Poll Archives:
Was it important that Ashley Force won a race?
Poll ID: 28
Created: Thursday, 8 May 2008 14:46
Active: 27 Days, 19 hours
Total votes: 303
1: Yes, for the sport and to me personally - votes: 110 (36.30%) - 4.1 votes per day
2: Yes, for the sport but not to me personally - votes: 105 (34.65%) - 3.9 votes per day
3: No - votes: 88 (29.04%) - 3.3 votes per day
With the track prep and performance problems so far this season, what do you think would be most effective in ensuring safe, competitive racing?
Poll ID: 27
Created: Tuesday, 8 April 2008 14:27
Active: 57 Days, 19 hours
Total votes: 417
1: Drivers, crew chiefs should refuse to race until both lanes are prepped adequately - votes: 48 (11.51%) - 0.8 votes per day
2: Fans should protest "one-lane track' events to the track owners and NHRA - votes: 44 (10.55%) - 0.8 votes per day
3: Track surface should meet minimum standards or track operators face a fine from NHRA - votes: 67 (16.07%) - 1.2 votes per day
4: NHRA should not race until teams are satisfied with track regardless of TV coverage timetable - votes: 22 (5.28%) - 0.4 votes per day
5: All of the above - votes: 236 (56.59%) - 4.1 votes per day
With pump gas climbing to $3.50 and diesel around $4.00 per gallon, will you attend fewer racing events this summer?
Poll ID: 26
Created: Monday, 10 March 2008 15:45
Active: 86 Days, 18 hours
Total votes: 1178
1: Yes - votes: 930 (78.95%) - 10.8 votes per day
2: No - votes: 248 (21.05%) - 2.9 votes per day
Will the increased cost of tickets and a tightening economy change your race attendance this year?
Poll ID: 25
Created: Friday, 22 February 2008 15:44
Active: 103 Days, 17 hours
Total votes: 976
1: Yes, we will attend fewer national events - votes: 266 (27.25%) - 2.6 votes per day
2: Yes, we will stay closer to home - votes: 428 (43.85%) - 4.2 votes per day
3: No, we'll just complain about the cost - votes: 282 (28.89%) - 2.7 votes per day
Now that HDP has passed on buying NHRA's pro assets, what do you think will happen next?
Poll ID: 24
Created: Monday, 11 February 2008 11:21
Active: 114 Days, 22 hours
Total votes: 919
1: Back to the old not-for-profit NHRA - votes: 150 (16.32%) - 1.3 votes per day
2: Tom Compton will go looking for another buyer - votes: 170 (18.50%) - 1.5 votes per day
3: Can you say Bruton Smith? - votes: 599 (65.18%) - 5.3 votes per day
Should the NHRA split into two distinctly different groups and you have to make a choice between joining the "Sportsman" NHRA or the HD Partners Pro series which will you choose:
Poll ID: 23
Created: Monday, 14 January 2008 10:54
Active: 142 Days, 22 hours
Total votes: 1395
1: NHRA - votes: 615 (44.09%) - 4.3 votes per day
2: HDP - votes: 201 (14.41%) - 1.4 votes per day
3: Neither - votes: 579 (41.51%) - 4.1 votes per day
Would you be a bigger fan of the Fuel Funny Class if the cars were required to use an engine made by same manufacturer that supplies the body? ie Ford in a Ford, Chevy in a Chevy, Chrysler in a Chrysler.
Poll ID: 22
Created: Wednesday, 2 January 2008 15:55
Active: 154 Days, 17 hours
Total votes: 1399
1: Yes - votes: 831 (59.40%) - 5.4 votes per day
2: No - votes: 568 (40.60%) - 3.7 votes per day
Do you favor limiting the number of teams a single person can own?
Poll ID: 21
Created: Monday, 10 December 2007 14:39
Active: 177 Days, 18 hours
Total votes: 1155
1: Yes - votes: 846 (73.25%) - 4.8 votes per day
2: No - votes: 309 (26.75%) - 1.7 votes per day
Since Chrysler and Ford now both have Top Fuel nitro motors, would you like to see GM build one too?
