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It does not appear likely the NHRA will reverse its decision. The finish line remains at 1,000 feet, although purists for the sport occasionally have raised the suggestion to return to quarter-mile racing.

We will continue to work hand in hand with NHRA to evaluate other methods of making Top Fuel and Funny Car competition safer so that we might return to our quarter-mile racing standard.РІР‚Сњ This may be a temporary change, and we recognize it is not the total answer. He said, 'It is not lost on any of us that this constitutes a change in our history of running a quarter-mile, but it's the most immediate adjustment we can make in the interest of safety which is foremost on everyone's mind.

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Kenny Bernstein, president of the Professional Racers Owners Organization (PRO) at the time, said the groupРІР‚в„ўs board members РІР‚Сљwholeheartedly and unanimously support this decision' after sharing input into the discussion. The thought was that would allow the cars more time to slow down (from a slower speed than they customarily would have been traveling) and an extra 320 feet of shutdown area. Antron Brown, a three-time Top Fuel champion, said, РІР‚СљThatРІР‚в„ўs when they changed the whole dynamics of the sport forever.РІР‚СњР”Р„t the time, it was considered an interim step for the NHRA to take.

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