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Can't really see the affordability arguement when it comes to location of dragweek. Tulsa is something like 800 mile pull for me. So that is like $500 in diesel. Then you figure another $150 in gas for the generator on the trailer. Like P says stay in it while traveling to and from. But, that is really meaningless if you have a race gas burning entry for Drag week. 1400 miles at $8 a gallon probably around $1,200 in race gas. That is if you can figure out how to use your own stash all week. Don't see that happening either. Probably going to be forced to buying whatever is available at whatever price they are getting. So make that gas bill prediction to $2,000 so you don't get your feelings hurt. Might as well figure the trip is gonna cost $3,000 in fuel and motels.

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Me and my buddy are both retired so we dont have the
endless funds so we came up with a distance... it would
still cost us $1800 each minimum and more like $2200
and thats burning pump gas in the cars... diesel is
pricey anywhere you go... if we both go we have to
have 2 rigs... he hauls his truck on a trailer and
I use my diesel to haul my rig with the LQ so during
the drive out and back we use the LQ and the night
before and the last night so we save there but we
still have to look at the expenditures and yet still
have a good time(that doesnt count for any breakage)

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Just curious,If you win your class,what do you win??? Hopefully CASH to help with expences.

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LOL.... you win a jacket... and in most classes you
also get a GV OD unit(about $3000) but I'm not sure
if DD wins that but they do win a jacket... so you
can see that its a pretty good penny out of your pocket
to be in it... but it is a riot to be in it

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I would love to go and participate even if I didnt win.

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If you think about it you either bring out a fast
car for the SO CALLED heads up classes, which if you
have the fastest car on the average for the week
you win... in the DD class you have to bracket race
the last day(32 car field) so that adds alot to it
you have to make the 32 field.... and of course you
need to drive about 1400 miles during that week with
the stuff in your car or drag a trailer... no outside
help except for the DW guys

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Drag Week is not about winning or what do you get, It's living the movie Two Lane Black Top and the goal should be building a car that can survive. I never thought I would be a winner, I just wanted to prove to the people that are local to me that my junk will run on pump gas and not break. to my surprise, 93 was not easy to find so most of the week it was on 91 but I had the timing down to slow my car down anyway so it was good.

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And to keep it in to 10.0 range... things are not
always easy
EDIT
Ray did you win a jacket and a GV

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Drag Week is not about winning or what do you get, It's living the movie Two Lane Black Top and the goal should be building a car that can survive. I never thought I would be a winner, I just wanted to prove to the people that are local to me that my junk will run on pump gas and not break. to my surprise, 93 was not easy to find so most of the week it was on 91 but I had the timing down to slow my car down anyway so it was good.

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Well said.Pretty sure some of that 91 hadnt been tested for a true reading.LOL.To the OP just one bit of advice.Drinking beer with the Aussies can be hazardous to your health.

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The Gear Vendor's OD unit prize is for the Unlimited class winner only. They also have a random drawing for one or two more OD units, and also about eight or so discount coupons on a GV OD purchase, starting at $100-$200 and going up to about $1000. In 2011 I got a coupon which I used for my OD purchase, and that year Larson gave his Unlimited prize OD back to GV at the award ceremony and they drew a name for it - I thought that was very classy by Larry.

Scott

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Thanks for that info... it was nice of Larry.. how
many OD units can he run LOL

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The Gear Vendor's OD unit prize is for the Unlimited class winner only. They also have a random drawing for one or two more OD units, and also about eight or so discount coupons on a GV OD purchase, starting at $100-$200 and going up to about $1000. In 2011 I got a coupon which I used for my OD purchase, and that year Larson gave his Unlimited prize OD back to GV at the award ceremony and they drew a name for it - I thought that was very classy by Larry.

Scott

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Thanks for that info... it was nice of Larry.. how
many OD units can he run LOL

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From what I understood at the awards ceremony Larry doesn't run one. Lutz does and the president of gear vendors joked about rooting for lutz because of that.

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Larry does not run a GV on his Lenco. Lutz does indeed use a GV on his automatic, as do two other seven second zone Unlimited competitors: Ahokas and Schroeder (both of which were DNF this year).

I don't know what Larson's rear gear ratio is, but I'll bet it's taller than most would guess. He would probably tell you if you asked him.

Scott

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