Big sportsman payout increase at IHRA National Events

[Myron Piatek]

Hmmm. Anybody know what happened to Darlington, SC in Div. 2?
It looks like Div. 2 racers will have to travel to 2 out of division races to get their max of 8.

[Ed Carpenter]

Between Nhra and Ihra D4 has 7 races over an 8 week period. That's just awesome not.....

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by deuces wild

Between Nhra and Ihra D4 has 7 races over an 8 week period. That's just awesome not.....

Is if your selling fuel. If I bought more diesel than last year, Jeanie would move me out.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Myron Piatek

Hmmm. Anybody know what happened to Darlington, SC in Div. 2?

The facility has gone downhill there. A shame.

It looks like Div. 2 racers will have to travel to 2 out of division races to get their max of 8.

That is the case with every division except for Div. 3, but we'd have to travel quite a bit to get 8 "In" as most of the races are singles.

I am a bit confused, the div 1 schedule says MIR as a national but div.9 can claim it as a in div. points race. will div 1 be able to claim it as well? and if so, as an in div or out?

There are several events that serve as a wild card which can be claimed as an In-Division claim for two different divisions.

MIR 1 & 9
Carolina 2 & 9
Pittsburgh 1 & 3

Nobody is going to go to West Palm for a one race national event as opposed to a two race event at Darlington. Stupid decision.

Palm Beach and Darlington were never on the same date, so there is no basis for comparison. Darlington was dropped on its own merits (or lack thereof). Again, I like the place, but it's sorely in need of a lot of attention. And for the record, when I lived in NC, I attended one-race national events at Palm Beach more than once.



After attending 0 IHRA events in 2014, I'm looking forward to next season... so far I have 6 LODRS, 4 NHRA Nat'l, 5 Pro-Ams, 4 IHRA Nat'ls, 8+ big money races, 3 expos/trade shows, and 5 Loose Rocker events on my calendar... with a couple of holes to fill yet!

I'd let my membership lapse in October. I'm going to sign back up now.

$.02,

-MB

[TGould]

Bad news for me was the loss of the Darlington race and Rockingham. Great news for me is quarter mile racing returns to Rockingham (NHRA).

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by Mike Graham

Gary. Do you know something about Tucson that is not posted? The way I read it is that Tucson is running Stock and SS. Considering going there instead of Pomona because we can run both cars.

Mike, the good news is that SIR will be running Stock and Super Stock as their own categories at their Nitro Jam Race. However, the bad news is IHRA's D7 "Gunslinger" division (thanks for the website to see their 2015 Schedule, Michael Beard), is not a part of the Pro-Am series (comparable to NHRA's Lucas Oil Drag Race Series), so if you run that race you may have to claim points (if any will be offered), to D4 and run other races in that division. I'm instead (since that's not financially feasible for me), hoping to race Pomona, and then run the NHRA D7 points (their schedule and locations are the best they've ever been since I moved here). If I don't get to race Pomona, no skin off my nose....I'll run the divisionals, likely the Fontana Sports Nat's, and possibly another national event. Good Luck in Tucson if you two go there, and HAPPY THANKSGIVING also!

[dragracer2011]

IMO ( which probably isn't worth much), I say kudos to the IHRA for stepping up their program and trying to help out us sportsman racers, what I don't understand is this...... Everyone has a right to choose what and where they want to race, if you don't like something in their programs or just prefer a certain sanctioning body, big money bracket racing etc., then just go race where it makes you happy, why all the negativity? why must people get on these message forums and bash people and companies that are trying to support our sport, why complain when the schedule don't fit your schedule exactly how you wanted it to. The schedules are posted, pick where you want to race and lets go support those events, It doesn't matter what they do, they would never get 100% of us racers to agree on anything, so with that in mind, Happy Holidays to everyone and good luck in 2015!

[Jim Woods]

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