Ok Div. 5, 6, & 7 Sportsman racers.....

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by danny waters sr

Gary , i hope it does grow in your area,and i hope it will be IHRA that grows it... Maybe once they get into that area and see the turn outs or the interest it will make it happen..I will not be working the Tuscon race this year ,but hopefully they will include all the sportsman class cars the next event and i can come out that way to work and meet you guys..... Was not trying to underscore at all......Hope to see you guys soon ....and good luck..

Thanks Danny, for those thoughts....we need all the help we can get to try this, and so far 5 out of 6 sportsman racers I've spoken with are in favor of them giving us another venue for our racing dollars (that allow points chasing championships to chime in with it), so that's a good sign....not to mention the racers who've posted here about their interest in it as well. I also like the fact that IHRA's indexes haven't changed (like NHRA's did last year), and they haven't been raising the competition entry fees or registration costs like our Glendora based buds (?) have done in recent years either! The added benefit of the DP & CJ cars having to run in non-carbureted Stock Eliminator classes should be an added bonus to those who race in the classes currently being affected by the merging of the FI classes into the traditional classes.

It's my hope that if we can get IHRA out here in our area, that the contingency companies will latch onto this as well, with a growing interest in new postings for their events too...a win, win for us racers, the companies involved, and IHRA as well!!!