Skooter Peaco's Open Letter To All IHRA National Event Sportsman Competitors

[Tim Kish]

Originally Posted by mcaruso

Here's the problem I see.....A person could potentially NEVER support a divisional event, win one national event & become the WORLD CHAMP! I don't see how that is good for the sport?!

They should ATLEAST implement something that states you have to attend a minimum divisional events within your division just like you have to attend a minimum to claim a division.

While this is possible its likely to be a rare occurrence - but not an impossibility, I could see someone like Biondo that happened to have won one of the first races this year IHRA (prior to the start of the NHRA season). Usually a race win enable someone to attend more races. The way the program is structured being 1-3 in the division also gets you in the finals, that should encourage attendance. Another thing to consider is that the more races a single racer can win, the fewer competitors he will have at the finals.

But to prevent the rare occurence noted above a min # of Div races is probably reasonable since Div races are usually the closest to home (least travel).

Would be nice to see the Div points fund increase (maybe if divisional attendance is up a second year increase could be justified). Increased odds of winning (ie: divisional purses) should bring up attendance.