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Originally posted by BP758:
My friends who parked their RV ‘s on the fence line last year were charged $1500. Then were told no reservations for 2026. Since then there has been a national taken from Vegas then added to Sonoma. My friends received a call asking if they wanted their reservations ? Of course however fees are now $2500!

Clearly Sonoma Raceway and NHRA are slowing killing the sport. Sonoma Drags will be gone in the near future, and all of us Nor-Cal sportsman racers will be up Sh*t creek. At his point, it's a once a year race for us. I'm beginning to care less if they stay or go. Once Sonoma goes away, and with the spring Vegas gone, the left coasters have very few options. I'm hoping NHRA will add some Sportsnationals somewhere, so we can compete for points. If not...it may be time to hang it up with NHRA.

Just go to races to have fun and heck with the points. I found another hobby restoring classic cars and motorcycles in between drag racing and I'm enjoying it. Less time racing and more time for car shows and tinkering with my hot rods. Eventually we will run out of drag strips and will have to find something else to do, so might as well start now! Just my 2 cents.

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Just go to races to have fun and heck with the points.

There so few races these days for fast bracket cars, that we only need the point to be able to attend National Events.

With two at Pomona and one at Vegas, that three more places to race!

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Originally posted by Larry Scarth:
Just go to races to have fun and heck with the points. I found another hobby restoring classic cars and motorcycles in between drag racing and I'm enjoying it. Less time racing and more time for car shows and tinkering with my hot rods. Eventually we will run out of drag strips and will have to find something else to do, so might as well start now! Just my 2 cents.

I hear you. I've just always wanted to try and compete for points in NHRA. I have only ran the full schedule a couple times due to my work schedule, and would like to see how I do if I ran the full allotment of races. I'm finally getting to the point in life where I can possibly do it, and of course, we start losing tracks and races in California. Just like everyone on DRR, I'm addicted to this stupid sport, and it's all I know. I know there's other hobbies, just need to go through drag racing rehab to break the habit.

Plus like David mentioned, the local tracks cant handle fast cars, so I'd need to sell the T/D and slow down my S/G car, if we don't get some races in California.

Just dropping in to check on the drag racing experts who said it was over because Las Vegas has four national points races instead of five.

Sonoma divisional back on in 2026. Right before the National. Yay

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Originally posted by Larry Scarth:
Sonoma divisional back on in 2026. Right before the National. Yay

It’s been since July 2020 the last divisional.
Still does not sit well with me. Yes I am glad it’s coming back but one has to look at what we lost. You never get that back.

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