IHRA raises Sportsman purses!

[Myron Piatek]

http://www.ihra.com/article/5344.html

Keeping my fingers crossed for contingency postings.

[buzzinhalfdozen]

Wonder why TS & TD is $1000 more to win? Maybe I never looked before, I wonder if a "dump truck" motor will fit in my SS car. Just add nitrous and Go.Apparently this is in line with their wanting to make these 2 classes more of a "headliner" class. Joe

[THE LEGEND]

They also took away 1st rd. winner money.
I'm o.k with that. I really liked the semis and qtrs.
Chip

[buzzinhalfdozen]

Oh yeah they also raised the insurance by $10 so 30 entries in most classes covers the increase in purse. I really don't recall but when did the racers have to start paying their own insurance? As i remember N started this first then I followed. Before they started charging the racers how was it paid? Entry fee, Yearly memberships? Joe

[herbjr]

How much did NHRA raise their purses. Come on NH guys chime in.

[buzzinhalfdozen]

To my knowledge NHRA hasn't raised their purse at all, however after my first year of racing NHRA, I can say that they run the races much more effectively or at least seem to, we normally knew fairly early if our runs were being moved or just cancelled. They seemed pretty good about keeping the racers informed. At least in Div. 3 the tracks all are raceable. My 1 question was on the insurance charges how were they paid before they decided to just DIRECTLY charge the racers? Years ago I do not recall anything about insurance charges. Obviously they've found out they can make up any name for a charge and we'll pay it. I'd just like to know how the seperate charge came to be.Joe

[Mark Callanan]

I am not sure I understand this
Ihra cuts our racing days to 2 from 3 and they charge more?
How do we get less for more and people arent upset?
I have to say if this was NHRA doing this people on here would yell and scream
Why does IHRA get a free pass and NHRA doesnt?

[Myron Piatek]

Originally Posted by mark callanan

I am not sure I understand this
Ihra cuts our racing days to 2 from 3 and they charge more?
How do we get less for more and people arent upset?
I have to say if this was NHRA doing this people on here would yell and scream
Why does IHRA get a free pass and NHRA doesnt?

Why does it matter how many days it takes for qualifying and eliminations? If it's possible to do it in 2 days instead of 3, then there is a whole day of expenses one doesn't have to worry about.

Admittedly, IHRA fields tend to be smaller than NHRA fields. That allows them to get it done quicker. If things go well and car counts get bigger and require more time, hopefully the schedule will be adjusted in the future. A big factor is that Sportsman qualifying and eliminations won't be "interrupted" by scheduled Pro runs. Pros don't run until the late afternoon or evening on either day.

The insurance increase wasn't expected. I don't know why the increase was implimented, so I can't say if it is justified.

[Mark Callanan]

Originally Posted by Myron Piatek

Why does it matter how many days it takes for qualifying and eliminations? If it's possible to do it in 2 days instead of 3, then there is a whole day of expenses one doesn't have to worry about.

Admittedly, IHRA fields tend to be smaller than NHRA fields. That allows them to get it done quicker. If things go well and car counts get bigger and require more time, hopefully the schedule will be adjusted in the future. A big factor is that Sportsman qualifying and eliminations won't be "interrupted" by scheduled Pro runs. Pros don't run until the late afternoon or evening on either day.

The insurance increase wasn't expected. I don't know why the increase was implimented, so I can't say if it is justified.

Simple
To me anyways because we are paying for 3 days and now it is 2
And now they charge us more for less
You see to me anyways it is simple
In IHRA I dont attend all the races so the one I do race at I want the most for my money spent
I dont want less time shots
Myron no offence but you wave the IHRA flag way to much to be neutral
I hope most class racers still believe in what we do

And I dont want to be led like a sheep do with no questions asked
We all need to ask why we pay more for less....

[Brandon Peterson]

Originally Posted by mark callanan

Simple
To me anyways because we are paying for 3 days and now it is 2
And now they charge us more for less
You see to me anyways it is simple
In IHRA I dont attend all the races so the one I do race at I want the most for my money spent
I dont want less time shots
Myron no offence but you wave the IHRA flag way to much to be neutral
I hope most class racers still believe in what we do

And I dont want to be led like a sheep do with no questions asked
We all need to ask why we pay more for less....

you still get your 2 qualifying runs that you always got...you just get to race the same day you qaulify..i know alot of people that will be very happy to do that....i dont see that anyone is loosing anything but one less day off of work....i like the fact that the purse is up and the days off work are down