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Old 01-03-2020, 10:25 AM   #1
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Hey James, not as easy as you think to just go to more races in D2, for me, Orlando is 200 miles and it's the closest. Up where you are it's just the tolls that kill you not the distances. I think the farthest is Epping or Virginia, maybe 400 miles. Galot, which should be in D1 is a mere 900 miles which takes a days drive all by itself. Like I said in an earlier post, over 8k miles to get 6 grade points. It's not about going, it's getting there. I'm on the same page as Mike about division preference.
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Old 01-03-2020, 10:37 AM   #2
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D2 has already released the Open schedule, three doubles plus another following the Rockingham race in the fall. Know it’s not ideal for the Florida racers but offers a lot of options to gain grade points.

And for those that haven’t heard, the Baby Gators is an awesome race! No grade points required! Lots of great racing for Class, hopefully with the same great weather as last year and without the circus of the following week.
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Old 01-03-2020, 10:39 AM   #3
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I think they should make a minimum of 80 entries but make it a 64 car field.

At least the Baby Gators has class eliminations.

If NHRA was smart, they would offer class at many more divisional races as an extra race. They could even charge for that.

That way, if you wanted to enter class, you could. If you didn’t want to enter, don’t.

I wish they would not have messed with the Gators, but they have. D1 racers have been making the drive down south for decades, so that is not new.

To have people with 7 on the outside looking in will need to be reviewed or the racers will give up on the grade points and the division and open numbers will go back down.
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Old 01-03-2020, 01:51 PM   #4
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Hey James, not as easy as you think to just go to more races in D2, for me, Orlando is 200 miles and it's the closest. Up where you are it's just the tolls that kill you not the distances. I think the farthest is Epping or Virginia, maybe 400 miles. Galot, which should be in D1 is a mere 900 miles which takes a days drive all by itself. Like I said in an earlier post, over 8k miles to get 6 grade points. It's not about going, it's getting there. I'm on the same page as Mike about division preference.
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Atco is about 150 miles from me but it's the tolls and traffic that beat us up. 150 miles can take 3 hours without traffic and 5-6 hours with NY traffic which is constant any time of day
Add in that 4 of the D1 opens are in Canada and that hurts us too. I don't even want to hassle with border crossing with race fuel.
So we need out of division races to get to 8 or more

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BTW, I'm not complaining or saying we got it better or worse. It's just as hard everywhere to get to a grade point 8. Things are tough on everyone.
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Old 01-03-2020, 02:18 PM   #6
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Or you could just buy a Craigslist car put a battery hold down fuel Check valve etc never make a pass down the track just tech the car in and get 8 grade points like some people 🤔
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Old 01-03-2020, 03:56 PM   #7
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Hey, Bruce! I don't think you have been racing in quite a while. How did you come up with 8 grade points?

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Old 01-03-2020, 04:58 PM   #8
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I'm sitting here with a grade 7, Still my go to the baby gators. Maybe they should aloud more cars with a 64 car qualified field.
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Old 01-03-2020, 05:06 PM   #9
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Hey, Bruce! I don't think you have been racing in quite a while. How did you come up with 8 grade points?

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I'm glad you asked. I can tell you that getting 8 grade points is not as easy or inexpensive as writing to NHRA every year begging horsepower reductions.

First you have to have a legal NHRA Stocker, then in my case, I towed that sucker to 8 grade point races and went to tech. It's not a particularly cheap process but it is legal and highly effective! Happy New Year!
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