Summer Nationals

[Nitro Head UK]

Thought id start a topic as it appears most of you lot are stuck up the ass of the FIA ....

Should be a good meeting and am looking forward to this , not a bad entry list either.

[marT350T]

I will be there and as said great entry list. Even though top fuelers etc are an amazing sight I much prefer watching pro mod and street eliminator.

Hope the weather stops fine

[jalopyjoe]

I'll be there, competing for the first time in Sportsman ET.

[Flying Toilet]

I will be there too all weekend hopefully.

Interesting username since the comment in your original post OP.

Should it be 'Sportsman Head UK'?

[Burndown]

The Summer Nationals is an event that need support. Ironically it is the only event of the UK drag racing calendar that is actually bang in the summer time.

The Bank holidays are not the reason I go to a race meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[trackday addict]

Looking forward to it & be great to get the 350z out :-)

[Big go'75]

Definitely needs a 'big up' and I am also looking forward to it. Hopefully more spectators will realise that these events have their own qualities and provide 2 good days of action with usually little downtime.

[Nitro Head UK]

Overall i am a drag racing fan and will go to all drag racing meetings in the UK as that is the sport i support ! anyway who said the NFAA dont run nitro

[Mark13]

IMO really good value entertainment. I will be there Sunday and really looking forward to it. Attendance may well be affected due to other motor sport events taking place.

However, it is difficult to engage casual spectators with what is mainly bracket racing. If the Pro-Mod and NFAA fields were larger they could be a real selling point along with Funny Bikes and Pro-Stock Bikes. SSB and SE are both great classes to add to the promotion push.

I know many posters on here are competitors and will be looking to have a go about costs, tradition and the rest of it, but, the stark reality is that the sport is starved of wider publicity and tends to look inwardly most of the time. It would be great to see the Main Event and European Finals fully sponsored, better coverage in the specialist press and on television for the whole sport etc. But for now we are where we are and with the state of the economy we will do well to consolidate our current position for the next 2 to 3 seasons.

[Slinky]

trackday addict said:

Looking forward to it & be great to get the 350z out :-)

I'll come and have a nose on Saturday... Wouldn't mind having a quick look at your AMS-1000 setup..

[timtime]

As a habitual spectator i'll be there although the clash with MotoGP means one day this year instead of two.

I will watch Bracket Racing and appreciate it for what it entails but to the laymen the heads up classes are the draw and the wilder the better. The big disappointment to me is the loss of Top Fuel Bike. Without more events to race I wonder how long the class can survive.

Regards

Tim

[Burndown]

Does anyone know why Top Fuel Bike are not at the Summernats?

[B16 RTT]

trackday addict said:

Looking forward to it & be great to get the 350z out :-)

Looking forward to seeing that! I'm meeting up with some guys from one of your sponsors (Swedecor) on the Saturday!

[central]

Burndown said:

Does anyone know why Top Fuel Bike are not at the Summernats?

I was wondering the same thing.

[trackday addict]

small world !! :-)
Can you get them very drunk & agree to double the amount please !

B16 RTT said:

trackday addict said:

Looking forward to it & be great to get the 350z out :-)

Looking forward to seeing that! I'm meeting up with some guys from one of your sponsors (Swedecor) on the Saturday!

[NuthinFancy]

We'll be there with the altered. Got some little things to check over first pass, but then after that we are looking to get back to where we started at Easter. See if we can better the 6.62 @ 205 we ran at Easter

[peterwalters]

We are hoping to run our first 7 this weekend, 8.01 at main event off the throttle early

Also trying to keep at the top of the leaderboard!

[Burndown]

central said:

Burndown said:

Does anyone know why Top Fuel Bike are not at the Summernats?

I was wondering the same thing.

I saw a comment of the Summernational's Facebook page yesterday that said TFB had been removed due to Santa Pod not wanting to pay prize money to the riders. The comment has been removed now so who knows how to interpret that.

[firewalker]

I'm all for supporting and enjoying drag racing events, sportsman classes included, and have done for 30 yrs. I'm sad to see the diminished PM and NFAA fields though and the conspicuous absence of TFB. However 5 cars in each of the two main fields and Wild Bunch has me agonising over wether or not I'll be making the lone 10 hour round trip and blowing 100 spondooleys on diesel.
The National fields have been more varied and better represented in the past, am I wrong?
If I was closer for sure...

[Burndown]

firewalker said:

I'm all for supporting and enjoying drag racing events, sportsman classes included, and have done for 30 yrs. I'm sad to see the diminished PM and NFAA fields though and the conspicuous absence of TFB. However 5 cars in each of the two main fields and Wild Bunch has me agonising over wether or not I'll be making the lone 10 hour round trip and blowing 100 spondooleys on diesel.
The National fields have been more varied and better represented in the past, am I wrong?
If I was closer for sure...

Sportsman racing is the grass roots for UK drag racers but FIA/UEM is the grass roots for a UK drag racing spectator.

Whilst this is the case I think events like the Summernats will struggle for spectators, and dropping one of the nitro classes cant help either.