I agree with Warren. NHRA sort of does treat the race tracks for the fuel cars more. Because Pro Stock, I have seen over the years, as WJ said, gotten really loose on some tracks like Maple Grove Raceway, and the one in the video, Pacific Raceways in Seattle
pretty much all the drivers (especially pro stock and bike ) were not going to return to kirkersville ohio (national trails) after the last race there due to a bad bump 800 ft. down on the right side lane. karen stoffer took a nasty spill off her bike when the front brake rotor broke after hitting it. she slid over 100 ft and later in the pit area she showed me where her leather bike suit was worn completely out in spots. for whatever reason, the drivers said even after repeated meetings with nhra and track owners they werent getting any results towards fixing the problem.
Hopefully these tracks have reworked the tracks with a membrane under the asphalt seal coating prior to race days. Would stop a lot of that. But Warren is right. When do you see the crews get out the track dryers?
WJ's friend, and Greg Anderson's friend and mentor, John Hagen lost his life over forty years ago in Brainerd on August 19th, 1983 due to a high speed crash. Some people forget about that. These PS cars are an absolute hand full when they get out of control. John's crash, as well as Lee Shepherd and Bob Glidden's crashes, are a few examples.
Well; if I remember correctly; the same track conditions prevailed at Z-Max Dragway back in September 2012, that made the Pro Stock Cars so loose they darn near would flip over and crash; and if you remember that very race, that's what happened to Shane Gray in his 2nd round loss to ironically enough; W.J. And that deal had a lot of the Pro Stock drivers such as Erica Enders, Dave Connolly, Vincent Nobile, Larry Morgan, among others talking about, or mad about the track,
Remember the day when top fuel cars went down the track side by side. Like the days of the ' Mongoose" and the "Snake". Now days top fuel has got so fast that either one car blows up or crashes or blows the tires off, Its a one car finish . That's not racing.
It sounds about right. At Z-Max this problem is pretty unforgivable at the regular race, as they could just use 3 and 4 for PS/PSM and run fuel in 1 and 2. Though at Z-Max I would prefer 2 x 4Wide per year and it won't solve the problem for all other tracks.
This was when the NHRA was only prepping the first 1000ft of the track. Because Pro Stock cars have so little downforce compared to the horsepower they put out, it was like a skating rink for the last 320ft of the 1/4 mile.
Listen to what Warren said...Krisher beat him fair and square. Warren's bitching about track conditions and he has every right to. I used to love seeing Warren get beat by Alderman, but I wan to see Warren Johnson keep racing as long as he has the skill and the drive. I don't want to see him hospitalized...or worse.
I don't understand why a track that isn't good enough for 1,500hp pro stock cars to race on without getting loose at the top end, would be good for 10,000hp top fuel cars? If a 1,500 horsepower car breaks loose in the last half of the race, then why wouldn't a 10,000hp car do the same(or worse)?
LOL HOW MUCH DOES WARREN JOHNSON HATE ON THE MUCH FASTER CAR LOL HE SOUNDS LIKE MY BROTHER TRYING TO RACE HIS MUSTANG GT AGAINST MY 900HP SUPER SNAKE LOL WAHHH WAHHH
LOL....WJ won a lot of races through the years but the last decade has not been competitive. Also WJ got numerous round wins at the expense of his son Kurt who many times seem to have mechanical problems when he raced dear ole dad. Most teams now days let the guys go at it regardless of needed points. That's the way it should be. No doubt the man is brilliant but times are getting a head of him.
Some guys were like that. Jim Yates built engines for a lot of guys but he never lost to one of his own engines. Something about that always struck me the wrong way. Steve Schmidt built engines for a lot of teams and he was always getting beat by his own engines.
I used to watch Warren race back in the day. He would complaining about the Hemis being faster and wanted more handicap rules for them . Always crying .
Warren Johnson- ever the cry baby,every win is because he's the best, every loss is someone elses fault. Warren, everyone races the same track,get overit. drive a T/F car and tell us how easy it is.
I agree with Warren. NHRA sort of does treat the race tracks for the fuel cars more. Because Pro Stock, I have seen over the years, as WJ said, gotten really loose on some tracks like Maple Grove Raceway, and the one in the video, Pacific Raceways in Seattle
pretty much all the drivers (especially pro stock and bike ) were not going to return to kirkersville ohio (national trails) after the last race there due to a bad bump 800 ft. down on the right side lane. karen stoffer took a nasty spill off her bike when the front brake rotor broke after hitting it. she slid over 100 ft and later in the pit area she showed me where her leather bike suit was worn completely out in spots.
for whatever reason, the drivers said even after repeated meetings with nhra and track owners they werent getting any results towards fixing the problem.
One thing Warren will do is speak his mind !!
Yeah, but he was wrong about no talent required to drive a fuel car.
WAY TO GO WARREN!
Hopefully these tracks have reworked the tracks with a membrane under the asphalt seal coating prior to race days. Would stop a lot of that. But Warren is right. When do you see the crews get out the track dryers?
When the top fuels come out
WJ's friend, and Greg Anderson's friend and mentor, John Hagen lost his life over forty years ago in Brainerd on August 19th, 1983 due to a high speed crash. Some people forget about that. These PS cars are an absolute hand full when they get out of control. John's crash, as well as Lee Shepherd and Bob Glidden's crashes, are a few examples.
