Gatornationals

Charley Downing · 01-07-2019, 11:41 PM

Or you could just go get grade points like all the other racers. Just because you live in a curtain div why should you get preferential treatment over other racers that spent time and money to earn grading pionts.

Mepprecht · 01-08-2019, 12:37 AM

i think its pretty insane that its this full at 8 grade points. it should definitely fill with 7 no problem... glad i went to 8 last year.... slowest class in so far lol.

Rich Biebel · 01-08-2019, 09:59 AM

In the distant past you had to attend at least one NHRA event just to be sent an entry for a National Event.

You sent that form in and waited to either be accepted or rejected...

I won a national event and the following year did not go to many or maybe any points races. My application was returned rejected.

Its their game.....always has been and nothing new.

With low car quotas, any popular race is gonna be filled quickly by those who have the event credits.....

JHeath · 01-08-2019, 10:08 AM

Nmca

Casey Miles · 01-08-2019, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charley Downing

Or you could just go get grade points like all the other racers. Just because you live in a curtain div why should you get preferential treatment over other racers that spent time and money to earn grading pionts.

Charley: I wasn't asking of any kind of special preference, I know how the system works. So for this years schedule of LODR's in D2, I would have to drive 6000 miles to get 6 grade points and wouldn't have enough grade points to get into the Gators. What I was trying to show is that in certain divisions, they have national opens and divisional races where you can go to work that day and still drive to race in a few hours.

It's not all that bad, I live where people vacation, we race year round here.

Casey Miles
248 H Stock

HR9121 · 01-08-2019, 06:36 PM

Jim I parked at the road course last year and to be honest I liked it back there but I would not get upset if they put some pavement down on that dirt road! It was good meeting and talking to you last weekend, look forward to seeing you more this year.
I understand the traveling can be long in pur division as much as anyone. Living on the coast in North Carolina has its challenges as far as racing NHRA. For a while the closest race to me was a division 1 race at Dinwiddie but if you're going to do this deal you got to ride. I put over 10k miles on my rig last year and some airline miles also but if you want to get in these "premier" nationals that's what you're going have to do.

01-07-2019, 11:41 PM	#1
Charley Downing Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 762 Likes: 16 Liked 641 Times in 89 Posts	Re: Gatornationals Or you could just go get grade points like all the other racers. Just because you live in a curtain div why should you get preferential treatment over other racers that spent time and money to earn grading pionts. __________________ Charley Downing 3548 STK Last edited by Charley Downing; 01-07-2019 at 11:44 PM.

01-08-2019, 12:37 AM	#2
Mepprecht Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: harleysville Posts: 70 Likes: 20 Liked 68 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Gatornationals i think its pretty insane that its this full at 8 grade points. it should definitely fill with 7 no problem... glad i went to 8 last year.... slowest class in so far lol. __________________ Mike Epprecht 94 caprice P/SA - SS/PA 265

01-08-2019, 09:59 AM	#3
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,315 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Gatornationals In the distant past you had to attend at least one NHRA event just to be sent an entry for a National Event. You sent that form in and waited to either be accepted or rejected... I won a national event and the following year did not go to many or maybe any points races. My application was returned rejected. Its their game.....always has been and nothing new. With low car quotas, any popular race is gonna be filled quickly by those who have the event credits..... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R

01-08-2019, 10:08 AM	#4
JHeath Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 786 Likes: 2,876 Liked 370 Times in 101 Posts	Re: Gatornationals Nmca __________________ Jerry Heath I/S '93 Cobra FS/J 2010 Mustang "Ebay CJ"

01-08-2019, 06:36 PM	#6
HR9121 Live Reporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New Bern, NC Posts: 3,467 Likes: 146 Liked 3,363 Times in 731 Posts	Re: Gatornationals Jim I parked at the road course last year and to be honest I liked it back there but I would not get upset if they put some pavement down on that dirt road! It was good meeting and talking to you last weekend, look forward to seeing you more this year. I understand the traveling can be long in pur division as much as anyone. Living on the coast in North Carolina has its challenges as far as racing NHRA. For a while the closest race to me was a division 1 race at Dinwiddie but if you're going to do this deal you got to ride. I put over 10k miles on my rig last year and some airline miles also but if you want to get in these "premier" nationals that's what you're going have to do. __________________ James Williamson W200 J/SA. SS/JA