Gators S/SS Entries

[Lenny5160]

Originally Posted by Casey Miles

No, that's not what I'm saying, the local division racers should get first preference, then out of division racers get to enter. All on grade points system of your division.

Why should a racer who never entered an out of division race get preference over an in division racer?

I don't understand what is so difficult about the current system, or why entering a national event is viewed as some sort of birthright.

If you want to race a national, support the series to the point that you won't have a problem. If you get shut out, try harder next year or find something else to do.

[btrc]

I asked if I could use the year before my 28 year "retirement". Never got an answer.

[Casey Miles]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

I don't understand what is so difficult about the current system, or why entering a national event is viewed as some sort of birthright.

If you want to race a national, support the series to the point that you won't have a problem. If you get shut out, try harder next year or find something else to do.

It's easy for that response, but when your point races are hundreds of miles apart and you have to work, it's not like trying harder. I lived in D1, you can reach almost any race in just a few hours. Also, there are national opens that don't exist in many other divisions. There needs to another criteria so that the local division racer can race a national event in his "own" division.

Casey Miles
248H Stock

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

I don't understand what is so difficult about the current system, or why entering a national event is viewed as some sort of birthright.

If you want to race a national, support the series to the point that you won't have a problem. If you get shut out, try harder next year or find something else to do.

"The present system of grade points and national championship points is broken" The way to race is who spends the most money in going to races and in winning the championship,.
NHRA is the only sports organization that lets "Professionals" compete against amateurs in the world > ,let the bullets fly lol

[HR9121]

You can attend all the races you want but if you don't make rounds you will not be a player in the National points I don't care how much money you got.
If you claim 8 races with 1st round losses you won't even make the top 200 in Stock.
I had a motor failure last year and lost a bunch of races because of the time of year it happened, got 4 grade points and right now I am shut out of the Gators. Oh well **** happens but I will keep watching and probably get in if the provisionals wait till the last weekend. Same thing has happened alot of these races fill up early but people drop.

[Charley Downing]

Wtf is wrong with you guys. This topic gets brought up every year. If you want to race national events then get 6 grading points. It’s that simple no one at nhra gives a **** about your schedule or how far you travel to go to get them. Quotes have been down for years now. Do you think I wanted to travel 1000 miles round trip to St. Louis last fall ? No but I know it’s going to take 4 plus to get into a few national events I wanted to attend.
The system is not broken the people that race understand it

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Lenny5160

I don't understand what is so difficult about the current system, or why entering a national event is viewed as some sort of birthright.

If you want to race a national, support the series to the point that you won't have a problem. If you get shut out, try harder next year or find something else to do.

Nice attitude.....Some people work for a living and can't make 15 races a year......just saying.......

[Don Kennedy]

Originally Posted by Ed Carpenter

Nice attitude.....Some people work for a living and can't make 15 races a year......just saying.......

Lenny
One of the issues in the west are there are very few Drag strips . I lived in Phx closest was Chandler 30 miles further away was Somona 16 hour away then Denver 16 hours away then the closets was Vegas 6 hours away the Fontana 6 hours away and that my friend is the problem , All the racers know how to get grade points it is a given but the amount of travel is huge compared to back east and the racing population is about 70 % less racers ,a racer hurts something and misses a race or two then they are locked out even for a year. of course saving the money going to a National event may not be all that bad ,except I have a lot of friends That I enjoy at the national event s

[Kenney Kelley]

If NHRA wanted to make a lot of friends with Sportsman Racers they could rent Orlando or SGMP on Wednesday before the Gators and have Stock and Super Stock all run 3 or 4 rounds then the drivers that are still in would go to Gainesville to finish the race. That way they could run as many cars that want to run 128 or more in each class because it being the first race of the year there's a lot of interest in seeing what you have been working on all winter is going to work. I know NHRA has rented Orlando in past due to heavy rains they had at Gainesville it was a lake. They ran a few rounds and the cars that were still in went up to Gainesville to finish the race. I know the NHRA crew would have to drive down there to put on the race. That might cut into there profit margin. Just a thought. Kenney Kelley

[voltdr]

Originally Posted by Kenney Kelley

If NHRA wanted to make a lot of friends with Sportsman Racers they could rent Orlando or SGMP on Wednesday before the Gators and have Stock and Super Stock all run 3 or 4 rounds then the drivers that are still in would go to Gainesville to finish the race. That way they could run as many cars that want to run 128 or more in each class because it being the first race of the year there's a lot of interest in seeing what you have been working on all winter is going to work. I know NHRA has rented Orlando in past due to heavy rains they had at Gainesville it was a lake. They ran a few rounds and the cars that were still in went up to Gainesville to finish the race. I know the NHRA crew would have to drive down there to put on the race. That might cut into there profit margin. Just a thought. Kenney Kelley

I can see this being a #1 priority for the NHRA staff at the next meeting..............
Dan