Poll ID: 20
Created: Thursday, 15 November 2007 17:09
Active: 202 Days, 16 hours
Total votes: 1323
1: Yes - votes: 996 (75.28%) - 4.9 votes per day
2: No - votes: 327 (24.72%) - 1.6 votes per day
Now that we're down to the Final Four racers competing for the NHRA championships, how do you feel about the new Countdown?
Poll ID: 19
Created: Wednesday, 10 October 2007 10:30
Active: 238 Days, 23 hours
Total votes: 2918
1: Love it. It's more exciting than the old system. - votes: 459 (15.73%) - 1.9 votes per day
2: Hate it. There was nothing wrong with the old system. - votes: 2172 (74.43%) - 9.1 votes per day
3: Just don't care. - votes: 287 (9.84%) - 1.2 votes per day
Would you like to see the Pro Stock cars be replaced by Pro Modified cars as an official NHRA class?
Poll ID: 18
Created: Tuesday, 25 September 2007 12:11
Active: 253 Days, 22 hours
Total votes: 2803
1: Yes - votes: 1252 (44.67%) - 4.9 votes per day
2: No - votes: 1493 (53.26%) - 5.9 votes per day
3: Don't care - votes: 58 (2.07%) - 0.2 votes per day
Would you like to see the Pro Stock Motorcycles be replaced by Pro Modified cars as an official NHRA class?
Poll ID: 17
Created: Monday, 10 September 2007 16:37
Active: 268 Days, 17 hours
Total votes: 2841
1: Yes - votes: 1954 (68.78%) - 7.3 votes per day
2: No - votes: 787 (27.70%) - 2.9 votes per day
3: Don't care - votes: 100 (3.52%) - 0.4 votes per day
Would you still attend NHRA races if they were run on Thursday, Friday and then eliminations on Saturday night?
Poll ID: 16
Created: Wednesday, 8 August 2007 16:59
Active: 301 Days, 17 hours
Total votes: 1808
1: Yes. Saturday night final would be better. - votes: 1360 (75.22%) - 4.5 votes per day
2: No. I like it the way it is. - votes: 448 (24.78%) - 1.5 votes per day
Now that the new NHRA points program is about to make the first cut and determine which eight cars will advance to the second round of the championship we thought we'd ask the readers how they liked the "chase" program.
Poll ID: 15
Created: Tuesday, 24 July 2007 16:40
Active: 316 Days, 17 hours
Total votes: 1029
1: I like it. It makes the points championship much more entertaining. - votes: 281 (27.31%) - 0.9 votes per day
2: I don't like it. I think its bad for NHRA drag racing. - votes: 686 (66.67%) - 2.2 votes per day
3: I don't care I don't follow the points championship for the Pro classes. - votes: 62 (6.03%) - 0.2 votes per day
I watch all or most of the 5 1/2 hours of ESPN2 drag racing coverage of the national events.
Poll ID: 14
Created: Tuesday, 10 July 2007 19:38
Active: 330 Days, 14 hours
Total votes: 1031
1: Yes - votes: 692 (67.12%) - 2.1 votes per day
2: No - votes: 149 (14.45%) - 0.5 votes per day
3: It Sucks - votes: 190 (18.43%) - 0.6 votes per day
Should "non-American" car manufacturers such as Toyota be able to compete in the Pro Stock class?
Poll ID: 13
Created: Friday, 15 June 2007 10:38
Active: 355 Days, 23 hours
Total votes: 2064
1: Yes - votes: 820 (39.73%) - 2.3 votes per day
2: No - votes: 1140 (55.23%) - 3.2 votes per day
3: I don't care - votes: 104 (5.04%) - 0.3 votes per day
What do you think of the proposed sale of part of NHRA's assets to form NHRA Pro Racing?
