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The announcement has been made that the All Star race is now in Texas. Thoughts on the move?
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Holy crap. I always assumed it would be in the middle of the country to allow for all the divisions, a fairly even drive.
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Not sure I would make that drive if I was the Rep, better have 2 weeks to spare coming from Div 1 with drive time
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Getting closer all the time for guys like me in Division 6!
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Anywhere but INDY , already too much going on at The Big Go ….Texas seems a little extreme, geographically I always thought Topeka made the most sense. ……
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I was glad to see the multi-year extension.
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Topeka from a distance and parking standpoint is a no brainer...however, the Topeka national event being in August is probably what is hurting that move. If Topeka national event was not in the summer with the temps there, I think this would make a lot more sense. Believe the decision was based on getting a little further west (as Mark pointed out, not much of a difference for D6), as well as the Dallas national event being branded with the "Stampede of Speed". There is an opportunity to provide the proper platform that the Allstars deserves, but has been lacking in Indy. It could pivot back to Chicago at some point I would imagine, but believe there are some reservations about returning everything to the Chicago national event since their extended time off since 2019.
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Quite possibly the Greenbrier Equity holdings are closer to Dallas than to Columbus.
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I’m starting to think that when the people at NHRA that make these decisions are asking for everyone’s thoughts they latch on to the worst idea and go with it. I mean who In their right mind looks at Dallas and says yea that a good place for the Allstar race. Even most people/racers in D4 hate that DUMP in Dallas. The pits are terrible, and it will rain at some point, so it’s doomed from the get-go. I’m not even going to go into the terrible logistics for 85% of the people who are lucky to be the rep for there class and division. Extra travel days to and from and the added fuel costs. The only part of this that makes any sense at all is its in Oct and all the points meets but Vegas are completed
I mean its not that hard. I though about it for 5 mins and came up with ideas better than them. Make St louis fall national event a 4 day race Move it back to Chicago (maybe that's the plan for 2024) Move it back to Columbus SPORTS NATIONALS. A sportsman show cased event (according to NHRA LOL) Move it to Topeka. (But its to hot in July/Aug in Topeka. Get over it its hot from July- labor day everywhere)
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