Ihra tucson!

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by aspen7709

Come on guys! Is anyone else going to go to tucson? Dennis Alvey & Raul Vargas just confirmed so now we are up to 8. Waiting on a few more that i have called myself. Everybody seems more concerned with NHRA & theIRS than helping build another organization for us to race in. I even got additional purse money on top of that and still ???
Is not that what you guys asked for? More payout, IHRA & DP's & CJ's in their own class!

Kenny Newsome 7709 stk

Hi Kenny,

Sorry that I thought you were Jon, but Ang corrected me on that...

Now I'm fresh from the meeting, and you'll be happier to know that I think I can increase you 8 count (which should've been 10 since I added Mike Graham, and myself if needed into your original count). I spoke of this also in my thread. So here's an update to your count:

Angelo Phillips (You) Kenny Newsome Jack Foshee
Rusty Hall Kelly Hall Rich Roeder
Dave Workman Mike Graham Wes McCann(?) Don Graham Dennis Alvey Raul Vargas The Hawk Bros...both SIR 2010 Champs

So there's an update for you Kenny...13 (with me added if needed once we get 10 more racers). Maybe Rusty might have some D4 folks that could fill the remaining 10-11 spots? It's looking favorable so far, and Bernie is definitely anxious to add us in to the show!!! How about it folks, I know there's more of us here in the area that could go to this!? I wonder if a certain wheelstanding Mustang stick shift racer would go for this?

I'll give you some more reasons that bracket racers should go for the IHRA takeover of SIR Dragway:

1. While SIR racers can race for the national championship as a possible wild card entry, you only run for NHRA if you qualify for the race of champions, and win the runoff!

2. While NHRA gives you $3,000 for tow money vs IHRA's $1,000, the IHRA pays the non-championship winners additional money where NHRA doesn't:
2a. Runner Up gets $7,000
2b. Semi's get $2,000
2c. Quarters get $1,000

3. The NHRA National Champ for ET racing may get $5,000 and a Wally trophy, but the IHRA National Champ for ET racing gets the following:
3a. $10,000 (each class)
3b. Turn Key Dragster (Top)
3c. Hallmark Enclosed Trailer (Modified)
3d. Custom Golf Cart (Modified)
3e. Championship Ring (each class)
3f. Gold Card and Ironman trophy (each class)

Which championship would you rather race for?

Oh, and lest we forget, IHRA sportsman racers race with the pros, not as "fillers" during their downtime.

The balls in our court now, and I spoke with Bernie and he's enthusiastic about this happening in addition to his bracket racing and TD & TS program....btw he has a new email address too "SIRTUCSON@hotmail.com".

We're getting closer Kenny....

[Jeff Foster]

"Oh, and lest we forget, IHRA sportsman racers race with the pros, not as "fillers" during their downtime."
No they (sportsman) dont they run earlier in the day before the PRO show starts.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Jeff Foster

"Oh, and lest we forget, IHRA sportsman racers race with the pros, not as "fillers" during their downtime."
No they (sportsman) dont they run earlier in the day before the PRO show starts.

I was quoting a flier I rec'd at the SIR Dragway racers meeting where it said that the IHRA bracket national championship race was contested: For IHRA "During Pro Rounds", vs For NHRA "In Between Sportsman Rounds". Be that as it may, I remember an NHRA race (or two) that wouldn't run a round of sportsman elims, until after the pros were completely done, such as the 2009 Winternationals, where the pros finished their race on Tue., but the sportsman racers had to wait until Wed.??? I'd rather run before the pros than that much afterwards.