How do you get (N) racers over to the (I) side

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by vic guilmino

run class at nationals
pay money for class
when nhra runs class more racer come to that race

If only 9 S/S cars show up like in Palm Beach how can you justify class runs? How can you get sponsors to pay you when no one cares enough to show up at a race? Its the old story of what came first....The egg or the chicken. When IHRA did run class at all of the National events and have class win money (a good pay out) and really good eliminator win money (I was there since the early 70's) the NHRA cars still did not bother to come. There were close races such as MIR (Budds Creek) in the early 90's where I remember seeing only 12 stockers (and some races even less) show up at the National event and how much closer can you be to Div.1 and Div 2? IHRA was going to drop stock all together back then. Maybe they should have and this wouldnt even be a topic for discussion? If your not going to support it then why should IHRA and the sponsors even bother supporting you? Thats my perspective. You know as well as I do that there are a "Gazillion" stock and S/S cars in NJ., Penn., and surrounding areas yet most wont travel any farther than between exit 4 and exit 8 on the NJ turnpike with a side trip to Maple Grove once or twice a year. Wade I hope this isnt to negative but something a lot of racers should look at. Look in your mirrors and figure out why there is no class runs, and even the few tech people IHRA has left are starting to wave the white flag and find something else to do.

[MikeFicacci]

The changed the highway laws on the route to Maple Grove. It's now about a 2 and a half hour drive. Definitely skipping it this year.

[fredjohnston]

Pay more $$$$$ to win.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by fredjohnston

Pay more $$$$$ to win.

Great, looking forward to seeing you at MIR and VMP this year.

[Andys dad]

West coast tracks

[ALMACK]

Just my opinion, but IHRA appears to be more "newbie" friendly. I was a member of NHRA for 30 years.

As for the argument that there are too many classes in IHRA, that could be good or bad depending on one's point of view.

I view all the classes as a positive being a newbie. We will start out with a Pure Stocker and if that works well, then we will step up and modify the car to run Stock.

I am a fan of the newer body styles and big block carbed V-8s, so the IHRA Crate Motor and Stock GT classes look appealing.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by fredjohnston

Pay more $$$$$ to win.

How can they when they get NO SUPPORT from the racers?????

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by MikeFicacci

The changed the highway laws on the route to Maple Grove. It's now about a 2 and a half hour drive. Definitely skipping it this year.

How so Mike?

[Byron Worner]

Originally Posted by MikeFicacci

The changed the highway laws on the route to Maple Grove. It's now about a 2 and a half hour drive. Definitely skipping it this year.

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[Stock4106]

Consistency would help. For the first time, I went to 4 IHRA races last year that were a reasonable distance from me. 2 of them are not on the schedule this year, so I will only be at 2 IHRA races this year. I would have returned to the other 2. I can think of 2 other tracks that had IHRA races a few years ago that I would go to if races came back to them.