Ihra tucson!
 

Attention racers. Per email with Bernie the track director @ tucson he has confirmed if we get 24 pre entered pre paid entries they WILL run Stock/Superstock combo @ the march event in tucson. Discover Classic Cars has also agreed to post an additional cash purse of $1000.00 to the eliminator.So now all we need is cars! We need to let them know we want to race. So please e-mail Bernie. berniespeedworld@hotmail.com . Lets get this rolling!

Cars I know of committed to going:
Angelo Phillips
Kenny Newsome
Jack Foshee
Rusty Hall
Kelly Hall
Rich Roeder
All the arizona & socal guys.. call the people you know that dont read this board & tell them too!!
If we have any questions we can call or e-mail Bernie.

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Thanks Jon,

That's what my thread with attention to the D5, 6, & 7 racers was about too, and I'll add Mike Graham, and myself (if needed since my car is hibernating in D5 snow country). I'm heading to the racer meeting tomorrow evening, and I hope Kenny, Rusty, and any other Az. racers (that don't have prior committments), will be there too! Perhaps I could race my truck in Pure Stock??? With the latest news about the IRS & the NHRA coming down the pipe (or is it pike...I forgot...lol), that may make this a whole lot easier to accomplish. Lest we also not forget D4 racers who may be able to head out this way (like they have for divisionals), too???

I will see Bernie, and any others there tomorrow, and it's my plan to also put up the $70 to join IHRA (especially if the track embraces them), which is (from what I heard from Ang) not a necessity to compete at this race?

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I've got to get mine up and running first !!!! Is it gonna be a challenge to go up against the divisional in Vegas???

Rick

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Come on guys! Is anyone else going to go to tucson? Dennis Alvey & Raul Vargas just confirmed so now we are up to 8. Waiting on a few more that i have called myself. Everybody seems more concerned with NHRA & theIRS than helping build another organization for us to race in. I even got additional purse money on top of that and still ???
Is not that what you guys asked for? More payout, IHRA & DP's & CJ's in their own class!

Kenny Newsome 7709 stk

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Just to make sure everyone is clear on your proposed race:
1)Your planned race is a TRACK sponsored event-not an IHRA event?
2)Your Stock/Superstock Combo will most likely not have weight/fuel checks?
3)If it's just a TRACK sponsored race, you most likely do not need to join IHRA?

Just trying to get all the facts. There has been a great calling by some to support IHRA. But that is very hard to commit to when IHRA has COMPLETELY dropped Div 5 from it's schedule!!!!!!!

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Hi Kenny,

Sorry that I thought you were Jon, but Ang corrected me on that...

Now I'm fresh from the meeting, and you'll be happier to know that I think I can increase you 8 count (which should've been 10 since I added Mike Graham, and myself if needed into your original count). I spoke of this also in my thread. So here's an update to your count:

Angelo Phillips (You) Kenny Newsome Jack Foshee
Rusty Hall Kelly Hall Rich Roeder
Dave Workman Mike Graham Wes McCann(?) Don Graham Dennis Alvey Raul Vargas The Hawk Bros...both SIR 2010 Champs

So there's an update for you Kenny...13 (with me added if needed once we get 10 more racers). Maybe Rusty might have some D4 folks that could fill the remaining 10-11 spots? It's looking favorable so far, and Bernie is definitely anxious to add us in to the show!!! How about it folks, I know there's more of us here in the area that could go to this!? I wonder if a certain wheelstanding Mustang stick shift racer would go for this?

I'll give you some more reasons that bracket racers should go for the IHRA takeover of SIR Dragway:

1. While SIR racers can race for the national championship as a possible wild card entry, you only run for NHRA if you qualify for the race of champions, and win the runoff!

2. While NHRA gives you $3,000 for tow money vs IHRA's $1,000, the IHRA pays the non-championship winners additional money where NHRA doesn't:
2a. Runner Up gets $7,000
2b. Semi's get $2,000
2c. Quarters get $1,000

3. The NHRA National Champ for ET racing may get $5,000 and a Wally trophy, but the IHRA National Champ for ET racing gets the following:
3a. $10,000 (each class)
3b. Turn Key Dragster (Top)
3c. Hallmark Enclosed Trailer (Modified)
3d. Custom Golf Cart (Modified)
3e. Championship Ring (each class)
3f. Gold Card and Ironman trophy (each class)

Which championship would you rather race for?

Oh, and lest we forget, IHRA sportsman racers race with the pros, not as "fillers" during their downtime.

The balls in our court now, and I spoke with Bernie and he's enthusiastic about this happening in addition to his bracket racing and TD & TS program....btw he has a new email address too "SIRTUCSON@hotmail.com".

We're getting closer Kenny....

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"Oh, and lest we forget, IHRA sportsman racers race with the pros, not as "fillers" during their downtime."
No they (sportsman) dont they run earlier in the day before the PRO show starts.

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I was quoting a flier I rec'd at the SIR Dragway racers meeting where it said that the IHRA bracket national championship race was contested: For IHRA "During Pro Rounds", vs For NHRA "In Between Sportsman Rounds". Be that as it may, I remember an NHRA race (or two) that wouldn't run a round of sportsman elims, until after the pros were completely done, such as the 2009 Winternationals, where the pros finished their race on Tue., but the sportsman racers had to wait until Wed.??? I'd rather run before the pros than that much afterwards.

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Only a handful of racers supported Div. 5 in its most recent incarnation. No racers, no Division.

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Can't complain about them dropping it if you didn't support it.