IHRA Pro Am schedule posted
 

Read it and wheep or in some cases rejoice.

http://ihra.com/article/3645.html

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How many races do you count for divisional points?
(is it best 5 out of 6.... 5 out of 7.....)
How many out of division races can you claim?

Tom

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5 out of 8
Last year you had to run a minimum of 4 in but I think that is being changed to 3 for this year.
Chip

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Thomas...this is last years and should be pretty similar this year...hope this helps

http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=2548

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Why so many 1/8 mile races? Especially on 1/4 mile tracks (Pittsburgh, Richmond, Rockingham)

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Well I never thought I'd ever say this but it looks like it'll actually be cheaper for me to race NHRA than IHRA this year!! OMG... :-P I can attend more races for less travel and money and at much nicer facilities. And actually have the chance to chase the national and divisional points, that I can't in IHRA because its too expensive and I can't get that much time off work. thats hilarious..

That schedule is so bad geographically for me that it might not even be worth it to renew my ihra license!

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The number of contestants for division three should rise this year. Division one may gain some participants from the northern and southern region with the alignment of the tracks.

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IHRA needs more 1/4 mile races. Drag racing is 1/4 mile, football is a 100 yard field, it's 90' between the bases at a baseball stadium. Race 1/4 mile (when the track is 1/4 mile) or it's not worth racing. Just when you get enough MPH to make it fun, it's over! It's not the Daytona 250, or the Indy 300!

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A nice 1/4 mile like Pittsburgh and it's an 1/8....that sucks! If I don't do well starting at Budds Creek in April,I can kiss off IHRA for the rest of the year.

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I would venture to guess that T/S, T/D and perhaps some of the higher MPH 8.90 cars play more into IHRA;s decision making that anything else.

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Am I missing something.....what happened to Piedmont's Pro Am???

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Chris I only see 1 Div. 3 race...Clay-City. Martin is (to me) Div.5. Tompson & Pittsbrug are (to me) Div.1. When I started running IHRA Div.3 was Tri-State,Kanawaha Valley,Clay-City,Dragway 42 & Milan...Soo like I said looks to me like they only have 1 Div.3 race...& that's all I'll run (may go to Mooresville to get a sunburn lol)

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There is still one Div 9 race TBA. There are two Holly Springs in MS. Anybody know which is the right one?

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Tom, here is a link to the dragway in MS

http://www.hollyspringsdragstrip.com/

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Heck that's a great sched. closest race 2-1/2 hrs to a dump of a track ( Thompson) I seem to recall having a points meet there back in the 90's, Everyone bitching about the track some racers left without ever running elim. I was there in 07 for a stick shift race, couldn't see much difference. I suppose I got spoiled for a while having so many close races at nice tracks. I love racing @ Martin wish it were closer 4-1/2 -5 hours for me but worth the diesel fuel to tow there, Haven't been to Clay City in a few years so don't know about it now Facility was pretty sparce bacvk then, still 6 hr. tow. I guess I have all winter to decide, NHRA or IHRA or some combination of both, I guess it will mostly come down to travel distance. Joe

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Heck that's a great sched. closest race 2-1/2 hrs to a dump of a track ( Thompson) I seem to recall having a points meet there back in the 90's, Everyone bitching about the track some racers left without ever running elim. I was there in 07 for a stick shift race, couldn't see much difference. I suppose I got spoiled for a while having so many close races at nice tracks. I love racing @ Martin wish it were closer 4-1/2 -5 hours for me but worth the diesel fuel to tow there, Haven't been to Clay City in a few years so don't know about it now Facility was pretty sparce bacvk then, still 6 hr. tow. I guess I have all winter to decide, NHRA or IHRA or some combination of both, I guess it will mostly come down to travel distance. Joe sorry for the double post must have been too excited.

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Joe your so upset your stuttering,

The shame is 3 years ago we had 5 national events and easily that many divisionals within a reasonable drive. Now with 2 nationals and for me Pitts (pro am) maybe and Martin (pro am). The border issue notwithstanding that is all I can see being realistic to aim for. IHRA will be getting less of my money, not out of discontent but out of scheduling and geography. I still dont understand as all of the nationals were well attended. The lack of a replacement for Norwalk and its gate is just mind boggling

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It looks like IHRA has moved Div 3 to west of the Appalachian Mountains and Division 1 to the east.

