[danny waters sr]

ss, Here in NC most of the tracks used to be1/4 mile but speeds have overgrown most of them. You may see some of these tracks test and tune with 1/4 mile ,but a lot of race cars cannot make this length. Mostly street cars are running the 1/4 at these tracks. It has just been adopted to run 1/8 at these tracks in this area . I love 1/4 mile racing ,but in most of these tracks it would be a hardship on a racer that may get in trouble with not enough stopping area ,. Now Rockingham & Darlington could surley run 1/4 mile div races ( in my opinion). When in Pittsburg last year at the triple IHRA race there were issues of stopping at top end on some of the faster classes. One t/s car crashes twice ,the second time not so lucky. Several cars went long . This is more of a safety issue than time and money .Sorry but that is out of my control to change . At least so far IHRA is still running full 1/4 mile National events.