ocdart
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This is the spot for any 'tween seasons news or rumors you've heard or read.
We'll start it off with some news about the 2021 NHRA season schedule and then some pretty big news about Pro Stock Motorcycle:
* NHRA released their 2021 season schedule awhile back. A recent article on competition.com (http://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/nhra-announces-complete-2021-class-schedule) says at 17 Camping World Drag Racing Series national events, professional teams will run three qualifying sessions over two days, Friday and Saturday, with final eliminations on Sunday. At five events, pro teams will run two qualifying sessions on Saturday with final eliminations on Sunday. This quick-draw format, which was utilized as NHRA first returned to racing in July 2020, provides racing excitement, and allows economic balance for all stakeholders in current times. NHRA expects to return to the customary four qualifying runs in the future.
Races in Atlanta (March 26-28), the first stop in Pomona (April 9-11), Phoenix (April 23- 25), Richmond (June 4-6) and Seattle (July 30-Aug. 1) are all scheduled three-day events with two qualifying sessions for the Camping World Drag Racing Series classes.
The event schedule and venue for an additional event on June 18-20 will be released at a future date.
* Post on competition.com from Vance & Hines confirmed that Harley-Davidson has decided to withdraw support for their factory teams in American Flat Track racing. This includes both AFT and NHRA. Vance & Hines confirmed their manufacturing portion of the company will redeploy its racing development team towards creating high performance products for a variety of vehicles, brands and race series in both two and four-wheel segments. At this time, there is no word whether riders Andrew Hines, Eddie Krawiec and Angelle Sampey will return to NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle in 2021.
17 weeks to the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals and the start of the 2021 season.
Whatcha heard? Post 'em up here...
We'll start it off with some news about the 2021 NHRA season schedule and then some pretty big news about Pro Stock Motorcycle:
* NHRA released their 2021 season schedule awhile back. A recent article on competition.com (http://competitionplus.com/drag-racing/news/nhra-announces-complete-2021-class-schedule) says at 17 Camping World Drag Racing Series national events, professional teams will run three qualifying sessions over two days, Friday and Saturday, with final eliminations on Sunday. At five events, pro teams will run two qualifying sessions on Saturday with final eliminations on Sunday. This quick-draw format, which was utilized as NHRA first returned to racing in July 2020, provides racing excitement, and allows economic balance for all stakeholders in current times. NHRA expects to return to the customary four qualifying runs in the future.
Races in Atlanta (March 26-28), the first stop in Pomona (April 9-11), Phoenix (April 23- 25), Richmond (June 4-6) and Seattle (July 30-Aug. 1) are all scheduled three-day events with two qualifying sessions for the Camping World Drag Racing Series classes.
The event schedule and venue for an additional event on June 18-20 will be released at a future date.
* Post on competition.com from Vance & Hines confirmed that Harley-Davidson has decided to withdraw support for their factory teams in American Flat Track racing. This includes both AFT and NHRA. Vance & Hines confirmed their manufacturing portion of the company will redeploy its racing development team towards creating high performance products for a variety of vehicles, brands and race series in both two and four-wheel segments. At this time, there is no word whether riders Andrew Hines, Eddie Krawiec and Angelle Sampey will return to NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle in 2021.
17 weeks to the Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals and the start of the 2021 season.
Whatcha heard? Post 'em up here...
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