NHRA shortens race distance...

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Jul 20, 2008 | 03:32 PM

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looks like a freak accident waiting to happen

Jul 20, 2008 | 04:05 PM

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I wonder how much gas/nitro this saves all the race teams? Could be another huge reason for the change.

Jul 22, 2008 | 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by roast

My local NHRA track has rail road tracks running perpendicular just a few feet from the end of the shutdown.... if they plan on lengthening it they will have reroute the train tracks.... or go backwards...and that wouldn't really work either....

assuming that the black top is 1/4 mile, then there is a ton of space there past the end. looks like an old 1 mile landing strip, wouldnt have to worry about lengthening that.

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I wonder how much gas/nitro this saves all the race teams? Could be another huge reason for the change.

if price was an issue, top fuel wouldnt exist