IHRA vs NHRA

[Charley Downing]

Same old **** different day. Where did this post get us? No place just like every other time it comes up. Some NHRA racers just don't like the bracket racer attitude when it comes to STK & SS that it’s just a bracket race. That’s the biggest problem most NHRA racers have with IHRA. With all the classes in IHRA some racers say it’s just like going to your local bracket track and racing with STK and SS numbers because performance is rarely a factor. There are still racers that thrive on making there cars run faster then the guy in the next lane in the same class. I’m not saying I don’t like IHRA, I just feel that STK & SS needs a performance factor because with out it, it’s just bracket 1. Which IHRA already runs at most national events? The problem is IHRA needs CM and those other classes for STK & SS to survive because of lower car counts. So what do you do? IHRA has done a great job with what they have to work with and is a great place to race if you choose to.

[Michael Beard]

Re: Epping -- I've made the tow to New England Dragway three times, once from Ohio, and twice from North Carolina. I've also been to San Antonio three times, Tulsa once, Immokalee, FL twice, and have made the NC - Michigan trip numerous times. ...what was the point again?

But I am tired of the same old Ihra guys getting online and pushinf the IHra

I know! Isn't it crazy how people promote things that they *like*? This to me makes more sense than promoting something that aggravates someone.

Both Nhra and Ihra have many problems they need to work on

That's the start of getting things done. The next step is to define those problems, and then address them.

With all the classes in IHRA some racers say it’s just like going to your local bracket track and racing with STK and SS numbers because performance is rarely a factor. There are still racers that thrive on making there cars run faster then the guy in the next lane in the same class.

For those that have cars that run in populated classes, if they would simply all attend, then those classes would be just as populated in IHRA. For those that do not run in populated classes, it's a very hollow argument. For the record, I've had numerous heads-up runs over the years, and there have been many more times where their was a potential heads-up run could have occurred later in eliminations.

Someone had posted this winter that he chose not to run IHRA "because I don't *want* to". I respect that, because he was honest and up front. But for those that are sitting on the fence, I've tried to make this point before: It is what YOU make it. Get involved. Want lots of heads-up runs? Get a bunch of same-classed buddies together, and go to a race. Have other issues? Become a constituent, and voice your opinion. IHRA has made changes over the years because of racer feedback. Just one example: they didn't start laddering cars until about 2001. YOU made that happen.

[bsa633]

Guys with Crate,pure S an GT stockers allready made up there mind = IHRA...for them there isn't a choise.. Location also is a big aspect ofcousre... More NHRA stockers at IHRA races could mean some more headsup for such cars bu not to IHRA-cars.. it would do the exact opposite..and therefore probably less totally too! .IHRA is much frendlier and better.and so on..tech is nicer...(how many have gotten a year off in IHRA last decade?..asking because i have absolutley no clue) We have all seen this debate for the last decade....but the thing NHRA vs IHRA seems to stays the same..

[Harry 6674]

How big are the stocker fields at a typical ihra national event? Last year before the economy turned on some people.

[Brandon Peterson]

Rock 1..stk 67 ss 56
Milan stk 56 ss 45
Budds Creek...stk 50.ss 30
Martin..stk 68ss 43
Rock 2..stk 72 ss 51

those were prob the biggest and not including sports natls....Rock 2 had 39 NHRA legal cars the rest was CM and P/S...pertty even field
(not saying all 39 of those run NHRA)

[442OLDS]

On the subject of stats,according to my latest Nitro Joe stats,there were 1,633 cars that made a run in Stock Eliminator in NHRA in 2008.There were 438 (1/4 mile) cars that made a run in Stock Eliminator in IHRA in 2008.
Of the 1,633,only 29 were in O/SA.Of the 438,only 7 were in O/SA.

[Myron Piatek]

Here's most of them:

2008 Rockingham, NC Springnationals - 67

2008 Milan, MI - 56

2008 Edmonton, Alberta Canada - 11

2008 Budds Creek, MD - 50

2008 Grand Bend, Ontario Canada - 35

2008 Epping, NH - 50

2008 Tulsa, OK - 11

2008 Martin, MI - 68

2008 World Finals at Rockingham had 72 Stockers.
Would have been 73 but I couldn't make it.

2009 season opener in Baton Rouge, LA - 43.



lol Brandon pulled a pretty good holeshot on me!

[Brandon Peterson]

Originally Posted by Myron Piatek

Here's most of them:



lol Brandon pulled a pretty good holeshot on me!

that will prob. be the only holeshot i get on you all year Myron

[treessavoy]

Maybe it's just me but this whole thread sounds like two 9 yo's arguing about whose dad is the best!

Race where you want to, that's why it's a free country!

NHRA,IHRA,NSS,NMCA, BRACKET, etc. To each his own!