Bradenton goes IHRA

[Lew Silverman]

It's obvious that as sportsman racer's, not everyone can race at EVERY event. So depending on what "turns you on", (because a little sex is better than NO sex - right Ed?) you pick which weekends you're going to be racing. A lot of us won't be racing every week next year, but I'll bet all of us will race every chance we can. I remember when "Buster's Rebel's" Division 2 included races in Virginia and Florida! I'm just very thankful I still have a place to race!!

See you all at Immokalee in February! (919 miles one-way)

Lew

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Jim Woods

LOL Ed, Id say the ihra has some of the toughest racers in the country just like nhra does. in fact i would bet on that. ??????????????

Jim, I run both when I can get away. Your right. I'm the only duck there. Around here it's the same guys as at the NHRA races. For some reason I don't understand, just not as many of them. Brit, Slate, and Larry Cummings, The Southland Perf guys, etc, are just as tough there as anywhere else.

[Jim Woods]

Ed , good luck in 2012, maybe we will cross paths again, its always good to see you

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

OK you guys, here is the deal.
1st week in February is IHRA divisional in Immokalee, a double race.
2nd week is NHRA divisional at Orlando.
3rd week is NHRA divisional at Gainesville
4th week is a bye week. This is the week that racers from up north are heading down for the Gators
1st week of March NHRA divisional in South Georgia, on the way down to the Gators.
2nd week is the Gatornationals.
3rd week is a bye week. This is when northern racers head back or go to Belle Rose
4th week is the IHRA divisional double at Bradenton.

It appears on paper that the car count will not have a lot of northern racers in Bradenton.
But there are a lot of class racers in the state of Florida, they should be at Bradenton. If they do not show it is their loss. We will wait and see how many show, I'll see you all there.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA better have a fat wallet

This a brutal schedule. Once again the sanctioning bodies and the track operators are blind to the cost implications of that many races in a short time. This in itself will hurt the car count as we have to choose which races we can afford to attend. I plan on attending all of them but I will need to win some cash along the way. I might not get to go to the gators with the reduced field and class being contested there. I only have 3 grade points. My first choices will be the IHRA races. More bang for the buck. Both Immokalee and bradenton are great tracks plus they are double races for the same travel money. Also I have had better luck collecting the contingency money from the IHRA races in comparison to the NHRA races.

Ron, Yall cookin at the races next year??? Hope so.