Division Races announced for 2009

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Jim Wahl

How much effort would it take to get all DD's together (on the phone, computer or whatever) and hammer out a cooperative schedule for the next season a few months ahead of time? Opps, I'm sorry, that makes too much sense. Jim

I just noticed Belle Rose is in the middle of hurricane season, BRILLIANT!!!!

[Bill Harris]

Heck Alan, it seems to make more sense for you guys to run Div 3 races than Div 2. Just about every track in Div 3 is closer to Nashville than any Div 2 track except Bristol which hasn't run a divisional race in years (and I don't understand why not). Even here in Chattanooga I'm closer to three Div 3 tracks than any Florida tracks including Gainesville. Suprisingly even Norwalk OH is closer to me than Bradenton or Orlando! Georgia and Florida are friggin' LONG.

See you guys in Reynolds next weekend?

[Bruce Noland]

Wonder why we haven't seen a Class/Category schedule for National Events yet?

[Larry Hill]

With the car count lately, do you think they will let all categories in next year?
Patsy & Larry

[Tony Janes]

My thinking is lockouts will continue and quotas will get smaller.

[Bruce Noland]

Tony,

I'm not sure they will reduce quotas. Money is just too darn tight. If the pro teams drop off as per your prediction they will probably reconsider their current event category structure and possibly allow everyone to race. But, hey they are great at shooting themselves in the foot or is it feet.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Bill Harris

Heck Alan, it seems to make more sense for you guys to run Div 3 races than Div 2. Just about every track in Div 3 is closer to Nashville than any Div 2 track except Bristol which hasn't run a divisional race in years (and I don't understand why not). Even here in Chattanooga I'm closer to three Div 3 tracks than any Florida tracks including Gainesville. Suprisingly even Norwalk OH is closer to me than Bradenton or Orlando! Georgia and Florida are friggin' LONG.

See you guys in Reynolds next weekend?

Yeah, the plan as of Wednesday night was to run Reynolds. We had to skip Atlanta for a number of reasons.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Bruce Noland

Tony,

I'm not sure they will reduce quotas. Money is just too darn tight. If the pro teams drop off as per your prediction they will probably reconsider their current event category structure and possibly allow everyone to race. But, hey they are great at shooting themselves in the foot or is it feet.

Close, Bruce. They're great at shooting US in the foot.

[63corvette]

I do not know for certain but I was told by a NHRA employee running the staging lanes during eleminations in Memphis that in 2009 there would NOT be a class kicked out of each of the National Events. Due to the car counts all the classes would run in 2009.
Just What I Was Told

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Rick Bailey

Alan, check this out! I'm located in central Illinois..........with 2 div races with in a 3 hrs drive, not bad.....but the other 4 are 8 hr. drives (or more) Not having St. Louis kinka sucks.

So I can actually go down to Fla., stay in the Gainesville area, hit 3 div. and one nat. event within 3hr drive. Plus the purk of warm weather......ALOT less miles and gas.

That's fine. IF you are able to take that much time away, it works out great.