Poll ID: 12
Created: Tuesday, 5 June 2007 14:28
Active: 365 Days, 19 hours
Total votes: 705
1: It's great - votes: 56 (7.94%) - 0.2 votes per day
2: It sucks - votes: 105 (14.89%) - 0.3 votes per day
3: I'll wait and see what happens - votes: 434 (61.56%) - 1.2 votes per day
4: Where is my cut of the money? - votes: 110 (15.60%) - 0.3 votes per day
How will the rising price of gasoline affect your summer racing plans?
Poll ID: 11
Created: Wednesday, 9 May 2007 14:48
Active: 392 Days, 19 hours
Total votes: 925
1: We'll attend fewer races - votes: 319 (34.49%) - 0.8 votes per day
2: We'll stay closer to home - votes: 326 (35.24%) - 0.8 votes per day
3: We'll cut back in other areas so we can keep going - votes: 74 (8.00%) - 0.2 votes per day
4: No effect - votes: 206 (22.27%) - 0.5 votes per day
Would you like to see NHRA book in the PINKS show as an exhibition at national events?
Poll ID: 10
Created: Tuesday, 10 April 2007 16:49
Active: 421 Days, 17 hours
Total votes: 1679
1: Yes - votes: 342 (20.37%) - 0.8 votes per day
2: No - votes: 1279 (76.18%) - 3.0 votes per day
3: What is PINKS? - votes: 58 (3.45%) - 0.1 votes per day
Would you still support NHRA drag racing if they reduced the distance to eighth mile or 1,000 feet to make the racing safer?
Poll ID: 9
Created: Wednesday, 28 March 2007 16:45
Active: 434 Days, 17 hours
Total votes: 2326
1: Yes - votes: 1110 (47.72%) - 2.6 votes per day
2: No - votes: 1216 (52.28%) - 2.8 votes per day
Should all NHRA/ IHRA executives from Tom Compton and Aaron Polburn down be required to go to one of the drag racing driving schools, get a license and then be required to make one road trip a year as a crew member for a touring team.
Poll ID: 8
Created: Thursday, 8 March 2007 15:33
Active: 454 Days, 17 hours
Total votes: 1259
1: Yes - votes: 810 (64.34%) - 1.8 votes per day
2: No - votes: 449 (35.66%) - 1.0 votes per day
Do you get any real info or entertainment from the Top End driver interviews during ESPN2's broadcast of the NHRA races?
Poll ID: 7
Created: Thursday, 1 March 2007 11:19
Active: 461 Days, 22 hours
Total votes: 698
1: Yes - votes: 261 (37.39%) - 0.6 votes per day
2: No - votes: 383 (54.87%) - 0.8 votes per day
3: What interviews? - votes: 54 (7.74%) - 0.1 votes per day
What do you think of 62-year-old Kenny Bernstein's return to Funny Car racing?
Poll ID: 6
Created: Wednesday, 7 February 2007 11:26
Active: 483 Days, 21 hours
Total votes: 1791
1: He'll do fine once they get the car sorted out - votes: 846 (47.24%) - 1.8 votes per day
2: He's going to need all the Monster energy drink he can get - votes: 313 (17.48%) - 0.6 votes per day
3: What was he thinking? - votes: 632 (35.29%) - 1.3 votes per day
Who's more likely to get the first win this year?
Poll ID: 5
Created: Monday, 22 January 2007 10:45
Active: 499 Days, 22 hours
Total votes: 880
1: Ashley Force - votes: 236 (26.82%) - 0.5 votes per day
2: Whit Bazemore - votes: 424 (48.18%) - 0.8 votes per day
3: Kenny Bernstein - votes: 155 (17.61%) - 0.3 votes per day
4: Jeff Arend - votes: 52 (5.91%) - 0.1 votes per day
5: Peggy Llewellyn - votes: 13 (1.48%) - 0.0 votes per day
As a sportsman racer, would you be willing to pay an additional fee in order to help fund a substantial championship purse?
Poll ID: 4
Created: Monday, 8 January 2007 16:53
Active: 513 Days, 16 hours
Total votes: 532
1: Yes - votes: 184 (34.59%) - 0.4 votes per day
2: No - votes: 348 (65.41%) - 0.7 votes per day