1000 foot racing was sweet!

I like the 1000'. It's something different, and something I would hope appeals as a compromise to those who prefer 1/4 and those who prefer 1/8th mile. I'd raced it once before, down in Bristol, the 64 car shootout was 1000'.

It was also fun seeing a really good buddy of mine drive the 1/8th mile stripe to perfection, in a 1000' race. Just sayin'.

yeah what chuck said i liked it but for people who are not very smart like myself it would be nice to have some kind of better finishline markings when/if it is done again, but it was a cool change of pace regardless

I liked it it was very profitable for me lol.

I liked it.......it put my parking spot right at the FINISH LINE!!

Matt. I was standing there at the 1000' stripe, leaning on the fence across from Bill & Steve's pits, wondering what the heck happened to you. And then someone goes and gives you a reminder on Sunday, in yellow dial in.

FYI, in case anyone missed it on the PRP site or FB page, the banquet is scheduled for March 1.

Not one of my better moments, but it all worked out in the end!

Marky got a free run against me.

Funny...I lost because of another racer decided to race 1/8 instead of 1000...thats what I get for lifting and drifting. He got back on it and got there .0004....typical for me and the 2013 season.

So thats at least 3 racers that only raced to the 1/8. One of them actually got the win...lol.

Yeah, it worked out pretty good for you, Matt.

I forgot about that, Mark.

Bracket Finals slated to be 1/4 or 1/8 this year(2014)?

Everyone I talked to seemed to like it, or at least liked it better than 1/8 mile.
I was just wondering what you guys thought......if everyone seemed to like it you would think we might see more of it?

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Dion, I'm pretty certain 2014 is an 1/8th mile race. I looked at the IHRA site, and they have the dates up, but not all the details. I think it's now every other year they rotate, where it used to be every third year for 1/8th. '10 and '12 were 1/8th, '11 and '13 were 1/4.

Steve, as much as I liked it, part of that because it was, for me, better than 1/8th mile. I think for a regular bracket race, GGG is were it's best suited. Though I wouldn't mind if IHRA were to make brackets 1000' instead of 1/8th.

Thanks Chuck. Something to think about

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Happy birthday, Ratty!

Mark you can mark me as the 4th racer, but i did mine when i went red, but had another entry to come back up for... went red, wanted my data, drove it to the 8th and dropped, then i was like DAMNIT finish lines up there buddy.

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Happy birthday, Ratty!

thanks Chuck!!

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Merry Christmas!