Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

IHRA = NHRA-stockers,FI separatley,CM,FCM(?),PS,(x)T/S(A),S/GT(x),T/STK..anyone left out?
IHRA wants to please everybody it seems..add class after class to get bigger...i dont just think thats the right way..it never is..with all classes they have now i still fail to see that IHRA grows in the "stocker-department" so it has to be something that the racers dont like..i dont know..NHRA's bad decitions latley may change that but nothing else...

Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

who cares how many classes IHRA has compaired to NHRA....i don't know why the amount of classes that are at a race have anything to do with drag racing...you go to win the race..have a few laughs and make some new friends.....not cry about 40 crate motor cars and only 25 to 30 of your caliber style stockers.....big deal....race and have fun

Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

I haven't heard anything either way, but I think IHRA will eventually combine some classes, like NHRA did with trucks and FI cars.

In the last several years NHRA did add AA/S, AA/SA, SS/AH and allowed pre-1980 cars into GT.
I don't recall where some import classes were added. Comp or SS?
The IHRA CM classes have been around for about 12 years and I don't believe that there have been any significant additions since then.

Or look at it this way, if IHRA didn't come up with the CM classes, IHRA wouldn't be able to provide a more affordable place for Stockers to race on a national level because the Stock class would not have existed in any form. (Unless they would have combined it with SS. But I don't think that would have been a popular option.)

Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

I don't have any problem racing against IHRA cars whatever class they're in. I race against them at combo races all the time and it's still who has the best light and runs closest to their dial. My problem is that their are no decent tracks close by and almost no races. I'm not travellin 10 hours to race at a points meet.

Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

Speaking for my brother and me, the only thing that counts are races close to home. From the Detroit area we have Martin, Grand Bend, and Osceola, on the IHRA side. Norwalk, Stanton, Chicago and Columbus on the NHRA side. Don't care what sanctioning body, just logistics.

Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

In NHRA, why is the fuel injected car running in AA,A,and BSA. Does that seem fair?

Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

That's about as fair as my Gremlin getting run down by a big old red Mopar.How ya been?Say hi to pop for me.

Ed

Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

I use to race IHRA and had a good time. Then they changed the rules and Top Stock was no more.

I do have a problem with a 502 in a Vega running Stock.

Santa said my superceded parts will arive any day now.

Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

Who races with a 502 in a Vega?

I think there is a 450 horsepower rated 502.To fit A/CM,the weight break is 6.00.That would be about 2870 with driver.Thats too heavy for a Vega,isn't it?
The 450 horsepower rating on that 502 is closer than the 425 or whatever it is on the 2008 Cobra Jet Mustang,don't you think?

Re: IHRA vs NHRA
 

I think Larry's point that there are combinations never factory-produced permitted in Stock. I'm not a big fan of the Crates, but they are there and we have to run against them same as we do against NHRA-legal cars (meaning shoe polish). Never kept me home from an IHRA race, although some racers won't. Some "racers" (and I hesitate to use that word) still have the idea that if it's not an NHRA National or Divisional, it's not worth attending. Which always seemed stupid to me. There are good and bad points to both NHRA and IHRA, and probably just about every other racing series has their faults, even our own S/SS Associations that are around. It's nice to have the choice to run any/all that we want, even if we may not agree with certain aspects of the organization. Maybe some more folks will try IHRA this season and the future.