Hot news flash: Stk/superstock combo race at indy

[Greg Hill]

I may be seeing something that's not really there but I get the feeling this date was chosen to try and take away from the IHRA race and the race in Pa. Indy hasn't had a combo race in 5 or 6 years and the last one they had there were about 12 or 15 cars and I was one of them. I will be attending the IHRA race in London.

[danny waters sr]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

I may be seeing something that's not really there but I get the feeling this date was chosen to try and take away from the IHRA race and the race in Pa. Indy hasn't had a combo race in 5 or 6 years and the last one they had there were about 12 or 15 cars and I was one of them. I will be attending the IHRA race in London.

Thanks Greg. That is exactly what IHRA needs to continue having divisional races. Just a little support here and there..... It is nice to have choices.......

[Ty Webb]

One would think that they would schedule the S/SS race the week BEFORE the Divisional. That would give people a little practice before the points race.

But no, they want to schedule it on the weekend of the nearby IHRA Divisional and the Privately run S/SS $10K plus extras race which I think was scheduled at Numidia to draw on some of the Div. 3 racers.

Bad choice. :-(

[Lyn Smith]

WOW a 4k to win payout for a Stk., SS combo race at a NHRA owned track!!!!! That has to be some sort of a record.If fuel gets to $4. plus a gallon like they are talking about, most racers are going to be sticking close to home anyway. Its not going to matter what whats going on a 1000 miles away.

[JeremyDuncan]

I'll be at IRP that weekend. 12+ hrs closer than numida and pays 4X as much as ihra pts race. That a no brainer!

Hopefully it goes over good and they'll have more of them!

[K Stubbs]

And you get paid all of it there.

[Marvin Robinson]

Hey guys, I was there at the conversation about having the race, and I can tell you that all involved were NOT interested in conflicting with another race, just thinking of a way to help bump the attendance and give the Sportsman guys a chance to make some more money without breaking the bank traveling... since this is still in the planning stages, maybe the week before can be accommodated if the week after has so many conflicts. Give John and Kurt a chance to put this thing together.

[Greg Hill]

Originally Posted by JeremyDuncan

I'll be at IRP that weekend. 12+ hrs closer than numida and pays 4X as much as ihra pts race. That a no brainer!

Hopefully it goes over good and they'll have more of them!

Jeremy, you wouldn't race an IHRA race if it was across the street from your house. So many of you think so short term.

[JeremyDuncan]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

Jeremy, you wouldn't race an IHRA race if it was across the street from your house. So many of you think so short term.

I have raced IHRA before in fact I won a IHRA pts race a long while back. I have no axe to grind with them or NHRA for that matter. I chose to race the races that have the most APPEAL to me. And a $4000 combo race hour and half from my house with NHRA tech there (Bruce), on a 1/4 mile track, and with heads up runs is very APPEALING to me. Especially if you are allowed to leave your trailer there over the week in between with security present.

I doubt it will pull any cars from Van Poppel & Zane's race. And I doubt it will affect the IHRA pts race car count in London by more than 10%. So maybe 4 total less Stock and Super Stockers. It won't make or break either race.

Speaking of short term, not to long ago on here you were pushing everyone to support your local Stock/SS associations and combo races. Well this is one more LOCAL combo race that needs our support......................

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

WOW a 4k to win payout for a Stk., SS combo race at a NHRA owned track!!!!!

I wouldn't get too excited until I saw what the entry fee and the rest of the purse looks like... There's more than one line on a flyer.

$.02,