My take on the Indy schedule

Cotten · 07-29-2021, 12:41 PM

1. Parking on Monday
This decision is a good one to avoid the fiasco of last year, and is one any successful business would make to fix a problem.

2. Combining stock and SS class eliminations into one day

NHRA has products they sell to us, the racers. One of these is the class runoff experience at the U.S. Nationals.
Many of my favorite race track memories are the are two days of class runoffs. Racers cooling at the back of staging, friends and people you don’t even know helping push your car in staging.

This schedule is going to result in a mad rush to prep your car after Q1 and then, at least for me and many others, running back and forth from stock to SS. (A first world problem, for sure but it is the U.S. Nationals)

I understand NHRA has other priorities (jegs all stars for example) but I want them to understand they are weakening the stock, SS experience.

3. E 1 Thursday morning

One half of the field will be out before lunch Thursday at the. U.S. Nationals. Think about that. Not prepping for class, not tearing down, not watching the bump spot, they’re out.

I realize these are special times. I supported the Covid effected Indy last year and was grateful for the abbreviated class schedule.

If this is the “new normal” ( I hate that term) for INDY I’m afraid I will no longer be the Indy “junkie” I was.

07-29-2021, 12:41 PM	#1
Cotten Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 234 Likes: 484 Liked 556 Times in 69 Posts	My take on the Indy schedule 1. Parking on Monday This decision is a good one to avoid the fiasco of last year, and is one any successful business would make to fix a problem. 2. Combining stock and SS class eliminations into one day NHRA has products they sell to us, the racers. One of these is the class runoff experience at the U.S. Nationals. Many of my favorite race track memories are the are two days of class runoffs. Racers cooling at the back of staging, friends and people you don’t even know helping push your car in staging. This schedule is going to result in a mad rush to prep your car after Q1 and then, at least for me and many others, running back and forth from stock to SS. (A first world problem, for sure but it is the U.S. Nationals) I understand NHRA has other priorities (jegs all stars for example) but I want them to understand they are weakening the stock, SS experience. 3. E 1 Thursday morning One half of the field will be out before lunch Thursday at the. U.S. Nationals. Think about that. Not prepping for class, not tearing down, not watching the bump spot, they’re out. I realize these are special times. I supported the Covid effected Indy last year and was grateful for the abbreviated class schedule. If this is the “new normal” ( I hate that term) for INDY I’m afraid I will no longer be the Indy “junkie” I was.