NO ROOM FOR SPORTSMAN RACERS AT HOUSTON

Jeremy · 04-02-2007, 01:52 PM

They have given all our pit area to Motor Homes on both sides of the track, consession trailers, all sorts of tents, passenger cars, golf carts, Pro Mods with lots of room for each, and Alcohol Funny Cars with lots of room for each. There's just not any pit space left for us and the track just won't spend any money to make more.

Now I'm sitting at home with no transportation and my truck, trailer, race car sitting in an old rice field with 6" of water all around and piles of dirt in front of the truck and no telling when I'll be able to get it out, at least I'm not hundreds of miles from home like some.

Nhra took a day of racing away this year and charged us more money to get in and some wonder why the car count is down? I believe it maybe even less in the future.

It seems the sport continue's to grow but some of our best tracks are stuck in the mud.

Thanks for letting me vent

Jeremy

bobo4638 · 04-02-2007, 02:47 PM

They wonder why racers are quitting, after more than 30 years of racing, it just was not fun anymore, miss the racers, don't miss NHRA......

04-02-2007, 02:48 PM

Jeremy, i feel for you, but i am afraid this is a sign of things to come and we keep right on going!

woodro josey
I miss Buster Couch and Lex Dudas.

davyjones · 04-02-2007, 02:51 PM

NHRA= NOT HELPING RACERS ANYMORE

Dick Butler · 04-02-2007, 03:00 PM

THere are other options available where the pressure is less and the people LOVE SPORTSMAN racing. Try NSCA . TONY will treat you right. Maybe racers should set one meet to try as a group so the friends are all still there AS WELL AS the racing. I bet a S and SS race is there as we speak...Good Tracks too.
It is a hard habit to change on your own but if you got 5 or 10 friends to try it the same meet you would like it. Great bunch of SS nostalgia cars too. GOOD tracks also.
National Trail april 28, 29 S and SS combo.

Dick Butler 3529

Robert Pare Racing · 04-02-2007, 03:41 PM

If I had a Rocket Launcher....

slowstocker · 04-02-2007, 04:31 PM

NHRA needs to stop the insanity. How did we ever let it get this far? The only thing we S/SS have ever stuck together on was the mufflers and a lot of you didn?t want to sign the petition back then, but Dan and I with a hand full kept pushing the issue. A great division 3 tech man told me it was a done deal, but we did defeat them on that issue, the tech man remained neutral on the issue.
Who is the best tech guy in division 3?

T Hall · 04-02-2007, 06:22 PM

Everybody in div 3 loves the Red Man.

slowstocker · 04-02-2007, 06:48 PM

The other one, think BG.

Gary Slaton · 04-02-2007, 07:29 PM

I am not a person to defend NHRA, most who know me know how I feel about that particular entity. That being said it needs to be known that Comp and PRO Mod and a few alcohol cars were pitted right alongside stock, superstock, super street and super comp. It was a tough situation at Houston, for once I think NHRA made the right call. If the sportsman cars had attempted to move around it would have made a bad situation even worst. It was a huge amount of rain in a short amount of time and nothing would have changed that.

Gary

04-02-2007, 01:52 PM	#1
Jeremy Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 95 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	NO ROOM FOR SPORTSMAN RACERS AT HOUSTON They have given all our pit area to Motor Homes on both sides of the track, consession trailers, all sorts of tents, passenger cars, golf carts, Pro Mods with lots of room for each, and Alcohol Funny Cars with lots of room for each. There's just not any pit space left for us and the track just won't spend any money to make more. Now I'm sitting at home with no transportation and my truck, trailer, race car sitting in an old rice field with 6" of water all around and piles of dirt in front of the truck and no telling when I'll be able to get it out, at least I'm not hundreds of miles from home like some. Nhra took a day of racing away this year and charged us more money to get in and some wonder why the car count is down? I believe it maybe even less in the future. It seems the sport continue's to grow but some of our best tracks are stuck in the mud. Thanks for letting me vent Jeremy

04-02-2007, 03:41 PM	#6
Robert Pare Racing Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Mother Earth Posts: 265 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	If I had a Rocket Launcher.... __________________ Rapare-Racing.com

04-02-2007, 06:22 PM	#8
T Hall Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus,Ohio Posts: 390 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Everybody in div 3 loves the Red Man. __________________ Tony Hall 3545 S/ST

04-02-2007, 02:47 PM	#2
bobo4638 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: HOUMA, LOUISIANA Posts: 19 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	They wonder why racers are quitting, after more than 30 years of racing, it just was not fun anymore, miss the racers, don't miss NHRA......

04-02-2007, 02:48 PM	#3
LILWJ Guest Posts: n/a	Jeremy, i feel for you, but i am afraid this is a sign of things to come and we keep right on going! woodro josey I miss Buster Couch and Lex Dudas.

04-02-2007, 02:51 PM	#4
davyjones Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: ALTA LOMA , CA Posts: 92 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	NHRA= NOT HELPING RACERS ANYMORE

04-02-2007, 03:00 PM	#5
Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,197 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	THere are other options available where the pressure is less and the people LOVE SPORTSMAN racing. Try NSCA . TONY will treat you right. Maybe racers should set one meet to try as a group so the friends are all still there AS WELL AS the racing. I bet a S and SS race is there as we speak...Good Tracks too. It is a hard habit to change on your own but if you got 5 or 10 friends to try it the same meet you would like it. Great bunch of SS nostalgia cars too. GOOD tracks also. National Trail april 28, 29 S and SS combo. Dick Butler 3529

04-02-2007, 04:31 PM	#7
slowstocker Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 34 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	NHRA needs to stop the insanity. How did we ever let it get this far? The only thing we S/SS have ever stuck together on was the mufflers and a lot of you didn?t want to sign the petition back then, but Dan and I with a hand full kept pushing the issue. A great division 3 tech man told me it was a done deal, but we did defeat them on that issue, the tech man remained neutral on the issue. Who is the best tech guy in division 3?

04-02-2007, 06:48 PM	#9
slowstocker Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 34 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The other one, think BG.

04-02-2007, 07:29 PM	#10
Gary Slaton Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Oak Ridge, Texas Posts: 8 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am not a person to defend NHRA, most who know me know how I feel about that particular entity. That being said it needs to be known that Comp and PRO Mod and a few alcohol cars were pitted right alongside stock, superstock, super street and super comp. It was a tough situation at Houston, for once I think NHRA made the right call. If the sportsman cars had attempted to move around it would have made a bad situation even worst. It was a huge amount of rain in a short amount of time and nothing would have changed that. Gary