I was at Thompson for a Jegs S/SS race. I thought the track was in good shape. It was at one of the NSCA races. They had "street" cars there running in the 7's at 180 mph. Just have to get on the brakes pretty hard after the finish line.

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Pittsburgh needs to run 1/8th mile. Not much stopping room.
Chip

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My only complaint is there are more than 8 divisional races that I want to attend and if I declare Div. 2, I would have #9 & #10 event at Darlington, which would be my #3 and #4 IN DIVISION. What to do? Should I let my husband and crew chief drive a couple or try to classify my car into Super Stock (if I could index)?

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I finally get to race @ Div races that are actually Northeast. I am so glad Pitts is off Div 1 schedule...Great people but terrible racing/track layout (my experience only).



161ss/cs

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Its the same old thing. Your not going to please everyone all the time. Personally, i like it. Now between NHRA and IHRA i have 6 races within a hour or so from home. I know most classracers dont like 1/8th mile, but its a necassary evil. I dont like it either, but Chris B is right. With the speeds that the top sportsmen run and some of the rod cars they need to be 1/8 mile. Now, Rockingham in my opinion should be 1/4 same for Coastal Plains as well as Darlington. But to say a drag race is 1320 feet, i dont agree. I think 1/8 is harder to run because you have less time to think. I would still rather run 1/4 but if they want to run it 1/8, then ill still race. Hell, Mason Dixion use to have a 330 foot race, now that was fast...Hope to see everyone next year...
Lil D

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Pittsburgh has enough stopping room, after a triple race weekend last year....i didnt hear anyone complaining about getting stopped at top end. Quaker City was a good track also.......i personally dont understand the change.
I understand that you cant please everyone Duane, but last years schedule was nice with the exception of moving skyview 3 times.

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My open letter to IHRA. Thank you for creating such a poor racing schedule. Now myself and other div 3 NHRA/IHRA racers will not haft to renew our IHRA membership next year. I still cannot figure out why you want to race nationals events in texas when car counts are down in those areas. While nationals events in the north seem to do better. I'am not saying don't expand to those areas, just taking away evens in locations that are your strong points makes little sense to myself. I know milan is a **** whole I live 10 mile away and only race there two times a year. But I think Bill B made the right move three years ago. I can start to see the rats leave the sinking ship.

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Charlie: Come on, tell us how you really feel ! lmao. Bailey

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1/8 mile blows goats!
Midwest racers won't race that way and niether will most NHRA racers.
If they like it so much down down south and in division 9 that great.
Just keep it there!
If T/S and T/D are too fast for the "questionable" tracks, them make them run 1/8 mile and leave the rest of the classes at 1/4 mile.

The song Drag City by Jan and Dean does not start out "burn off that 1/8 mile" does it?

Schedule is fine with us.
Milan should not have left but it's gone so no sense in crying about it anymore.


Fortunately there is still time to make some changes.
I hope that somebody at IHRA is smart enough to do so, otherwise there will be a couple unhappy track operators after they wind up losing money from the poor turn outs.

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I have raced at Osceola the last two years,and never had a problem stopping.(Really miss the 1000 ft clocks,though)
If it is unsafe at 1/4 for T/S and T/D,then they should run 1/8,but don't change the rules for everyone.
If the entry fee is still going to be $135 per race,then it should be cut to $67.50 for the 1/8 mile.

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The 2009 Race schedule on my site (www.nitrojoes.com) has been updated with all the IHRA Divisional events and i worked on it some so you can download it in your computer and do an easy sort with it.
Remember, just hit cancel when asking you for password on my site. It will go to file then.
Joe

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I personally like running the 1/8 mile div. races because thats really all Div.9 has run since the 2 years that i have been driving and really since my dad built the stocker and drove....but on the other hand it feels like a disavantage to us D.9 racers going to nationals and runnig 1/4 mile races when last year you had 3 div. running pro ams in the 1/4...there are some good tracks in D.9 and D.2 you can run a 1/4 mile race to give us a more equal race expierience like other Div....it looks like other div. this year are getting punished it seems by running 1/8 mile races at good long 1/4 mile tracks...div.9 needs to throw the rock pro am later in our season when it warms up and run it 1/4 mile and then run darlington 1/4 for div.2..just my thoughts and opinions

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Chris K,
Did you not see the T/S wreck at Pittsburgh, Or Q/R and S/R cars pulling chutes. My S/R car only runs 145 MPH and it was a handful to stop. That track needs to stay 1/8th.

