Ihra

[Michael Beard]

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?

This is an incredibly ignorant post. If it's supposed to be good natured humor (which it should be, knowing Ed), it misses the mark. It's unfathomable to me that we have people constantly cussing about NHRA, but will stand on the sidelines cheering and jeering any possible negativity toward IHRA. It's assinine.

1) Rockingham and Virginia are still IHRA tracks. Until announced otherwise, it's nothing but internet rumor.
2) Sanctioning tracks is a two way street, and it's up to the sanctioning body to provide value to its tracks, not the other way around.
3) What do the location of the tracks have to do with anything?
4) There's no "supposedly" about the Eagle Motorplex joining IHRA (see http://www.eaglemotorplex.com/), a former NHRA Divisional track that saw some great action, featured on Larry Pfister's Horsepower Heaven videos (the guy that brought you "4 Days in May", and if you haven't heard of that, you should be ashamed to call yourself a Class racer!)

What's the next post going to be, "OMG! NHRA has tracks in Medicine Hat and Saskatoon, SaskatchasomethingIcan'tspell, they must be going UNDER!"