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[HR9121]

Last night I sent an email to Scooter with my thoughts on MIR and this morning checking my email I have already received my response. The fact is someone will always have conflicts with whatever date they choose and as many have already stated on this forum you have planned out your schedules months ago, so what good would it do them to change their date this year and possibly cause conflicts for those that have planned on attending this event. If the IHRA ship is sinking itself I'll ride it down. Hey Chip congrats on your runner up in quickrod I thought you had it in the bag the way you were running. Kept meaning to go speak to you but never quite made it up there.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

I don't see anything on the schedule for the following week, Oct 21-23, but even if they moved it, I'm sure everyone would say, "I just spent a week at the Keystone Nat'ls the first week in Oct, and a week at the Dutch or Silver Dollar the week before, so I don't have any more money or vacation time, it's too far to tow, fuel costs too much, there's no class runoffs, they still have buybacks, Halloween is next week, etc, etc."

There will always be another excuse.

X's a bunch. There is ALWAYS an excuse.

[BKSG1198]

Michael,

You forgot about Getting the Turkey ready for Thanksgiving and going X-Mas Shopping...lol

Rob

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

Ed,
Have you seen Cars 2. The bad guys are Pacers and Gremlins.LOL
Chip

Chip,not bad guys,just different.:>):>):>)

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by HR9121

Last night I sent an email to Scooter with my thoughts on MIR and this morning checking my email I have already received my response. The fact is someone will always have conflicts with whatever date they choose and as many have already stated on this forum you have planned out your schedules months ago, so what good would it do them to change their date this year and possibly cause conflicts for those that have planned on attending this event. If the IHRA ship is sinking itself I'll ride it down. Hey Chip congrats on your runner up in quickrod I thought you had it in the bag the way you were running. Kept meaning to go speak to you but never quite made it up there.

There's a big difference between moving this race for a divisional or a distant national event and moving it for a race as popular as the Dutch.There's still time to make the change unless vanity comes into play on the part of IHRA.

[HR9121]

Ed I don’t know you but what you normally post on here is constructive therefore I am not picking a fight with you. I don’t know the reason this date for VMP was selected but I believe it will be even more successful than MIR even with some conflicts. I'm just saying don’t change the schedule to accomadate a few that "might" would come and disrupt the schedules of the racers you know will be there. Hope this clarifies my earlier post a little.

[SoMDfan]

They're not going to change the schedule because of a handfull of racers that "might" want to go, says so.

Not to start anything but thats the truth. MIR and VMP both have buisy schedules.

[BKSG1198]

You also have to think the Dutch was moved up an additional week this year, it used to be the week of the 17th to 23rd.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by HR9121

Ed I don’t know you but what you normally post on here is constructive therefore I am not picking a fight with you. I don’t know the reason this date for VMP was selected but I believe it will be even more successful than MIR even with some conflicts. I'm just saying don’t change the schedule to accomadate a few that "might" would come and disrupt the schedules of the racers you know will be there. Hope this clarifies my earlier post a little.

I was thinking that maybe there would be more than a few NHRA racers would go if it weren't for the conflict.
I think the Dutch was moved due to the move of the M.G. National.
Either way the racers and sanctioning body (IHRA) suffers the consequences.

[luckydog]

The scheduling of VMP on top of the Dutch is kinda questionable, but I can't see them changing it now. Like many of you have said, people have already scheduled time off work. One thing I would like to see changed for the VMP event regarding buybacks is this. Nobody likes racing a buyback car so lets make them all run each other until there is one left, then put that guy into the winners bracket whenever that may be, most likely quarter or semi finals of the race.