Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

Jim,

You are wrong , it's already a done deal .... Don't be surprised when you see it ... I was at the track on sat. & everyone was talking about it , that's all I can say !!!!

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It would make sense to make VMP run D-2 because it would help out the mix of just Fla and Ga races that they do now plus we already have 6 races in D-1 compared to 5 in D-2 but, I have a strange feeling since VMP has already been D-1 before I have a feeling they will be coming back to the D-1 fold in 2011.

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

A done deal in Div 2???

Jim

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

The Suffolk, VA NHRA points race was always a Div 2 race.

The annual treck, when I lived in South Miami, was 1,000 miles and took 2 days each way.
That was before I-95 when there was three and six mile sections open at a time. On & off, on & off, etc.

That was when I towed with an open trailer. Oh wait, I still do.

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

Jim,

That's what I was told , who cares they have made the move to NHRA ... Div 2 , would make more sense anyway ... Time will tell ...

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

Still waiting on that major announcement??????????????????

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From the IHRA Website:

"Division 4 will get its Summit Pro-Am season underway the weekend of March 11-13 at Dallas Raceway and Division 9 will kick off its season at Rockingham Dragway the weekend of March 25-27.

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

Huh! Mebbe the internet geniuses meant that Rockingham was going to be IHRA on odd numbered months, and NHRA on even numbered months. :rolleyes:

Quaker City just came back into the fold too, under new ownership.
http://www.ihra.com/article/7015.html

Next?

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

I hope they make the improvements to QC as they plan.

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

Michael,careful.What you say now might just come back to bite you in the ***** down the road.

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

For what it's worth, It appears that VMP has purged the IHRA LOGO from the web site.

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Larry,

The IHRA logo is still there at VMP. It's to the right of the turkey, but took a little bit to load.
But from what Dean said, I got a bad feeling he's right.

On a brighter note, dragracingonline mentions a rumor of a Nitro Jam event in Tuson at Southwestern International Raceway for 2011. It's at the bottom of the Quaker City announcement.

http://www.dragracingonline.com/agen...xii_11-34.html

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

Why? I have an IHRA car, I have an NHRA/IHRA car, and I have a bracket car. Doesn't really matter who's "right" or "wrong." I'll be racing every weekend somewhere, regardless.

Oh, BTW, did you see Myron's post? Since y'all like internet rumors so much, the IHRA Nitro Jam as SIR in Tuscon MUST be a done deal. DragRacingOnline.com said so. NHRA's empire MUST be crumbling. :rolleyes:

Larry - As Myron noted, the IHRA Member Track and IHRA Summit Super Series logos are intact on VMP's website.

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IHRA released it's 2011 first quarter Pro-Am schedule today. Division 9 Pro-Am at Rockingham March 25-27.

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I like both tracks, and it doesn't matter to me personally which sanctioning body either of them go with because I happily work them both.

I would think that if Rockingham was going to move to NHRA, they'd also want at least acknowledgment of the possibility of hosting a national event some time in the near future. I also think that would require some major facility alterations. I could be wrong, but the left lane grandstands at The Rock are too close to the racing surface to meet NHRA national event safety requirements.

From my experiences at The Rock, Steve Earwood is not just a hands-on track owner, he genuinely cares about his customers (both racers and fans) as well as the local community. I was talking to a hotel manager during one of my visits there a few years ago, and she told me that after NASCAR dropped the Rockingham oval track from their regular racing schedule, they would have gone out of business without Earwood's dedication to keeping our form of racing alive and well in Rockingham. I hope to find myself back there again in 2011....maybe as soon as March. :)

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Well SIR already has a D-7 Race scheduled for NHRA in October.....got to love the off-season silly season!

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Exactly. The rumor is that the rumor got started because SIR is planning a booked-in Nitro show at some point during their season.

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All I can say is, while on the Left Coast attending an awards shin-dig, I got into a conversation with some NHRA big wig who was really up-beat on the VMP thing and claimed that D1 would then have a 7th LODRS soon..

Sounds good, but as I get older, I would say give E-town a second race.. it's only an hour away as opposed to 7 or 8..

Re: Rockingham and VMP to nhra?
 

Dddaaaaaaaaaaa!

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The track has to want an additional race.

Jim