Division 1 schedule

[KingReptile]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Kind of makes you wonder if Arnold wasn't right in deciding to sell his Camaro, doesn't it? Says a lot about the state of our sport that a guy who loves it like Arnold does decides to quit.

I'd say Harry didn't WANT the job, just like Wesley wouldn't want it. Even if he got the job, they wouldn't let him actually do the job. Funny, Harry came to our pits at Reynolds, but the new "director" never bothered.

Yeah Harrys a cool guy pb one of my favorites, so is Wesley. Jim Collins is alright in my book too!I have never had any pbs with any tech director.I used to call Curt Lashure when i built my car the div 1 director he was very helpful , Holt was no help. Harry he's so funny i showed up at Atlanta hadnt raced in years with a Snell 85 he say what the F*** you gonna do with that .I was like whatcha talking about Willis.He says your helmet been out of date for awhile

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Do you really think it would make any difference?

no, but they stuck g'ville and no problem divisionals on to of each other (8 hrs between them, will hurt the car count at both). Then stuck the houston divisional on top of the Valdosta race. That won't hurt houston as bas as it will Valdosta (not many D2 guys go to Houston, but a fair number of the Louisiana cars come to D2 on a regular basis). Just piss poor planning.

[BobOrme]

Here's a merged NHRA national and divisonal schedule.

Feb. 11-13 LODRS 2-1 Bradenton Motorsports Park, Bradenton, FL
Feb. 18-20 LODRS 2-2 Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, FL
Feb. 18-20 LODRS 4-1 No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose, LA
Feb. 18-20 LODRS 7-1 Firebird International Raceway, Chandler, AZ
Feb. 24-27 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals, Pomona, CA

March 4-6 LODRS 2-3 South Georgia Motorsports Park, Cecil, GA
March 4-6 LODRS 4-2 Houston Raceway Park, Houston, TX
March 10-13 NHRA Tire Kingdom Gatornationals, Gainesville, FL (PSM)
March 18-20 JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals* Belle Rose, LA

April 1-3 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals, Las Vegas, NV
April 14-17 NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, Concord, NC
April 15-17 LODRS 4-3 Texas Motorplex, Ennis, TX
April 29-May 1 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals, Houston, TX (PSM)
April 29-May 1 LODRS 3-1 O'Reilly Raceway Park, Indianapolis, IN
April 29-May 1 LODRS 6-1* Firebird Raceway, Boise, ID

May 13-15 NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals, Commerce, GA (PSM)
May 13-15 LODRS 3-2 Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, Norwalk, OH
May 13-15 LODRS 5-1 SRCA Dragstrip, Great Bend, KS
May 13-15 JEGS NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals* Fontana, CA
May 20-22 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Summer Nationals, Topeka, KS
May 20-22 LODRS 2-4 Atlanta Dragway, Commerce, GA
May 20-22 LODRS 7-2 Auto Club Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, CA
May 27-29 LODRS 1-1 Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, PA
May 27-29 LODRS 5-2 Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, MN
May 27-29 LODRS 6-2 Mission Raceway, Mission, BC

June 2-5 NHRA SuperNationals, Englishtown, NJ (PSM)
June 10-12 LODRS 3-3 Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL
June 10-12 LODRS 4-4 Tulsa Raceway Park, Tulsa, OK
June 10-12 LODRS 7-3 Top Gun Raceway, Fallon, NV
June 17-19 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol, TN
June 17-19 LODRS 5-3 Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, CO
June 17-19 LODRS 6-3 Spokane County Raceway, Spokane, WA
June 23-26 NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals Norwalk, OH (PSM)

July 1-3 LODRS 1-2 Lebanon Valley Dragway, West Lebanon, NY
July 7-10 NHRA United Association Route 66 Nationals, Chicago, IL (PSM)
July 15-17 LODRS 6-4 Woodburn Dragstrip, Woodburn, OR
July 22-24 NHRA Mopar Mile-High Nationals, Denver, CO (PSM)
July 22-24 LODRS 1-3 New England Dragway, Epping, NH
July 22-24 LODRS 3-4 National Trail Raceway, Columbus, OH
July 22-24 LODRS 7-4* Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA
July 29-31 NHRA FRAM-Autolite Nationals, Sonoma, CA (PSM)
July 30-31 LODRS 3-5* Mid-Michigan Motorplex, Stanton, MI

