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Originally Posted by CrateCamaro
I have worked on my stuff for 9 years, and when you have that much time, ( its not the money) to be about faced by an organization that was supposedly "sportsman friendly", then you might agree with me. IF i wanted to built an NHRA stock combo i would, its that simple. Ive done it already and ill do it again but on my terms. Im voicing my opinion for the guys who race in our series and in other STK/SS Combo Series who shouldn't have to build a whole new combination just to race Stock. The same guys who like to attend 2 or 3 big races a year. Think about them for a minute. I have the drive to do it and the balls to dip into credit to make it happen. Some dont. And here we have more racers forced to enter ET1 or ET2 or fold it up. Alot of them will fold. They have the same passion for the class as an NHRA racer and they have to change it all because of casting numbers? Seems legit. That did i mention the rules are the same....almost a mirror image. Its easy for you Tom as you already have an NHRA combo. At the end of the day im the foolish one to think the opinions of the members of this forum have any relivancy to whats going to happen moving forward with the future of the IHRA combos. IHRA is so weak they could be bought by a corperation tomorrow and everything turned back to the way things were over night. Should us IHRA members run back? Trickey question. Moving further forward please dont pretend your some shooter with an NHRA combo because you will miss IHRA when your in the basement of an NHRA qualifying sheet. Harsh reality.
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Tony, I understand your frustration. However, we all made choices when we bought or built our cars. After much soul searching I decided to look for or build a NHRA legal car as it allowed me to run in Brackets, IHRA and NHRA. For someone starting out, it was not the cheapest choice, but the best choice.
Since my purchase, I have not stopped pouring money into my project in order to make it more user friendly, more consistent and quicker, all with the same thought of ensuring that the final product is NHRA Legal and can qualify at an event.
It really does not matter where I qualify on the ladder, just that I qualify and get to race at the NHRA event.
The IHRA and NHRA were two different organizations, in competition with each other for attendance and the all mighty dollar. The IHRA lost the fight. From what I have seen, in my short time participating at this level, it was strictly due to lack of participation.
I really do not care what John Force, or any of the Forces do, as long as I have a place to race.
I'm not sure why you think that he NHRA should just pick up your or any other IHRA class. From what I can see, they have enough classes and more participants than there are spaces.