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I don't know if there is anything we as racers can say or do, but we need to get behind Rowland Wood and the SGMP and try to get NHRA to work with him and give us our Divisional race there in 2010. It is one of the nicest tracks in the country for a Divisional race, its clean, paved and run by some really nice folks. They make the sportsman racers feel like pro's, so NHRA, we need this track for a Div 2 points race.;)

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X-2. Woodro is correct on this one. Give SGMP all the support we can.

Tom Ward
Division Director SSSSA

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I agree. Let me know what I can do.

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Maybe I'm wrong but I'm told it's an Alcohol Class problem. None of the tracks want them because they take one third the purse, incur a disproportionate amount of the expenses (they all blow up), pay nothing to get in and bring in very few spectators. If this is in fact the case, once again everyone else loses because of NHRA's addiction to the "Mechanical Rain Delay" cars.

If this is true, then this Eliminator needs to financially stand on its own and not be underwritten by Stockers, Super Stockers the rest of the Sportsman Racers and the track operators, period. If everyone wants to see them then give them a percentage of the gate just like any other Circus Act.

It would be funny if it wasn't so sad but NHRA actually believes that their best customers are the spectators that go to one or two races a year and not the Sportsman racers who pay entry after entry all year long while getting less and less value along the way. Has anyone noticed how many time runs we now receive?

These people are brain dead and have no clue on how to run a successful, profitable business that builds value for its best customers. Think about it, the only other industry that treats its best customers the worst are the airlines and they have all gone bankrupt.

Craig Couris, 404-274-1003

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It would help to know what the problem is. Is it the case that the track owner wants a Divisional race and the NHRA doesn't? Or is the the other way around?

I, for one, know squat about the business side of the tracks, but I have read on this and other forums that most tracks don't make any money on Divisional events, mainly since there aren't many (i.e., none) spectators. So I could see where the track might not want to hold a Div race and lose money, especially if there is some other event that they could hold and turn a profit by getting more butts in the seats.

However, if it is the case where our division director doesn't want to hold a race at a particular track then that is a major problem. It is inexcuseable to not hold an event at a centrally located, top notch facility that wants to have the race, especially when there are no divisional races from early March until mid-September.

If this is the case, then as NHRA "members", we should be pounding the division and national offices with firm but polite requests for a sixth race.

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I totally agree WJ. this track is top notch.


Stephen Johnson #2162
Horace Johnson #2167
SS/D 427 Ford Fairlane NHRA-IHRA

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I totally agree we need our Division race at SGMP!!!!!!!!!

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Maybe, NHRA wants the racer to travel longer distances to get their points and that it would be too convient for the racer, thinking like NHRA, to have a race at a central location such as SGMP.
Casey Miles
248H

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Why don't someone find out the real deal? I think the Alcohol cars are optional to the track owner, but I have been wrong before. Also correct me, but if I run my first three races in Div 2, then I'm in Div 2 I think. Hi Woody.

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Over the last few years we had a D1 race at Atco without Alcohol cars. It counted as an out-of-division race, but I believe that was because it was the seventh race. I believe you can claim any division you want as long as you run three races in that division. it doesn't matter which three.

Evan