Aug. 5-7 NHRA Northwest Nationals, Seattle, WA
Aug. 5-7 LODRS 1-4 Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
Aug. 12-13 LODRS 5-4 Cordova Raceway Park, Cordova, IL
Aug. 18-21 NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals, Brainerd (PSM)
Aug. 19-21 LODRS 1-5 Cecil County Dragway, Rising Sun, MD
Aug. 19-21 LODRS 6-5 Pacific Raceways, Seattle, WA
Aug. 26-28 LODRS 3-6 Beech Bend Raceway Park, Bowling Green, KY
Aug. 26-27 LODRS 5-5 Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, KS
Aug. 31 – Sept. 5 NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, Indianapolis, IN (PSM)

Sept. 9-11 LODRS 1-6 Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ
Sept. 9-11 LODRS 5-6 Tri-State Raceway, Earlville, IA
Sept.10-11 LODRS 6-6 Champion Raceway, Eagle Point, OR
Sept. 15-18 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Nationals, Concord, NC (PSM)
Sept. 16-18 LODRS 4-5 Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX
Sept. 22-25 NHRA AAA Texas Fall Nationals, Dallas, TX (PSM)
Sept. 23-25 JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals* Columbus, OH
Sept. 29 - Oct. 2 NHRA Keystone Nationals, Reading, PA (PSM)

Oct. 7-9 LODRS 4-6 Thunder Valley Raceway Park, Noble, OK
Oct. 7-9 LODRS 7-5 Southwestern International Raceway, Tucson, AZ
Oct. 14-16 NHRA Arizona Nationals, Phoenix, AZ (PSM)
Oct. 14-16 LODRS 2-5 Silver Dollar Raceway, Reynolds, GA
Oct. 27-30 NHRA Las Vegas Nationals, Las Vegas, NV (PSM)

Nov. 4-6 LODRS 7-6 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Nov.10-13 NHRA Automobile Club of Southern California Finals, Pomona, CA (PSM)

* Top Alcohol classes not contested

[Dan Bernay]

Originally Posted by Joe DeMarzo

The D-1 schedule is out and probably because of all the complaining and whinning the second Atco race has been eliminated. I would image that NHRA is tired of all the nonsense. We are stabbing ourselves in the back with our own knife........

That first Atco race in late march early april was a national open right?
So it would not be on the div schedule?

[Dan Bernay]

Originally Posted by Dan Bernay

That first Atco race in late march early april was a national open right?
So it would not be on the div schedule?

Oops! Sorry just went back to 2010 saw the schedule. My apologies!

[Tom Moock]

Bob Orme, They changed the schedule to day for division 5. Great Bend, Ks. is in May not April. Tom

[BobOrme]

Originally Posted by Tom Moock

Bob Orme, They changed the schedule to day for division 5. Great Bend, Ks. is in May not April. Tom

Thanks Tom,

I fixed it.

[jwsamuel]

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

Once again they made it nearly impossible for anyone but a touring pro to get eight races in without traveling all over the country.
Absolutly no races in June in D1 ,

Look at the dates. YOu have Maple Grove at the end of May and the weekend after that is Englishtown national event. Then there are three weeks off, and then Lebanon Valley.

A few weeks ago, people were complaining about the time off in July. Now there is a race at the end of July. People were complaining about the Atco race in October. Now there is no Atco race in October.

Jim

[jwsamuel]

Originally Posted by Dave Casey

I don't think the whinning had anything to do with it, All the divisions(exceptD2) have 6 lodrs races and so do we. They added Epping and dropped 1 Atco race. It is rare to have 2 lodrs races at the same track, we have had 2 at atco for awhile, but I think that was because we don't go to a couple of tracks we use to go to.

For eight out of the past 10 years, Div 1 had 7 races. It had 7 races as recently as 2009.

Originally Posted by Dave Casey

Does anyone know for sure when the Atco open or the Dutch is ?

The Dutch is on the same weekend every year.

Jim

[Tom Goldman]

Jim ,I realize that there are gaps for the D1 Nat events, but scheduling Epping on the same weekend as Columbus is totally inconsiderate of racers budgets.
Now to get eight races we need to travel considerably farther.
BTW , the way the weather has been in the Northeast the last two weekends,Atco in November would have a great choice!.
I'm not suprised that Atco has only one race next year.....Joe Sway has experianced a substantial loss of participation at the Fall race.....He could probably make more profit with a Bracket race on that date.