2009 IHRA Schedule Announced

[Jason Oldfield]

Does nobody care about IHRA on here? I can't believe I'm the one posting these (especially this one because it was supposedly posted on the IHRA website 2 days ago!)

http://www.ihra.com/article/3613.html

For me, the big surprise is no Milan. That seems to corroborate the rumors about Milan going NHRA. We shall see.

2009 IHRA Nitro Jam Schedule
March 6-8 State Capitol Raceway, Baton Rouge, LA
April 24-26 Rockingham Dragway, Rockingham, NC
May 29-31 Dallas Raceway, Crandall, TX
June 13-14 Tulsa Raceway Park, Tulsa, OK*
July 3-5 Castrol Raceway, Edmonton, AB
July 17-19 Grand Bend Motorplex, Grand Bend, ON
July 31-Aug. 2 US 131 Motorsports Park, Martin, MI
Sept. 11-13 New England Dragway, Epping, NH
Sept. 26-27 Maryland International Raceway, Budds Creek, MD*
Oct. 22-25 Rockingham Dragway, Rockingham, NC
* Denotes 2 day event

2009 Sportsman Nationals presented by VP Racing Fuels Schedule
Feb. 6-8 Immokalee Regional Raceway, Immokalee, FL 1/8 mile
May 29-31 Richmond Dragway, Richmond, VA 1/8 mile
June 19-21 Cherokee County Motorsports Park, Rusk, TX 1/4 mile
June 19-21 Byron Dragway, Byron, IL 1/4 mile
July 17-19 Carolina Dragway, Jackson, SC 1/8 mile
Aug. 14-16 Pittsburgh Raceway Park New Alexandria, PA 1/8 mile
Oct. 22-23 Rockingham Dragway Rockingham, NC ¼ mile

[rkaras]

Does anyone know about the pro-am schedule.

[John Nechiporchik]

Pro-Am schedule not out yet.....But, Milan will NOT get a divisional either.This info came from IHRA HQ.

[Steve VanderSloot]

Will Milan go NHRA and host the Michigan divisional?

[John Nechiporchik]

That would work for me........

[BKSG1198]

2009 IHRA Divisional Sched....

PATRIOTS (Division 1) – April 17-19 Maryland International Raceway* (1/4 mile); May 29-31 Richmond Dragway*# (1/8 mile); Aug. 7-9 Skyview Drags* (1/8 mile); Sept. 18-20 New England Dragway* (1/4 mile).

HEAT WAVE (Division 2) – Feb. 5-8 Immokalee Regional Raceway*# (1/8 mile); June 5-7 Holly Springs Motorsports Park* (1/8 mile); July 16-18 Carolina Dragway*# (1/8 mile); Sept. 4-6 Darlington Dragway* (1/8 mile).

NORTH STARS (Division 3) – May 1-3 Thompson Raceway Park* (1/8 mile); May 22-24 US 131 Motorsports Park*+ (1/4 mile); July 3-5 Mountain Park Dragway* (1/8 mile); Aug. 13-16 Pittsburgh Raceway Park*# (1/8 mile).

RENEGADES (Division 4) – April 17-19 Tulsa Raceway Park* (1/4 mile); May 1-3 State Capitol Raceway* (1/4 mile); June 19-20 Cherokee County Motorsports Park*# (1/4 mile); Aug. 21-23 Dallas Raceway* (1/4 mile).

THUNDER (Division 5) – May 22-24 US 131 Motorsports Park*+ (1/4 mile); June 19-20 Byron Dragway*# (1/4 mile); Aug. 21-23 Osceola Dragway* (1/8 mile).

RAIDERS (Division 9) – Feb. 27-March 1 Rockingham Dragway (1/8 mile); March 20-22 Farmington Dragway (1/8 mile); April 3-5 Mooresville Dragway (1/8 mile); May 22-24 Kinston Dragstrip (1/8 mile); June 5-7 Coastal Plains Raceway (1/8 mile); October 22-23 Rockingham Dragway# (1/4 mile); One event TBA.

* denotes double Summit Pro-Am weekend
# denotes Sportsman Nationals presented by VP Racing Fuels weekend
+ denotes multiple division event

[Barney B]

Thompson the first week of May!!!! it could still be snowing there

BB

[mcaruso]

Originally Posted by Barney B

Thompson the first week of May!!!! it could still be snowing there

BB

ya- I'm not a big fan of that date either......we'll be leavin that one off the sched.

Besides that date I think they did a pretty good job on the '09 sched.