IHRA Divsion 3 Bracket Finals Question
 

I'm not sure about this, but I heard the IHRA Bracket Finals in div 3 was run on a practice tree. I heard the weather was bad, but this can not be right, can it?

Maybe some IHRA regulars can shed some light on this.

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Ken, Jim Woods was working the event and I spoke with him on Saturday and Sunday. He stated it rained the whole weekend. Previous to the race weekend he told me that IHRA had said the race "must be completed" that weekend. He said nothing about a practice tree however. Jim

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I assume using a pratice tree to run the bracket finales is just an internet joke
It has to be right?
I mean the racers who work week in and week out wouldnt be treated that way right?
IHRA the racers friend wouldnt do that would they??

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Well, the NHRA schedule for this weekend says:

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series presented by PC Richard.com
ATCO RACEWAY
Atco, NJ
October 2-4, 2009
Raindate: Stay till event completed

Does "Stay till event completed" mean we could end up in a practice tree match??
Let me know Dave M.. I could bring a tree.

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I wasn't there but this is true. no rollout 4 tenths pro tree, lol. And from what i heard they only used 2 LED ambers. I guess they wanted to be green...

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This is True! Believe it or not. One of my friends was racing there and sent me a text message. I thought he was joking. I guess they set a rollout of 50 so nobody could go red. Gave everyone a hit or two on the practice tree and went into eliminations. Apparently they were paying all round money and contingency to the finalist. Not sure how I would of felt if I towed all the way out there to run bracket finals and ended up having a practice tree race. I also don't know what there scheduling dilemas were either?

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Just talked to Jim Woods again. He said the IHRA had no say as to the way the race was run off. Rain was forecast for the rest of the week. The track operators voted (9-2) to run the race with the practice tree. Four tenths, two ambers, no red lights. Contingencies and payouts were done just like normal. IHRA officials just ran the race for Summit. No decisions were made by IHRA people. Track operators voted and made all decisions. Jim

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Then what the heck is this?
How would they get those numbers with a practice tree?


http://www.ihra.com/article/5190.html

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The Summit Super Series runoffs were completed earlier in the weekend, along with the Gambler's races. The practice tree was used for the 'main event'. I heard that Beaver Springs, Dragway 42, and Quaker City voted against it.

I'd be dead in the water on a Pro Tree. :eek:

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That's just plain silly. I bet the Race of Champions was a real hoot too.

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Summit Super Series runoffs = Race of Champions. That was among the races completed on-track before it rained.

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I won a bracket race at Quaker City in 2004 when they just pulled cards!
Got rained out after first round, so if you were still in, they gave you a card then put them all together and "ran" the rounds.

...didn't have to worry about reaction time or lane choice!

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If there was really no opportunity to race Sunday or Monday, and people chose that coming back wasn't an option, then I'm not sure a practice tree tournament was the worst idea. BUT HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU RUN IT ON A PRO TREE SET SUCH THAT NO ONE CAN RED LIGHT? ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS?

My son was there running "no box". Shouldn't street and "no box" have left off the bottom in their tournament? And if you do a pro tree, how can you not be able to set your own roll out? So whomever has the fastest reflexes is the winner? What a joke...

My son and I are both a little on the slow side (insert punch line here). He never had a chance. I worked on the car for two days straight to get it ready. He worked all season to qualify, spent the money to get there, and endured the nasty conditions. Never had a chance. Potentially, the bracket finals champ is some jackass that can't stage, can't drive the stripe, can't dial, and has a complete pos for a car...but he's got fast reflexes!!!

I have no idea what in the hell the track operators were thinking...what a bull**** deal...

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This is hilarious. Are you kidding me? I heard the track op vote was 5-4 in favor. Truthfully, I think I would have just packed up and left. Half the race is because of the car you have and they just took it right out of the equation. Where was the common sense?

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in my entire 34 years of racing, i have never heard of such a bad idea. i feel bad for the racers who worked long hours, gave up weekends and family time to qualify for the bracket finals, and to have it end like that.

dj raiser

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there had to be another way.

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I agree with this 100%. I was there and participated in this joke of a bracket finals. I am not as quick as a lot of guys releasing like that...I make up for it in other ways in the race car ON THE TRACK...nothing I could do with a set rollout pro tree. I built a new motor in my garage Thursday night after loosing a roller lifter/cam just to have the race be decided in the pavillion on a tree.

BTW, Dan, I met Thomas at our practice tree (for fun with adjustable roll-out) race on Saturday night. Very nice kid and I had a good time talking to him. He also took a good bit of our money hitting that practice tree.


Mark Romeo

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Here it is, ALL electronic drag racing game!! No trailers, no cars, just an electronic box. I thought it would take about 10 years to come to this, but, here we are. I agree with Dan,...just the quickest reflexes? I guess you will need lots of Mountain Dew (the soft drink), cocaine, and Red Bull to win a race. Unreal.

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I am still wondering how much stripe the winners were taking. LMFAO.

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Dan, That chevelle wagon was awesome in the gamblers race and was top notch.

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Kenny -- This kind of thing has been going on in IHRA forever - right here at Atco during the late Seventies I won a National event because of rain - my Kings were high in the card game and made me a winner........