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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez
IHRA is bailing out of the continental U.S.I see their plan now.After possibly losing two premier tracks in the States they're making a pitch to barnstorm our neighbors to the North.They've signed Prince George MSP and Thunder Mountain.They supposedly got
another track (Xbbirdjnvjhkrmk or something like that) signed also.
Can someone familiar with these tracks and their location explain to me if there is anything good that can benefit IHRA monetarily by this move?Are there enough racers geographically to make these tracks successful?
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Someone with more knowledge of the circumstances can fill in the blanks but here is what I know;
N’alikum (not sure if I spelled that right) in Ashcroft BC lost their NHRA deal because they decided to host a few non NHRA sanctioned feature leaker events. That pissed off the NHRA who then pulled the plug on them. I think it’s a fairly well attended track went to a few National Opens up there when they had them. It’s about a 6 hour drive from Seattle 3 hours from Vancouver. Very scenic and in an area of very low population density. Prince George on the other hand is WAY north about the bottom of the Alaska pan handle. Sparsely populated area maybe 100,000 within 100 miles of the place. It’s a good 12 hour drive north from the border and not a fun tow with anything other than an open trailer. They have also had National Opens in the past that were very poorly attended.
I think with these two tracks it’s not a shot in the arm for the IHRA, they just adopted a couple of orphaned tracks.