NHRA announces revised schedule

[MR DERBY CITY]

This is uncharted territory. I applaud the way NHRA is handling this pandemic.....Be safe everyone.....

[Angelo DiTocco]

Epping and Virginia off the schedule?

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Angelo DiTocco

Epping and Virginia off the schedule?

Looks like Atlanta as well. I wonder if we can get a refund seeing how the race is cancelled. I entered Atlanta a week or so before all of this crap started.

[rboyle]

3 east coast national events cancelled. Going to be tough to win from division 1 or 2 maybe. That stinks for so many really good racers. Hope everyone stays well and we get through this with just losing races and not much else.

[Adger Smith]

I like the way they did away with the Countdown. Now there will be a real points series winner instead of a countdown winner, even though it is a short series.

[dartman]

Good luck with that but I don’t think it’s gonna happen

[tstickff]

Originally Posted by Adger Smith

I like the way they did away with the Countdown. Now there will be a real points series winner instead of a countdown winner, even though it is a short series.

No offense, but who gives a hoot about the pros, how about us sportsman that have already traveled and made commitments, New England dragway 20 min from my house and Virginia gone, now what? I went to Gainsville to get the early jump on things, I could care less about the pros and their “schedule”

[Ellis V Buth]

Originally Posted by tstickff

No offense, but who gives a hoot about the pros, how about us sportsman that have already traveled and made commitments, New England dragway 20 min from my house and Virginia gone, now what? I went to Gainsville to get the early jump on things, I could care less about the pros and their “schedule”

Yes it is a rough blow for you D1 guys. Closest nationals for you now are Reading and I assume Charlotte...which isn't ideal to say the least. Try to remember, though, that isn't the poster you quoted's fault nor is it the Pro's fault.

I know it sucks...and I hope you're still able to get out and enjoy some racing this season whenever that is. I also hope you're able to get some special consideration from NHRA if you had already entered those races

[Adub464Q]

Originally Posted by tstickff

No offense, but who gives a hoot about the pros, how about us sportsman that have already traveled and made commitments, New England dragway 20 min from my house and Virginia gone, now what? I went to Gainsville to get the early jump on things, I could care less about the pros and their “schedule”

NHRA is put into an impossible situation, and this is the best they could come up with to not only cater to the Pros, but how about the national event staff that has to travel with all of the equipment to these races. Let alone, you have tv contracts in place; it is truly a logistical nightmare for everyone.

I get that the Division 1 crowd takes a bit of a hit losing 2 nationals, but there are a lot of people across the nation that face this very issue every year (D6 for example). If you truly intend to chase points, you will find a way.

Let's be thankful that NHRA has come up with a solution to a current WORLD problem and hope that they can stick with this schedule. I think more double divisionals are on the table as well as maybe some SPORTSnationals per division. The DDs have an unenviable task of trying to scrounge up a schedule and I wouldn't want to be a single one of them.

[Superfan1]

One thing that I noticed immediately is that the Norwalk event that was June 25-28 has been shortened to June 26-28. I am assuming that there will be no racing on Thursday June 25, and the Sportsmen will get their hits on Friday June 26 and go into eliminations on Saturday June 27.
I noticed the same situation with Indy which was Sept. 2-7; has been shortened to Sept. 3-7. I am assuming that there will no racing on Wednesday Sept. 2, and the Sportsmen will be on the track Thursday Sept. 3. I am assuming that this will have an impact on when Class eliminations will be run since Stock Class is always run on Thursday and Super Stock class is run on Friday. Any info will be greatly appreciated because I always attend both events.