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05-30-2015, 04:53 PM | #11 |
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Re: LIVE from Cordova, IL - IHRA Summer Nationals Nitro Jam
Radar was looking pretty clear and we were juuuust about dry when a pop-up shower just hit us, wiping out the afternoon's drying efforts. Temps are down in the 50's!
Announcement: done for the day. 9:30am start time, sportsman *will* get 1 qualifying run. (Open field: new ladders)
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Re: LIVE from Cordova, IL - IHRA Summer Nationals Nitro Jam
Sorry everyone, I got the qualifying this morning but was not able to post until now.
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Re: LIVE from Cordova, IL - IHRA Summer Nationals Nitro Jam
And someone thought Rockingham's car count was low?
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Re: LIVE from Cordova, IL - IHRA Summer Nationals Nitro Jam
this is sad, glad I'm not paying the light bill.
just wonder if Norwalk a few weekends ago and Rt66 Joliet being this coming week, plus weather really looking bad stopped SS/Stock racers from going?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last edited by Nitro Joe Jackson; 05-30-2015 at 10:23 PM. |
05-31-2015, 06:21 AM | #15 |
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Re: LIVE from Cordova, IL - IHRA Summer Nationals Nitro Jam
Cordova car count is down from the last time NHRA was there in 2013. Back then it was 54 in Stock and 32 in S/S. And there was rain at that event also.
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Re: LIVE from Cordova, IL - IHRA Summer Nationals Nitro Jam
Looks like Div 4 IHRA car counts a few years ago, when I last ran a few of their races. Wasn't much like going racing.
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Re: LIVE from Cordova, IL - IHRA Summer Nationals Nitro Jam
I will say that the forecast kept some local cars away also. I think the field is still open. It is possible to see a few pop in. There is supposed to be a final q session this morning. Not only is the weather bad, the weekend is full of graduation parties. That doesn't explain the low count compared to NHRA for sure, but I didn't expect it to be that low!
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Re: LIVE from Cordova, IL - IHRA Summer Nationals Nitro Jam
With both Rockingham and Cordova you have tracks that switched sanctions that are the outskirts of their Divisions, with no advertising. If you just put a race on the schedule and that's it, you're going to get the guys chasing points (and those have other, closer options) and a couple local guys. Other than those, how many people even knew Rockingham and Cordova were going on this weekend?
Distance, bad forecast, and it's hard to draw Div 5 cars when there is no Div 5 in IHRA. Many of those guys probably still carry a grudge from IHRA dropping the Division years ago. Doesn't effect S/SS, but I heard that some other tracks in the region have conflicting events: 8.90/9.90/10.90 association at one track, a Top Sportsman deal at another, and PDRA IN St. Louis. Those of us that are here are racing for guaranteed money with increased national event payouts this year plus sponsor bonuses, and have been enjoying ourselves despite the weather.
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What a difference two days and a crazy weather front makes. From 3000' with a crosstail on Friday to a brisk 55.7 degrees, 29.51, 65% combining for a n altitude of just 512', hampered only by an equally brisk cross headwind. The sun is shining brightly, with the sky dotted only intermittently by white puffy clouds, having been wrung out pretty well yesterday!
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