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Re: How Drag Week might change your life...
[Re: Cab_Burge]
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11/15/17 12:08 AM
11/15/17 12:08 AM
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Hemi_Joel
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Does Hot Rod magazine put any money up for winning or completing this deal ? If not, why not? They make a lot of magazine sells off of this deal, correct If I'm going to put my time, money and effort into competing in any competive automotive deal like this I want to be compensated if and when I win :twocents Is there any side betting between competitors that a guy can make some money back on They don't put up money because they don't have to. No cash prizes, and they still get almost 400 racers. Personally, I don't entertain any fantasy of ever making any money off of racing. Racing is a money pit, and I accept that. I work at my business to make money, I race to dispose of it.
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Re: How Drag Week might change your life...
[Re: JERICOGTX]
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11/15/17 04:12 AM
11/15/17 04:12 AM
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Hemi_Joel
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Prizes can really have a tendency to bring out the cry-babies. I read somewhere that Keith Turk agreed to run Drag Week, and be the tech heavy, only if there was no cash prizes. But on the other hand, so can racing for ego. When I was a director of FAST racing, even though 95% of the racers were awesome; in it for the fun, friendships and cars, I unfortunately learned how easily the 5% who are whiners or worse, and their minions can mess up a good thing. Nobody wants Drag Week to get messed up with whiners. It's the original point of Jericos post here: The friendships that develop from the event are an important part of it.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: How Drag Week might change your life...
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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11/23/17 09:42 AM
11/23/17 09:42 AM
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we had a great time both drag weeks i've run so far 2015 my girls t type buick [ quickest buick average in the history of drag week ] and we both ran in 2016 we were out buy the second track great times and great people funnest thing i've done with my car in 33 yrs with out being ARRESTED !!!! lol CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK
606 hemi pump gas best 9.60 at 142mph on motor 05 hemi daytona 1500 go-mango 4wd quadcab 2007 hotrod mag pump gas drags runner up, roadkill nights dodge big tire winner 2018 2019 back to back
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