Budds Creek

Michael Beard · 11-20-2007, 03:29 PM

I hadn't looked at other schedules, and we posted at the same time. You're right Lil D. Atco's going to take a chunk out of the event. I haven't figured out some of their scheduling ideas yet... a couple years ago, we *finally* got New York International to take a Pro-Am, and they made it a *single* race, and put it up against a National Open in New Jersey. They lost the NHRA crossover guys, and most of the Div. 3 guys skipped it because it wasn't a double, so they could easily pick up the double at Pittsburgh for their out of division races later in the year. Last year, they only scheduled five events for Division 1... when the forecast for MIR's double called for rain, tons of guys switched to Div. 3 because they didn't want to sit in the rain, and if they missed that double, it left them with zero flexibility.

11-20-2007, 03:29 PM	#4
Michael Beard VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,060 Likes: 0 Liked 13 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Budds Creek I hadn't looked at other schedules, and we posted at the same time. You're right Lil D. Atco's going to take a chunk out of the event. I haven't figured out some of their scheduling ideas yet... a couple years ago, we finally got New York International to take a Pro-Am, and they made it a single race, and put it up against a National Open in New Jersey. They lost the NHRA crossover guys, and most of the Div. 3 guys skipped it because it wasn't a double, so they could easily pick up the double at Pittsburgh for their out of division races later in the year. Last year, they only scheduled five events for Division 1... when the forecast for MIR's double called for rain, tons of guys switched to Div. 3 because they didn't want to sit in the rain, and if they missed that double, it left them with zero flexibility. __________________ Michael Beard - NHRA/IHRA 3216 S/SS