The New IHRA ???

[MLP]

Pinks filled up tracks for one reason.....TV. Everyone and their brother showed up in hopes of getting on tv with their cars. Without the tv coverage, nobody would have shown up. It had everything to do with tv exposure and nothing to do with format, racing, tracks or anything else.

[CycloneFE]

Originally Posted by MLP

Pinks filled up tracks for one reason.....TV. Everyone and their brother showed up in hopes of getting on tv with their cars. Without the tv coverage, nobody would have shown up. It had everything to do with tv exposure and nothing to do with format, racing, tracks or anything else.

Where's the "Like" button? Dead on! Look at how much attention this site has to just a pic of Larry Hill's car in Dragster. NHRA's TV coverage is missing the boat and IHRA can capitalize on it.

[Myron Piatek]

Originally Posted by CycloneFE

Where's the "Like" button? Dead on! Look at how much attention this site has to just a pic of Larry Hill's car in Dragster. NHRA's TV coverage is missing the boat and IHRA can capitalize on it.

IHRA is on the right track with Motor Mania TV - Live internet feed during races and then copies posted on YouTube. They had it in Immokalee last week and it was announced that Carolina Dragway in Jackson, SC will also be doing this during their double-header divisional.

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by MLP

Pinks filled up tracks for one reason.....TV. Everyone and their brother showed up in hopes of getting on tv with their cars. Without the tv coverage, nobody would have shown up. It had everything to do with tv exposure and nothing to do with format, racing, tracks or anything else.

Rich Christensen's group has begun filming a new reality program on MAV TV called "Won & Done", a somewhat hybrid between original PINKS and All Out format being filmed exclusively at Irwindale. And, although I do not like how it hurts the regular track program and track employees, he again has proven what I've said all along, the need for someone who understands marketing, presentation, and how to target viewer psychology to bring the lights and cameras our way. Rich, who some know is NOT a racer, or even a "car guy", but a "tenacious artist". He has personally explained to me how it works and that television is about selling, and not be the way we want it. In order to be marketable, we must conform to the masses, not the other way around. We tried assembling a similar program for class racers but the majority refused to conform. The Bible mentions "the quick and the dead" and class racers aren't exempt. There's nothing in between.

[dug283]

My suggestion is to meet with the ones that brought IHRA back to life before, the Bader family. Racers and fans were happy with IHRA those Bader days. And lastly, change the payout structure. Top heavy payouts are sending over half of racers home without anything. Lets bring back incentivaes to racers that love the competition and fellowship enough to invest lots of $$$ with a small chance of return. Rising prices vs looking at having to win 2 rounds or more to get $$$??? Well just my $.02

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by dug283

Rising prices vs looking at having to win 2 rounds or more to get $$$??? Well just my $.02

Where do you race where you can win one round and win $$$$

[Lyn Smith]

Super Stock at the US Nationals.second round losers get $350.

[442OLDS]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

Super Stock at the US Nationals.second round losers get $350.

I think there was at least one race in IHRA Super Stock where the second round loser was the Runner Up!

[art leong]

After reading this thread about changing things. And why sportsman racing is almost dead.
It's easy to see why.
First. When sportsman racing was in it's hayday people drove the same style cars for their everyday drivers as those that raced.
Second, There were a lot of performance cars available. That could be raced. You can go buy a Drag Pac. And race it but you can't race a new Hemi Challenger. The imports are plentiful and powerful but aren't allowed to race.
Third Years ago you could go to a junkyard for race parts. Now if your name is not Billy Nees it aint happening.
Forth. Bracket racing wasn't invented yet.
Most of us involved in sportsman racing remember the good old days and hope we can recapture a moment or two. When we are gone it will die with us.

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

Super Stock at the US Nationals.second round losers get $350.

That's good, but first you have to qualify for the field to even have a 50/50 chance to win first round, and if you're not -.8ish under, then you just as well not even travel there...

Danny (post #56), unfortunately out west here we don't have an IHRA option like you do, so we have only two options; either we race with what we have here, or we don't race...personally I'm not ready to give up on the sport I've loved for 41yrs just because IHRA isn't here with their pro-am series yet...