I do agree I would like to see at least one 1/4 mile race in div 9.

Chip

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Dang Chip, i leave to go to Sheetz to get dinner (sorry work is so bad thats all i can afford lol, great chili dogs tho) and you beat me to the punch. Sandy's car is a great T/S car, and he is the one who wrecked at Pittsburgh, and i know Dickie with his S/R car was all over the brakes tring to get it stopped at Pitts also. Back when they first started having that race, Rick Golliday and myself both went out 4th round of the bracket race saturday night and after waiting in line for 45 minutes to get our $15.00 checks we finally got back to the hotel around 2 am. To me they need to go hang out with Royce for about a month and then see how to run an event. But thats just my .02. I just dont like the place i guess.

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D,
I like the track. Give them credit they ran 3 events in 3 days last year with rain coming. I think they did an outstanding job. I also plan on going back in 2009. I just think the place is a bit short for 1/4 mile racing.
Chip

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Hey Charley shoot me an email...mgfulk@yahoo.com.. So tell me who gets to make the frist laps in the corvette if & when it's done? C-ya @ Indy! ;)

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Pittsburgh is definitely too short to be running 1/4 mile. In 2003 I almost put our S/R car in the sane up there with some assistance of the bumps past the stripe in the left lane. We were only running 155 mph, and I will say it was not a fun place to get stopped.

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What about Grand Bend?

Last years event seemed to go well with reasonable car counts for a first year event. (As good as some of the regular Pro-Ams).Attendance considering the race was late in the season when most guys already had committed to divisions and points races.

There are lots of sportsman cars up here and lots in neighbouring states to support a race here. At least give us a fair shot.

Seems this would be a good alternative since loosing Milan. And there sure is no problem running 1/4 mile there. Good track prep and lots of space to park, good people. I've travelled enough in my time to know there are lots of way worse places.

And the border crossing is no big deal!!

FJ

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Chip,
Any of the S/R - Q/R cars that are running over a 150 should be using the chutes anyway!

Chris

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Chris K,
You don't get it. Get out of your slow ***** stocker and drive something with some MPH then try to stop it.
Chip

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Please, please, please...before anyone sends any letters to IHRA, hit spell check!! You don't "haft" to renew - its have. Its not a **** "whole" but a ***** hole. It maybe a whole lot of ***** though! ;)

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I don't personally love everything that they have done, but I do appreciate the effort that they have put into the sportsman classes. So I think people shouldn't be so hard on them when they are trying, they could say the heck with it and just let it die a slow death. It is not there fault that tracks decide not to host races anymore. As for Pittsburgh I like the track and I rather race 1/4 mile but that track is definetly too short for the faster classes. I have seen some wild things down at the bottom end wiyh cars trying to get stopped. If you have looked at where you would end up if you ran off the end, it ain't pretty. They did the right thing before someone got hurt or worst.

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Limiting Pittsburgh to 1/8 mile is a must. It a testiment to the drivers in the quicker catagories that there hasn't been more accidents. Not real sure what the heck happened to the Div 3 schedule. I live in what used to be the heart to D3 and most likely will run D5 next season. Just don't make sense to me, but I suppose some things may be out of IHRAs control. The event at Grand Bend last season was probably one of the worst attended races in 08. There were 13 cars in HR. In my opinion the track prep sucked and there was definately something wrong with the timing system. I spoke to a couple regulars (both former Summit Super Series world champs) and they confirmed the timing system issue. If you don't believe me go to the archives on drag race central and look at the reaction times, they were very inconsistent. I havn't heard great things about Thompson either, but, I heard the same about Osceola and I think that place it great.