The 2013 NFMS Review
Published February 19, 2013 01:04AM, by Dick Morgan
OUCH!
Hit- Carlton Cope, Carlton was by far and away the “hit” of the show. Carlton’s pulloff against Steve Boyd in the Friday night session was one of the most exciting moments in the entire show.
Miss- The Diesel FWD was another weak show for this class. The class has had three years to get their act together and have yet to produce. While this may be a great class outdoors, unfortunately it doesn’t work well indoors. Maybe it’s time to bring back modified FWD’s
Hit- The announcing crew of Butch Krieger and Dave Bennett did a great job this year putting excitement in a show that was lackluster at best. From Broadbent arena to Freedom Hall there seemed to be a lack of excitement. Granted their where a few missteps, however I think when you look at the big picture they did a good job. The Diesel FWD class alone was an announcer’s nightmare.
Miss- The Syngenta video that plays before every session needs to be updated. The Lee Greenwoods “ God Bless The USA’ is still a crowd favorite, however the video is getting needs to be updated. I think that little boy that is running to meet his dad in the combine is now a father himself.
Hit- The LSS class was an entertaining and exciting class, time to move this class to a evening session and a Saturday night Finals.
Miss- Hit- While the 650 alcohol Super Stocks class overall was exciting, it really put a spot light on the V8 - 6 cylinder gap that grows wider with each new advancement in the V8 program. It will not be very long before everyone that wants to be a serious contender in the class will have to make the switch to the V8, and wont that be exciting!
Miss- Time to go with 12 entries in each class and add a forth session to the evening shows. Some of the classes are struggling to fill the class with 15 top level vehicles and going to 12 entries would accomplish two things; first it would add a forth session to bring in some new classes-vehicles and second it would have 12 of the best vehicles in the country.
Warpath on another winning run!
Hit- The track crew and pullback tractors did their usual outstanding job. From the comments of the pullers the 2013 NFMS track was one of the best tracks in recent history. The smoke tube issues that have sometimes plagued previous shows were nonexistent this year.
Hit- Carlton Cope, once again, winning the Pro Stock finals, that coupled with the great announcing job that added even more excitement to the Saturday night finals. The 2013 NFMS finished on a high note with good sled setting and solid runs in the finals for all the classes.
Dick Morgan
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Edited 7 time(s). Last edit at 02/19/2013 10:39AM by Jake Morgan.
