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Looks like the Sportsman Spectacular has been replaced as just a points meet at MIR unless they are planning on another date.

IHRA Division 1 Patriots Summit Pro-Am Tour Schedule
April 26 -28 | Richmond Dragway
May 31 - June 2 | Pittsburgh Raceway Park
July 12-14 | Maryland International Raceway

IHRA Division 2 Heat Wave Summit Pro-Am Tour Schedule
* February 1-3 | Immokalee Regional Raceway 1/8 Mile | Event Schedule
April 19 -21 | Bradenton Motorsports Park
June 7-9 | Carolina Dragway
August 30 - September 1 | Darlington Dragway

IHRA Division 3 North Stars Summit Pro-Am Tour Schedule
July 19-21 | Grand Bend Motorplex
August 9-11 | U.S. 131 Motorsports Park
TBA | London Dragway

IHRA Division 4 Renegades Summit Pro-Am Tour Schedule
March 8-10 | State Capitol Raceway
April 5-7 | San Antonio Raceway
May 17-19 | Dallas Raceway
* June 14-16 | Memphis International Raceway

IHRA Division 6 Border Bandits Summit Pro-Am Tour Schedule
May 17-19 | Eagle Motorplex
July 5-7 | Castrol Raceway

IHRA Division 9 Raiders Summit Pro-Am Tour Schedule
March 22-24 | Piedmont Dragway
April 5-7 | Dunn-Benson Dragstrip
May 3-5 | Rockingham Dragway
August 9-11 | Farmington Dragway

NHRA Division 1 National Open Schedule:
Looks like they brought back the points system counting 2 out of 4 events and it's just Stock, SS and the .90 Classes NO Comp or Top Dragster or Sportsman.

The 2013 Sony/PC Richard.com National Open Series will be contested on these dates:

Atco Raceway – April 26-27
New England Dragway – May 18-19
Napierville Dragway – July 12-14
Maple Grove Raceway – October 10-13

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The information on the IHRA website also says that all races are double-events EXCEPT Division 9, but the dates listed are Friday-Saturday-Sunday. Is this a typo?

Lew

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Lew IHRA races you get 2 runs on fri 1 on sat then eliminations. Sunday 1 qual run then eliminations. I like it 2 races in one weekend helps on travel cost.

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You're right Ed, and i think the idea of 'double-race" weekends makes good sense. My only question was that the Division 9 races last year were all singles and that's what the announcement said for this year. But the dates they've listed look like 4 doubles instead of the singles we got this season.

I'm going either way, but it had me thinking about the fewer race weekends.

Lew

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I was told Farmington would be a double, also noticed no Mooresville. Tony Brown posted on Facebook last month they had a date for June??????
No TOC Qualifiers?
No Sportsman Spectaculars?
IHRA is making it tough to travel and race for $1600 bucks. Satuday night bracket racing is looking better all the time.

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Chip, Phil Robertson on duck dynasty would say that's what happens when you got a bunch of yuppies running the show.

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Coot,
I may be in the market for another stocker. The CCRA combos pay more to win.
Chip

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Got mine in the works right now.

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Also, no race at Clay City!!!! WOW! Div. 3 is a mess.
Jeff Ross

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Division 1 is no picnic either. 10 hours to Richmond, 5.5 to Pittsburgh and 7 to Maryland isn't very appealing. Have to win the race to break even...

Does anyone know if Pittsburgh counts as a division 1 or 3 like last year??

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^^^ I noticed that as well.
Bummer

Those $ 50 entry/ $ 1,000 to win combo races sure are looking much better now....

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This crap makes Obama care look good.

Give it another week or so, and they will come out with about a half page of contigency sponsor's, with a full page of qualifications on why my parts do not pay...

What happened to the "sportsman friendly" company that was doing very well a few years ago?

As several have said, bracket racing is looking much better...

