IHRA Division 1 schedule for '12 is out
 

http://www.ihra.com/News/2011/12/19/1/

Running 1/4 mile at Pittsburgh will help a good bit with the entries for that race.

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They've rolled the Pro-Am into the same weekend as the Nitro-Jam at Pittsburgh. Same weekend as the Division 9 Pro-Am at Mooresville!

But yes, it's probably good that the race is being run on the 1/4 mile. The SuperNationals at E'town is also the same weekend!:(

Lew

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I am glad to see Pittsburgh back in Div 1.

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Nice, No IHRA Race Scheduled the same weekend as the .90 Nationals / Combo in the Hills event. Pittsburgh the weekend before so once your done there you can come drag everything to Numidia then after Numidia run it up to Skyview.

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Now IHRA really has me confused.I thought Pittsburgh was one of the few remaining Division 3 tracks.Now,it is considered Division 1.

On top of that,they schedule it the same weekend as NHRA Englishtown?

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I also thought we cut it back to 1/8th because shutdown was too short. I saw several wrecks there. Did they move the starting Line back?
Chip

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Chip, we've been over this. But here's a refresher.

40 years ago (actually 39, in the fall of 1972), Tommy Ivo ran the first-ever 5 second run in Top Fuel. Probably running around 230-240 mph. Back when the shutdown was much shorter than 2011.

In 2011, the shutdown is longer. The brakes, parachutes, etc are better. But 150 mph S/R or 180 mph T/S-T/D can't stop?

:confused: :confused: :confused: ?

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Chip its looks like according to the pictures on their flicker page that some renovations are being done. Here is the link...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pghracewaypark/

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Mike,
I understand and was just simply asking a question.


Charles,
Thanks

Chip Johnson

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looks like they are doing staging lane work. They did some starting line work last year.

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I *believe* the plan is the lengthen the shutdown. Not sure how much further they can go...moving the starting line back was a plan at one time, that would take some work.. Where there were four staging lanes along the cafeteria, there are plans for six for 2012, as well as re-worked lanes for the weekly bracket cars that could, perhaps, be used for overflow for some .90, S/SS, or Top classes (Street/Trophy lanes that look straight down the track, at a 90* angle to the lanes alongside the cafeteria used by most Pro-Am and Top/Modified weekly cars). Guess we'll see. I plan to be at the yearly P.I.D. Reuinion/Hall Of Fame dinner in early February, maybe I can get some for-sure answers then, if not sooner.

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Gotta agree with Chip here. Unless they are lengthening the shutdown I wouldn't enjoy running 1/4 in a TS or TD ride. I almost stuffed a S/R car in the sand up there in '03 myself.