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Ryan Horensky · 02-01-2011, 10:28 AM

It depends on geographics more than anything for alot of people. Many people on here get into this IHRA vs. NHRA thing, but distance is a big factor for people. Especially with fuel prices. I ran some IHRA races when they were within reason to drive to. We used to have alot of tracks of the east coast that had National and Divisional races for IHRA. Currently, I could drive 5 hours to race at Pittsburgh, which isn't even running Stock and Super Stock this year. I could drive 5 hours to Budds Creek, which would be a possibility, but that is probobly the only race I could attend in under a 7 hour drive. So why would I pay the membership to race at one or 2 races? From the NHRA side I am 30 miles from Numidia Dragway, which I race at quite often. 1hr 20mins from Maple Grove, 2hr 30mins from Cecil County, 2hr 30mins from Englishtown, and 3hrs from Atco. There are tracks like Lebanon Valley and Epping that are about a 5 or 6 hour tow from where I live, but the majority of the tracks we race at are within a few hours. That's the big reason I race NHRA. I'm close to many of the tracks.

Ryan Horensky
B/SA 1273

02-01-2011, 10:28 AM	#54
Ryan Horensky Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sugarloaf,PA Posts: 201 Likes: 19 Liked 109 Times in 18 Posts	Re: How do you get (N) racers over to the (I) side It depends on geographics more than anything for alot of people. Many people on here get into this IHRA vs. NHRA thing, but distance is a big factor for people. Especially with fuel prices. I ran some IHRA races when they were within reason to drive to. We used to have alot of tracks of the east coast that had National and Divisional races for IHRA. Currently, I could drive 5 hours to race at Pittsburgh, which isn't even running Stock and Super Stock this year. I could drive 5 hours to Budds Creek, which would be a possibility, but that is probobly the only race I could attend in under a 7 hour drive. So why would I pay the membership to race at one or 2 races? From the NHRA side I am 30 miles from Numidia Dragway, which I race at quite often. 1hr 20mins from Maple Grove, 2hr 30mins from Cecil County, 2hr 30mins from Englishtown, and 3hrs from Atco. There are tracks like Lebanon Valley and Epping that are about a 5 or 6 hour tow from where I live, but the majority of the tracks we race at are within a few hours. That's the big reason I race NHRA. I'm close to many of the tracks. Ryan Horensky B/SA 1273