Ken

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No comp or Top dragster/sportsman participating at national events or in the new point system for divisional races?:confused:

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Looks like I'm staying home again this year :( !

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IHRA.com shows this- May 31-June 2 | Mooresville Dragway

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Hey Chip, the CCRA deal is great. We are gonna run dads stick Vette at 4-5 of these races. My old 69 will be at the Pro Am races. We really enjoyed bench racing with you at Benson.

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Mike, we need more Mopar content and more "Am" in the Can Am Series. Come on over!!

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Ben,
They just added that yesterday. That's good news I always liked Mooresville. Farmington Double was run well last year even with the rain. Glad its back.
Chip

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Dave to be perfectly honest with you the Can-Am races are becoming a much better deal !

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The can am race during the grandbend event was great. Just need to have a race or two on the am side lol

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Has no one noticed the "Win and You're In" part is gone. At least it's back to some form of a points chase.

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Yup, best three in each Division go to the TOC. Period. Good move. Jim


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That is a GREAT thing. I'm not a fan of the T.O.C. format, and glad to see the 'win one race and you're in' part go away. Imagine this scenario:

A) Most of the typical IHRA racers (Beard, Piatek, Bertozzi, Cummings, Folk, Stillings, etc) support IHRA like they always do. Win a Nat'l or two, win a Div'l or two, and, under a normal points chase, would likely win the World Championship, or finish Top 5.

B) Meanwhile, someone goes to a TOC qualifier in June. Drives well, gets a break or two, and wins the race. That person is (or, was) in. So they choose not to race anymore IHRA that year, or get a new job that doesn't allow them to, etc. They go to the World Finals, again, drive well, catch a break or two, win the race and the so-called 'World Championship'. While the ones who supported IHRA get a .009 package laid on them first round, and don't even get a Top 10 number out of the deal.

That scenario, which easily could have happened, was my #1 beef with the TOC. Had the person in scenario B been me, I would have a hard time calling myself (or anyone) a "World Champion", having only attended two races all year, while drivers who WON 4-5 races don't get a 1-10 number. Actually, had I only ran the one TOC Qual race and won, I wouldn't have gone to the World Finals at all, and would have preferred to let the deserving drivers run for it.

I'm still not a TOC fan, but I admit I like the new 'Top 3 in each Division' rule much better. You have to support, and succeed, first, before getting to go run for the big prize.

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Mike your scenario has happened. I know racers that have won 1 race and attended 1 weekend won the TOC and were the World Champ. Here is a better account.
2010 I won the last Nitro Jam race at VMP which in fact was a qualifying race for 2011.
I then proceed to finish 8th in my division although I did compete in 20+ events ranging from divisionals,TOC, and NJ events. I would not have been in the TOC for 2011 if I had not won the final 2010 race. I won the 2011 TOC runoff to be crowned 2011 Hot Rod World Champ. Fast forward to 2012. I lost the Division Championship on the last weekend of the year by 5 points. I then went to Memphis as a Qualifier and got beat 1st rd. I was .008 10.898 to a .000 10.910. My opponent got bye to 6 cars and a top ten. I go home licking my wounds.
My take on this is I did everything I could. I won a World Championship under their rules and I lost one under those same rules. That being said. I like the Top 3 only rule thats the way it should have been all along.
Chip Johnson

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Are the Sportsman Spectacular races over?

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Who was it?

Anybody that can enter TWO races and WIN BOTH RACES (one of which was the TOC) is a pretty good driver.Maybe not a "World Champ" to some,but WINNING 2 out of 2 is pretty good!

From what I understand,they are over.Very little support.I am not surprised.There were 4 or less Super Stockers in San Antonio racing for $5,000 to win.

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I hadn't seen it announced elsewhere yet, but I was just flipping through the 2013 IHRA Rulebook, and it says Top 3 in points in each Division get $2,000/$500/$250. That's a big step up! Thanks Summit & Amsoil.

