Torrence. Big shake up coming in the off season. Alexis is back in funny car with lots and lots of dads money, she bought he team back and took Langdon's crew chiefs. Doubling their salaries will do that. She's cool but I don't think much of her rehab I mean husband. Langon is going back to dragsters and taking over for Crampton who was let go. I really hope they can afford to get Alan Johnson away from scrappers, Johnson is the best in the business buy he and Connie butt heads. Alan butts heads with others too, like Don Schumacher and john Force. He likes to spend team money and use the team's race cars to do R&D on tech that he develops, and then later sells to the other teams. And the team owners he works for don't like that. Go figure. He really screwed them all up last year with his six plate clutch. Everyone had to cough up the $$$ to buy the tech, but Johnson was the only one who could make it work consistently on hot tracks after NHRA stopped using so much traction compound. A lot of teams went back to the five plate clutch by the end of the season. I figure NHRA has two, maybe three more good years before it all starts to fall apart. PS some of the drama that happened yesterday, i was told about last week. Gotta spice things up to keep people interested. Especially in the pro stock ranks. Not far from monster trucks and professional wrestling. Last edited by sammyg2; 11-18-2019 at 03:52 PM.. |
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I watched it all. Love the drags.
The only thing that might be considered staged was the Funny Car finals where Robert Hight did an 1/8th mile burnout. Parked it in the middle of the track and got out. The only way he could lose the season championship was to cross the center line or hit the wall. Be doing that he couldn't be dq'd and guaranteed the championship without even making a run. He claimed after the monster burnout (to give the fans a show) it wouldn't go into reverse. The statement may have been bs but it would have been his and not NHRA doings. Last edited by Sooner or later; 11-18-2019 at 03:53 PM.. |
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You guys yellowbullet members? There's nine pages of posts in a thread about it.
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He should have been disqualified. That's unsportsmanship at its finest.
Even in Karting, that is grounds for a DQ from the event and likely more. I hope he loses his sponsorship over it.
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He is a major ass. I used to love going to Pomona. Pro stock was my favorite, WJ, Glidden, Reher and Morrison, always hated the Dodge boys (proven later to be cheaters). Watched Dale Pulde in the War Eagle Pontiac FC, loved the In and Out FC, Pisano, etc. All of that is gone and cant even watch it on TV. It all looks the same, no matter the class. Even remember when the heavy metal band Ratt sponsored a car for he hell of it, no more fun all business now. We know what NHRA stands for nowadays...
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But you are correct, do what Torrence did and you are out for the day and maybe the season. So, we'll see what NHRA does for the start of the 2020 season as it appears that they are letting the points and championship stand for 2019. |
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What a low rent move by Torrence. Sheesh.
We have a guy up here, Ron Smith, who has been running a Top Fuel car in the Northwest Nationals as long as I can remember. He's got an old car, an old trailer, an all-volunteer crew, and this is the only race he does each year. I've never seen him make it past the first round. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever seen him make a full pass under power, come to think of it. But he's there each year, and I admire his unbreakable will. he and his friends are out there because they love it.
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I haven't followed drag racing for a few decades, so basically it's all chicks now? And small, effeminate guys? Weird.
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I wonder why you call them effeminate? Is that that same you would call a Moto GP rider? A race horse jockey? Some F1 guys are pretty small like Hamilton. He's not the most burly, manly guy I can think of off hand. But he's one tough hombre to do 2 hours in a F1 car. Like many others in many sports and other walks of life.
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