March Nitro Madness is upon the Burkster - AA/FC

By Jeff Burk

The annual March Meet at Famoso is less than 6 days from starting and the Burkster is starting to get that glint in his third eye that any bartender that serves him will tell you indicates not that he has had one too many barley malts but rather he is in the preliminary stages of  nitro madness. He is a certified nitro funny car junkie!

And he has good reason for the first time in his life he is going to get to experience something not seen in drag racing in almost fifty years:  a 32-car, qualified-field of nitro coupes. Something not witnessed since the early seventies.   

So after offering his bias laden odds for the 16-car Top Fuel field at the upcoming March Meet and getting almost no serious hate mail, he’s decided to take his chances by handicapping the Fuel Coupes.
Now as you readers know, the Burkster’s vices are (in order): nitro , adult beverages, gambling, and nitro funny cars. His weakness for these vices is well documented. So, with apologies to the other handicappers -- of which there are two or three -- here are the Burkster’s pilsner-fueled picks for AA/FC.

Oh, and if you should be at the races and want to argue about these picks. I’ll be at the March Meet setting at  about a thousand feet next to Dave Wallace with a wad of dollar bills in one hand, a track dog and margarita (don’t try that at home, kids)  in the other looking for some action.