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Originally Posted by Michael Beard
This is an incredibly ignorant post. If it's supposed to be good natured humor (which it should be, knowing Ed), it misses the mark. It's unfathomable to me that we have people constantly cussing about NHRA, but will stand on the sidelines cheering and jeering any possible negativity toward IHRA. It's assinine.
1) Rockingham and Virginia are still IHRA tracks. Until announced otherwise, it's nothing but internet rumor.
2) Sanctioning tracks is a two way street, and it's up to the sanctioning body to provide value to its tracks, not the other way around.
3) What do the location of the tracks have to do with anything?
4) There's no "supposedly" about the Eagle Motorplex joining IHRA (see http://www.eaglemotorplex.com/), a former NHRA Divisional track that saw some great action, featured on Larry Pfister's Horsepower Heaven videos (the guy that brought you "4 Days in May", and if you haven't heard of that, you should be ashamed to call yourself a Class racer!)
What's the next post going to be, "OMG! NHRA has tracks in Medicine Hat and Saskatoon, SaskatchasomethingIcan'tspell, they must be going UNDER!"  |
Michael,show me where I'm bashing IHRA
Point #1:Maybe so
#2&3:Bill Edgewoth said both are out of the way tracks.Low car counts low profit for track and sanctioning body.
#4 Never heard of it.I have no shame about that.
NHRA does have some small out of the way tracks.They come with the territory of being a sanctioning org.
Here's a question for you.If a track is being sold do you think the value would be greater with an IH or NH sanction?Pure economic question,not sentimental answer required.
I said before,I've run both and enjoyed both.
Now I'm going into territory I am not comfortable with.When I ran Budds Creek in 2006
I was r/u twice that weekend.I walked away with a grand total of $800.As much as i enjoyed myself,the payout totally sucked.Granted it was only 5 rds each race,still,the payout sucked.
As bad as NHRA pays,it's a kings ransom compared to IHRA.And oh yeah.That new
emasculated winners trophy is more suited to girls volleyball.There was nothing wrong with the old Iron Man.I still sting over not getting one that week in Budds Creek
Read my post again,all I was saying is that IHRA is not helping their prestige by
possibly losing two first class venues.