Agree with it or not, Racetracks are making money off that style racing. the longer the tracks can operate the longer I can race my slow junk. I would be willing to bet the attendance rivals an NHRA meet.... Just wish one was closer than 7 hours.

Link to tickets is available on Tucson dragway facebook page. Not available on the Tucson dragway website yet.
I will see you at the race.

GOOD for those guys ... more power to them ... how much are those tix ?

Hey don't get me wrong. Butts in seats help keep drag strips viable. And ANY drag racing is better than 99.9% of the crap on tv. All good just not really "street racing" style. When run what you brung is a semi loaded with spare parts that is not what I have in mind. I would still go and watch and all. Maybe they will get more "local flavor" this way and that would be good.
Todd

Why are some of you guys hung up on the “street Racing” deal. This is not Street Outlaws. It’s No Prep Kings thanks god and they race on a drag strip where mature smart guys race. Most of us grew up doing it but wisely moved away from it (street racing” as we grew up.

Attendance likely, viewers absolutely. I've heard they get 10x the viewers as an NHRA event.

But cheezy ... most or at least many of those are from the SO mob !

Mature ... smart .... grow up ? ...

Why do you think it took Big Cheese So long to join the party. He finally wised up and saw the writing on the wall that their street outlaws show was sucking hind tit. No prep at a track is where it’s at and Discovery Channel is probably very lucky no one was killed.

Exactly, there is nothing mentioned about street racing or street cars in No Prep Kings. These are full blown, pure a$$ race cars, most with a pretty healthy budget running the series. Most of these guys have the top of the line equipment, at least the completive car do.

The no prep stuff is getting more and more popular around here. They had a $20k race at 710 dragstrip in NC the Saturday before Christmas and it was packed. Cars pre-entered from OH, NY, MD, etc. They start in the shutdown area. I'd have gone to watch but our big family Christmas party was the same night. I say watch, b/c there isn't a chance in hell of me running a no prep race. More like a demo derby, but fun to watch. They wadded up 3 cars that night. Dig or Die is the name of it, vids all over youtube of it.

They run something similar (very little money) here called Beyond 660. From what I hear it's packed on those nights. I've never been because this track even on a regular race night the starting line is not good and I'd rather not bend my car up or have someone else bend it up for me.

NHRA use to do the western swing from Denver to Seattle and then down to Infineon in CA. It makes a lot more sense to go from Denver to Infineon and then up to Seattle and then back to Brainerd, MN
I'm sure the tracks have other events scheduled during the summer so maybe that was part of the decision making on this
Any one have any idea how quick you need to run to qualify at theses races?

Cab...I'm not sure they let anyone other than the "regulars" run these races now. They used to let some locals try to "race in" the night before for a couple of open spots, but there was none of that this past season.

Pretty sure they all run at least bottom 4s in the 1/8. Some are 3 sec capable.

Does this series tend to change venues each year to expand the audience? I noticed Maryland International isn't on the new schedule.

i just got my tickets for Friday races. see you there

Its a "reality" TV show using "street racers". I watch it at times but would not spend time or money to see it live. I'm usually at the track racing my car.

I plan to check it out at SGMP. Hopefully I can get some good photos!! I've never watched the show. I don't watch much TV to begin with, then add multiple bleeped out sentences and TV drama, it's too much..lol
I love watching it all, Brackets, prep,no prep,Nostalgia. If Im off, I go

My car in Seattle might run low 5.2 on motor only, maybe even a 5.1
I do have a bunch of NOS parts and a low deck Indy 2x4500 tunnel ram intake and two 4500 NOS plates as well as a pair of 4500 that might get me into the mid 4.5, no where near 4.0 or high 3.9 though
I do have alternative motives to show off my car at that kind of race though

To the mAx ..... and someone USED UP ALL the ration of moparts smilies on this page - : rant:

I plan on going to some of these with my Magnum. If you see a black Magnum running there, come by and introduce yourself.

Dennis