| It is the Christmas holiday weekend, the
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| | Trying to explain this feeling to someone
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| family is sitting around the livingroom
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| | who has never experienced it is futile.
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| discussing how much of a very fine meal
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| | Nor can you explain the smells of the
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| we've eaten, when the conversation
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| | track, the smoking tires, the rubber dust
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| shifts: "You on for the drag races this
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| | in the air, or the way your eyes burn
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| summer?" I asked my brother. "Oh yeah,"
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| | from the half-burnt alcohol sprayed from
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| he answers back. As we reminisce about
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| | the firey pipes. The sound...absolutely
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| the past years NHRA Nationals and discuss
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| | deafening.
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| plans and dates for this years race, we
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| | If we could somehow get these sights and
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| wonder why the NHRA does not have a
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| | sounds through our TV's, the NHRA would
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| bigger following. If you like fast cars,
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| | explode with popularity. "Maybe they
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| and you have not been to a NHRA Nationals
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| | should send out bag of rubber dust and a
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| event, you have no idea what your
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| | candle that smells like burnt rubber
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| missing. That, we decided, is exactly the
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| | before each broadcast," we quipped.
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| problem. You have got to see it live to
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| | In reality, the biggest thing I see that
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| understand why it has the following it
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| | can be done is for television to help us
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| does. Television is at fault, after-all
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| | get to know the drivers and their crews.
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| this sport has many times the horsepower
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| | Even the World Poker Tour understands
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| of NASCAR, the pitts are open to anyone
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| | they can't just show you people playing
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| with a ticket, and the drivers come out
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| | cards. We have to feel as if these
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| of the haulers just to sign autographs on
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| | drivers are our friends. Introduce us to
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| a regular basis. They even give you a
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| | their world! We must be able to connect
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| free, glossy team photo to get the
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| | with them on a personal level. Show us
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| autograph signed on. The problem is none
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| | what it takes to go 300mph in less than
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| of that comes across on TV. When you
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| | five seconds! The crews can tear down an
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| watch NASCAR they televise the pre-race
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| | engine and put it back together in less
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| activities, the on-track activities, and
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| | than an hour. Show us that! Dont talk
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| the post-race activities. They even have
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| | while the rockets thunder down the track.
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| a segment called CRANK IT UP, in which
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| | Let us blow our speakers! It will never
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| the anouncers dont say a word for a few
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| | take the place of being at the track, but
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| laps so you can litterally blow your
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| | it would go a long way in bringing the
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| speakers apart with your surround sound.
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| | NHRA back to the fore-front of the racing
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| This helps give you the feeling you are
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| | world.
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| at the track. You could be watching your
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| | Do yourself a favor, the next time the
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| first NASCAR event and by the end of the
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| | NHRA is in your neighborhood, GO. Take
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| race come away with the feeling you
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| | your kids, call some friends, or go by
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| understand it, and more importatly you
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| | yourself; just go. There is no experience
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| will feel like you know the drivers. I
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| | like it in the world, at least not yet.
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| dont want to take anything away from
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| | Maybe someday soon, when we can board a
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| NASCAR; it is a great motorsport and they
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| | rocket bound for the moon, the NHRA might
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| have done a fine job of marketing to get
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| | have competition. Until that day comes
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| to this point. But (and it is a big but)
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| | you owe it to yourself to take in an
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| there is no feeling in the world like two
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| | event.
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| top fuel dragsters coming off the line
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| | Richard A. Brink
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| simultaneously; it will shake your soul.
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