Richmond Pro AM makeup

[HR9121]

I'm not quite sure what is going on with IHRA, when the new owners took over I was hoping for bigger and better things and so far haven't seen it. For me in division 9 it has got worse with Rockingham going back to NHRA it would require quite a bit of travel to run the IHRA sschedule. I personally didn't have the time to try and run both sanctions so I decided if I was going to have to travel that much to run a division schedule it was better for me to run NHRA this year, at least I could run 1/4 mile races.

[Michael Beard]

I've seen several people complain about the Division 9 "travel" schedule. No offense, but those people are spoiled. I live in Ohio now, and have Div. 9 races that are closer for me than some *IN*-Division races! People seem to forget that we used to have to go to 3-6 National events and traveled all over the country. We are not competing for a 'state/local championship'.

Even with the schedule changes, a racer in central NC could get all 7 points claims in around 1,700 miles. I have already traveled further than that to get TWO points claims. Appreciate what you have.

$.02,

[HR9121]

Michael don't get me wrong I'm not complaining I live on the coast so I'm accustomed to being close to nothing but water. But as you said you live in Ohio and have division 9 races closer than some in-division races, something doesn't seem right there. I'm never going to complain about driving distance to a race when the alternative is not being able to race. I had to decide which way to go and NHRA was the better of the two for me at this time although I hope to squeeze an IHRA race or two in later.

[Bryan Worner]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Nitro Jam race count for Division points?

[BEDMINSTER DODGE]

Yes the Nitro Jam does count for Division points




Barry

[Myron Piatek]

The Nitro Jams have had Sunday as a "rain date". As it worked out, because of a variety of delays, Bradenton ran several rounds on Sunday and Palm Beach finished around 2 am Sunday. With the likely higher car counts, scheduling the Richmond make-up for Sunday would have been a risky proposition (in my opinion). Note that they have already changed the Budds Creek schedule to have 2 Sportsman qualifiers on Friday and only one on Saturday to help get the Nitro Jam sportsman finished earlier.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Myron Piatek

The Nitro Jams have had Sunday as a "rain date". As it worked out, because of a variety of delays, Bradenton ran several rounds on Sunday and Palm Beach finished around 2 am Sunday. With the likely higher car counts, scheduling the Richmond make-up for Sunday would have been a risky proposition (in my opinion). Note that they have already changed the Budds Creek schedule to have 2 Sportsman qualifiers on Friday and only one on Saturday to help get the Nitro Jam sportsman finished earlier.

The race at Bradenton was a fiasco in my opinion. First round for Super Stock was called to the lanes at 9:30 pm. 2nd round was called at midnight. There is no way to run these nitro jam events in one day. I personally won't be attending any more of these one day nitro jam races until the schedule is changed to a more realistic time frame. It was not even safe to run at that time of night. I was physically exhausted and there was water literally dripping off of my car from the dew. The track workers and officials
Were rude and grumpy when we got to the lanes. The radio system did not work all weekend and no effort was made to correct that or come up with an alternate method to let the racers know what was happening. On Sunday morning I almost missed the round because the radio was not working again and no one Came
By to let us know our class was called. Just a poor way to treat the racers. That's why I and many others opted to not run the palm beach event.

[Mickey Whaley]

Originally Posted by Myron Piatek

The Nitro Jams have had Sunday as a "rain date". As it worked out, because of a variety of delays, Bradenton ran several rounds on Sunday and Palm Beach finished around 2 am Sunday. With the likely higher car counts, scheduling the Richmond make-up for Sunday would have been a risky proposition (in my opinion). Note that they have already changed the Budds Creek schedule to have 2 Sportsman qualifiers on Friday and only one on Saturday to help get the Nitro Jam sportsman finished earlier.

how many cars did palm beach have to go that late in the night? or a rain delay? That is alot of racing for 1 day.