Very True
Happy New Year's
He admitted Krisher beat him fair and square in this video dude.
Any day at the NHRA races: Water is wet, the sky is blue and and Warren Johnson is pissed about something
Warren knows exactly what he's talking about.
Well; if I remember correctly; the same track conditions prevailed at Z-Max Dragway back in September 2012, that made the Pro Stock Cars so loose they darn near would flip over and crash; and if you remember that very race, that's what happened to Shane Gray in his 2nd round loss to ironically enough; W.J. And that deal had a lot of the Pro Stock drivers such as Erica Enders, Dave Connolly, Vincent Nobile, Larry Morgan, among others talking about, or mad about the track,
Ray Charles could drive a fuel car! LOL
Warren knows !! Hes had enough seat time in those cars.
Remember the day when top fuel cars went down the track side by side. Like the days of the ' Mongoose" and the "Snake". Now days top fuel has got so fast that either one car blows up or crashes or blows the tires off, Its a one car finish . That's not racing.
Dave 2432 Also not the way it is. No idea why you would post such a nonsensical comment
@TheNovaMan pro mods would be even worse than pro stocks. But that doesnt matter. It shouldnt be an ice rink for any class period
Funny thing is when I saw the "margin of victory" still photo I thought WJ was smoking the tires a little, hadn't made it to the interview yet.
It sounds about right. At Z-Max this problem is pretty unforgivable at the regular race, as they could just use 3 and 4 for PS/PSM and run fuel in 1 and 2.
Though at Z-Max I would prefer 2 x 4Wide per year and it won't solve the problem for all other tracks.
This was when the NHRA was only prepping the first 1000ft of the track. Because Pro Stock cars have so little downforce compared to the horsepower they put out, it was like a skating rink for the last 320ft of the 1/4 mile.
what happened after? did wally kick out the whole class because the doc spoke truth???
im a mopar guy but always respected wj
Makes sense
Twin tracks
One Pro Stock( faster times?)
One fuelie car
Listen to what Warren said...Krisher beat him fair and square. Warren's bitching about track conditions and he has every
right to. I used to love seeing Warren get beat by Alderman, but I wan to see Warren Johnson keep racing as long as he
has the skill and the drive. I don't want to see him hospitalized...or worse.
Mitch Gawlik alderman using that nitrous too
@ Joe Trout, where's the proof?
@@Joetrout did you mean to say "Eckman" or "Alderman"?
@@oscaracme wayne county was known to also be using nitrous
I don't understand why a track that isn't good enough for 1,500hp pro stock cars to race on without getting loose at the top end, would be good for 10,000hp top fuel cars? If a 1,500 horsepower car breaks loose in the last half of the race, then why wouldn't a 10,000hp car do the same(or worse)?
Patrick McLeod nitro cars run 1000ft, pro stock and every other category still runs the 1/4 mile
And fuel cars wings create a tremendous amount of downforce
Crown Commando nope, 1000ft started in 08 this was in 2010
LOL HOW MUCH DOES WARREN JOHNSON HATE ON THE MUCH FASTER CAR LOL HE SOUNDS LIKE MY BROTHER TRYING TO RACE HIS MUSTANG GT AGAINST MY 900HP SUPER SNAKE LOL WAHHH WAHHH
NHRA should have the Pacific Raceways track crew prep the track. Shit was sticky when I went for a points race.
I remember that, the fuel guys where not happy with Warren.
Corporal Kirshner with the win.
He was nice to me, but then again, that was when he was one of the top 2 or 3 drivers. LOL
At SIR they would use the jet cars to dry the track and blow the dirt off of it.
Ray Charles could drive a fuel car
Fuel cars take balls
Krisher, not Kirsher...
Warren should’ve taken this up with John Force.
I wonder what ole Warren thinks about no-prep racing? lol
Seattle has always been a terrible track
This is exactly why I quite racing at track , they don't care if you hit the wall in your 250k car........
Rick Stewart puts up with no shit.
Thomas
i only watch for drag racing
0:58. Seems legit.
LOL....WJ won a lot of races through the years but the last decade has not been competitive. Also WJ got numerous round wins at the expense of his son Kurt who many times seem to have mechanical problems when he raced dear ole dad. Most teams now days let the guys go at it regardless of needed points. That's the way it should be. No doubt the man is brilliant but times are getting a head of him.
Some guys were like that. Jim Yates built engines for a lot of guys but he never lost to one of his own engines. Something about that always struck me the wrong way. Steve Schmidt built engines for a lot of teams and he was always getting beat by his own engines.
I used to watch Warren race back in the day. He would complaining about the Hemis being faster and wanted more handicap rules for them . Always crying .
He never raced against Hemi's, they were long gone when he showed up.
Go break in to somebody's garage.
i mean pro stock
Nitro cars is what the fans come to see
Warren Johnson- ever the cry baby,every win is because he's the best, every loss is someone elses fault. Warren, everyone races the same track,get overit. drive a T/F car and tell us how easy it is.
Flat ass dangerous
The most over rated racer ever. Bob Glidden, Bill Jenkins, Jack Roush all ate him for lunch.
WJ= curmudgeon
No talent required?
Hes never pedaled a funny car😊
NO TALENT??? DRIVE ONE PAL.
I'm sure he could if he wanted to,
Crybaby warren