What's your thoughts

[jmcarter]

My SWAG is the D3 race at Bowling Green followed by the US Nationals. Hope to be pleasantly surprised and racing starts in June but if not don’t see how NHRA will come through this very well without the Indy cash cow.

[Nick_Siebert]

I just do not see a path forward for a NHRA National event in 2020. All of the major sports have said they will return without fans, and concerts are being cancelled all across the country, there is no way you will see sports and concerts with fans in attendance until a vaccine is available. Without 3 days worth of spectator gate money, a National event can never break even. NBA, NFL, MLB, all of them have enormous TV packages that bring in enough to allow them to keep on without fans, I don't believe NHRA has that with Fox. I just don't see a way NHRA holds a national event in 2020, although a Divisional schedule could be a different story maybe. I think bracket racing and local regional Stock/SSTK Association races will flourish though.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Nick_Siebert

I just do not see a path forward for a NHRA National event in 2020. All of the major sports have said they will return without fans, and concerts are being cancelled all across the country, there is no way you will see sports and concerts with fans in attendance until a vaccine is available. Without 3 days worth of spectator gate money, a National event can never brake even. NBA, NFL, MLB, all of them have enormous TV packages that bring in enough to allow them to keep on without fans, I don't believe NHRA has that with Fox. I just don't see a way NHRA holds a national event in 2020, although a Divisional schedule could be a different story maybe. I think bracket racing and local regional Stock/SSTK Association races will flourish though.

The path forward for national events could be run with no pro classes. The nationals could make money off of the Sportsman classes. Either that or the pros would run for only trophy and points. No NHRA paid purse. They get their operation capital from sponsorship. To maintain their relationship with their sponsors they need to be racing. This is a bigger problem for the pros than it is for the sportsman. We pay our own way at the events. Not so with the pros if spectators are not in attendance.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by kansas stocker

Note the dumbasses that filled the Florida beaches today as there state approaches the peak of their convid19 cases. Pete

This is the real problem, the msm continues perpetuating lies on people.

"Jacksonville made national headlines Friday for the partial reopening of beaches. Unfortunately, many of those reports carried old photos and videos of crowded beaches causing many in the U.S. to ask, 'what's going on down there?"

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/artic...d-214cff4c131c

[jmcarter]

Apparently Silver Dollar (Reynolds GA) is going to start their bracket program May 2/3 (non-points in consideration of those not wanting to risk it). Georgia is one of the few states that’s slowly easing restrictions and if the count doesn’t rise above the set threshold the divisional race set for mid-May in Commerce just may happen. Hope things don’t go sideways for these states blazing new ground, if they are truly being premature it’s going to be a long summer.

[Carguy49]

We are still on hold here in Washington until mid May. Two local communities did have a farmers market over the weekend with strict rules on how they would proceed. Haven't heard the outcome.

My biggest concern is having things go sideways as you said Jim. We are not out of this yet and need to be cautious. That being said, some things can happen if safety procedures are enforced. I know we are all wanting to "get back out there".

Good luck to any event or gathering that can happen and please God protect those that attend.

[BRINK]

I believe that July will be the start of the 2020 season. Some of the individual States, however, may not allow any outdoor activities, thus no racing at these venues. The schedule will be very much abbreviated and NHRA will most certainly have to run INDY, as it is the cash cow for them. Somehow I believe there will be a total of 8 to 10 National Events run for TV contracts, and for the sanctioning body to stay liquid. These will most likely be "made for TV" two-day events, without any Sportsman racing.....except for INDY. As far as the Divisional schedules, it will be somewhat sporadic, again depending upon the individual States. As was expressed earlier, we all better wish and hope that NHRA is able to weather this, or next year we'll all be reminiscing about "the good old days". Most importantly, we will always remember all of our fellow friends and racers that this terrible disease has taken from our clan. RIP all of them. Just keep praying, and remain optimistic. I believe we'll all get through this.

[rognelson777]

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

Right now D-2 has 2 races coming up in the schedule. May 15th is the points race in Atlanta and then we have the Sportsman Southern Nationals running in conjunction with the delayed pro Gatornationals in Gainesville on June 5. This is the schedule that has been announced and until it changes this is when the season will resume. Anything else is conjecture. Definitely some fear mongering going on. I guess we will be hearing something about this schedule in the very near future. Personally I am getting my stuff ready to go racing. I have been at work every day since this has started. We have about 75 people working on my job site every day. No one has gotten sick so far. We do attempt to distance as best we can. Last weekend traffic seems like it is getting heavier so people are out and about more now than they were when all of this started. My wife and I were at the local Lowes this weekend. we were getting some stuff for our garden. The place was packed. 8 deep at the check out in the garden center. People were following the social distance recommendation and staying away from each other. A few had masks and some had gloves. Our county is under an order to wear a mask when out in public. very few are doing that and the ones that are not wearing the mask how it would do any good anyway. People are getting tired of the controls that the government is putting on them. Cant do this or that. Cant go to work. If you are afraid of getting the virus than it can be your decision to stay home.

so i had to discuss your line about stay at home. my father in law is in a assisted living center. so far no one has it but they have 300 employees to care and feed these people. they have to have contact with outside people and those people have contact with outside people. wear a mask, it may protect that health care aid from getting the virous from you.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by rognelson777

so i had to discuss your line about stay at home. my father in law is in a assisted living center. so far no one has it but they have 300 employees to care and feed these people. they have to have contact with outside people and those people have contact with outside people. wear a mask, it may protect that health care aid from getting the virous from you.

Sorry to hear about your father in law. That is a difficult situation. I have an 89 year old mother. She is pretty healthy and still lives in her home. We are grateful for that. She has not left her house since this all started except a couple trips to the Dr and pharmacy. My sister has been doing her grocery shopping for her. She has been careful.

[j gardiner]

They can run the sportsman classes without quotas, to make up for the lack of fan revenue. Plus they will have more room for parking.