Mike, if you search for "gold card" you'll see some of the related threads, more recent one on the subject indicating you couldn't cross a bracket gold card over to National events but previous ones said they could, just pay the insurance surcharge for entry. I didn't see anything clarifying it on the NHRA website but you gotta think that Mark Faul, Richardson, etc wouldn't run Sportsman unless they felt a Gold Card would help them out beyond just their bracket activity...seems like Hefler would know since he won Pro Bracket at Pomona last fall...
http://classracer.com/classforum/sho...ight=gold+card