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442,
One comes to mind 2011 T/D champ won TOC at Richmond his home track then won VMP to be the champ. I'm sure there were others. I would have to research it.

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Good deal! Now THAT is an enhancement! Jim


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Can't say I'm shocked that Clay City is not on the schedule...they have been lacking cars for several years and last year was a complete joke, no cars, poorly run race, LOTS of unhappy racers.

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What is the Sportmans Spectacular?

I do not like that name btw..hoekie sounding !!

I remember National Races being call normal names..
Like Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring Nationals as very key National Events

Wish we could get back to those names instead of all the stuff before the names.

Dan

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You mean "What WAS the Sportsman Spectacular."

I thought the name was appropriate, and it included the track/location it was being held at.
But what it "was" was a $5,000 to win + contingencies for ALL classes across the board regardless of entries. To cover their butt, IHRA did include a "re-entry" round, where 1st losers ran a seperate round before those winners went on to round two. But at least one had to "earn" it as opposed to a simple "buy-back" into round 2. However, IHRA did offer the incentive that if there were 64+ cars in round one, there would be no "re-entry" round. Entry was $200.00, which was reasonable and those were one of the "Win, your in" races as a TOC qualifier. It was the IHRA version of a Sportsman Nationals. No Pro's or booked in shows.

Unfortunately, they never got over 64 cars at any of the Sportsman Spectacular races and got burned real bad at San Antonio when only a handful of cars showed up - literally! So they appear to have been discontinued for 2013 as there has been no mention of them.

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It was over 100 degrees there last year. I think that had alot to do with participation at Clay City.

by the way, did you see that Greg Miller has signed an agreement to run PRP?

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NOTE to ALL racers that the D-1 Open in Montreal, QC will be the weekend before the Epping divisional. Please try to make it to this great racing event and facility. Testing on Friday, 6+ Qualifying Runs on Saturday with a Gamblers race and a 1 Run best light with a win race, 1 Time Shot Sunday morning then Eliminations for $10,000.00 to the winner! Epping is about 4 hours away and you could roll it into a mini vacation for the three or so days off in between events, great beaches, entertainment and food in Epping or Montreal. Hope to see you all there.

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What!!!!? Beaches in Canada? Really? Then why does Polhill keep coming down here to Florida! Jim


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I'm at a lost for words. I don't understand how a IHRA racer (Dan Fahey), That races IHRA div 1 and 9 did not know what a Sportsman Spectacular was.

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err.. You got me!
I said that incorrectly !!
Got my answer anyway ..

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I'm curious about the Div 2 race(s) at Darlington over Labor Day.....is this a two race weekend?

I'm kind of suprised there aren't more '2 races in one weekend' events in Div 9. Seems like it would work pretty well as most Div 9 racers live in or near NC and travel/distance isn't that great for most.

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Michael, I think it may also have something to do with the large number of tracks in Division 9 that could hold a Summit Pro-Am event. The idea behind the "double" weekends was for those that that had to travel longer distances to save transportation and lodging expenses. I'm interested to see what the run schedule looks like for the single races in Division 9 that are being held on 3-day weekends.

Lew

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Chris is right the heat prompted many of my friends to stay at home that weekend.As I remember it was still over 100 degrees when we were called to the lanes for our first time trial and that was after 7pm. They had tried a few passes earlier but the track was too greasy for even the low HP cars. The IHRA officials didn't have many choices. They opted to finish day one Sat. night and started and completed the 2nd race early the next morning. In terms of a wake up call, there is something to said for an eight o'clock pass down race track rather than another cup of coffee.

Also it was on Friday eve June 29th(same week end) that a freak wind storm devastated much of Ohio, WV and Vir. Many rigs at Clay City track suffered wind damage that afternoon. I was fueling up at MT. Sterling Ky when the storm hit and we had to dodge downed trees across I-64 on way to the track. When I returned home much of the county was without power for over a week.