Tulsa going NHRA in 2010
 

Posted on the Tulsa board by track owner Dan Guterman

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We are excited to announce that beginning in 2010, Tulsa Raceway Park will be sanctioned by the NHRA. After a long and successful partnership with the IHRA, the time was right to make the move back to the NHRA. Although we will no longer host the Sooner Nationals, the Lucas Oil Spring Nationals are scheduled for May 14-16, 2010. For those that still need a fix of the jets, Thunder Jam 8 blasts into Tulsa on July 10.

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Personally I don't like to see this. IHRA is so much easier to run at and they like sportsmans.


Steve Prado
Rudy, AR

Re: Tulsa going NHRA in 2010
 

Steve what is it that makes you feel IHRA is better to (Spotsmans ) then the NHRA is? And why is IHRA easier to run at?

Re: Tulsa going NHRA in 2010
 

No grade points. A person does not have to travel all over Gods green earth just to be able to race a national event. IMO. I am not saying that NHRA isn't a great place to race, but they make it as hard as possible for a sportsman racer to particapate IMO. Some folks do not have that kind of money to do that and shouldn't have to IMO.

This is not to say that if I get a chance to run a NHRA event I would not be there because I would.

Steve

Re: Tulsa going NHRA in 2010
 

This leaves CRANDALL the only 1/4 mile IHRA track around this area. San Antonio gone and now Tulsa gone........there is Amarillo but it's not much to talk about.

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I think it will be good for both. I think IHRA needs to pull back and concentrate on the SOUTH where the majority of their tracks and racers are located.
We loose Tulsa and gain VMP pretty good swap I think.
Chip

Re: Tulsa going NHRA in 2010
 

I'll agree 100% Chip. They do need to focus more on where the majority of their racers are. I'd also take VMP over Tulsa any day.

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Sounds like a plan to me.

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That is pretty confusing. The O'Reilly Spring Nationals are scheduled for April 9-11 at Houston. May 14-16 is the Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals at Atlanta. Maybe Dan is referring to a Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Div 4 event they will have next year.

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NHRA's national event schedule is already set & posted. I agree with Bob Orme that the most plausible explanation would be a new location for a "Lucas Oil" D-4 event. Houston's national event is set.
Looking at the 2010 NHRA schedule, it would put a D4 event just south of Topeka on the weekend before Topeka's national event, and we all know how they like to catch us coming and going with division races surrounding nationals.

Unk

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After I ask he did say it is a divisional. Also he replied to someones eleses question with this.

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Yes, TVRP will have their divisional. We got Houston's second race.
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Steve

Re: Tulsa going NHRA in 2010
 

Its WAY cheaper to race IHRA. IHRA didn't double their licence/chassis cert/etc fees this year midstream. When you enter two cars at a national event, IHRA doesn't charge you the insurance fee twice if its the same driver. Thats like an $80 savings right there besides the lower entry fee in the first place. And the starting lines have been better this year when sportsman run at IHRA races than NHRA races. Don't get me wrong, the NHRA tech guys are just as good a group of people as the IHRA. I've been treated well either place. But the costs and marginal tracks have been pretty disappointing for me this year. I went to Virginia in the fall of 08 and that was the BEST track prep and effort I've ever seen at a race, and thats why I wanted to do more Nats this year, but it hasn't been like that this year. Maybe because we didn't start until Friday at that particular event and the pros run on friday had something to do with it, I dunno. But thats why I still enjoy attending IHRA events.