IHRA Releases Nitro Jam Schedule

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

Closest Nitro Jam race for us is 600 miles away now. I have 4 NHRA nationals within 300 miles. Makes a man rethunk his racing program.
Chip Johnson

Hey Chip,move your operation up here to NJ and you'll have more close by tracks than you can shake a stick at.Plenty of bracket racing too.

[jmcarter]

So no Rockingham? With the D9 schedule not out yet it sure looks more certain that Steve is moving over to NHRA. Since IHRA is sticking with the NitroJam format and some of their races are geographically "diverse" they seem to be resigned to low sportsman car counts.

And SIR's website still shows NHRA banners....silly season indeed.

[THE LEGEND]

Rockingham has a div 9 race and the bracket finals.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by jmcarter

So no Rockingham? With the D9 schedule not out yet it sure looks more certain that Steve is moving over to NHRA.

-=sigh=- Earwood said in an interview *weeks* ago that he wasn't having a Nitro Jam, but would still be having a Pro-Am and of course the Team Finals.

And SIR's website still shows NHRA banners....silly season indeed.

The rumor mill says that SIR is purchasing a booked-in nitro show from Feld Entertainment so it's not "technically" an IHRA race. I'm sure NHRA loves that. I'm guessing it'll just be a bracket race to go with it. I think they'd run into problems if they tried to have an IHRA TOC-Qualifying Sportsman event and try to say it's not an IHRA event. Didn't IHRA do a Thunder Jam or Night of Fire deal at Numidia Dragway (NHRA) a few years ago?

[jmcarter]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

-=sigh=- Earwood said in an interview *weeks* ago that he wasn't having a Nitro Jam, but would still be having a Pro-Am and of course the Team Finals.


The rumor mill says that SIR is purchasing a booked-in nitro show from Feld Entertainment so it's not "technically" an IHRA race. I'm sure NHRA loves that. I'm guessing it'll just be a bracket race to go with it. I think they'd run into problems if they tried to have an IHRA TOC-Qualifying Sportsman event and try to say it's not an IHRA event. Didn't IHRA do a Thunder Jam or Night of Fire deal at Numidia Dragway (NHRA) a few years ago?

Michael, I looked at the Rockingham thread on the subject and didn't spot that, thanks for clarifying. It was doubly confusing to me that D9 schedule had not been released as yet even though that's the stronghold of IHRA sportsman racing. I hope you and Chip are correct, without healthy competition NHRA will....well, you know.

I don't recall the Numidia deal but I was actively bracket racing on the west coast a few years ago, one of the class veterans will chime in on that. Amazing that NHRA wouldn't do more than roll their eyes over this...

[Bill Bagley]

Maybe I haven't been paying attention, but anyone know what happened to Dallas Raceway? I know they had a bad outing for IHRA this year and at least one event was weather related. Did something else knock them off the schedule?

[Jim Woods]

Dallas march 11-13

[THE LEGEND]

Div 9 schedule will be out today. Probably one of the better schedules we have had recently.
Chip

[wupracing]

Division 9 Dates.

March 25-27 Rockingham Dragway
April 29-30 Piedmont Dragway --- This is also a TOC race
May 13-14 Farmington Dragway
June 3-4 Mooresville Dragway
June 24-26 Dunn-Benson Dragstrip

[Myron Piatek]

Couldn't help but notice that Union wasn't on anywhere!
Didn't make it there last season.