That event is painful to watch, way too much time in between passes.
Maybe the South East guys can enlighten me on a few things that i notice when watching the radial, no prep scene that i haven't experienced at any event that i have raced at.. My thoughts are that the time to run an event would drop by half if they made a few changes. Maybe not and it's "just the way it's always been"
1. Why do they allow 100 people on the starting line and burn out area. I understand one person per rig to help in the box, staging, rev limiter switch. 90% of the people are on their phones just getting in the way.
2. Why are they allowing the cars do burnouts pass the beams? Drag radials don't need a lot of heat or a John Force burn out. These are not dragsters without front brakes or long wheel bases, they are door cars. Maybe at this track, if the water box is too close, then move it back. Having to back up is a huge waste of time.
3. Why does every damn one of the cars need a person to put them close to the pre-stage beam? These are experienced racers driving door cars. I can kinda understand if it's a full blown promod chassis with limited visibility, but not the other 90% of these cars running. Crap my 16 year old kid staged our 25.3 chassis car with funny car cage himself the first time he drove it.
Anyway, i love the racing, just seems that i don't understand a few things on how they run these events and maybe someone with experience can explain. I'm not throwing rocks, just trying to understand.