[Michael Beard]

#2&3:Bill Edgewoth said both are out of the way tracks.Low car counts low profit for track and sanctioning body.

.....and?...... Should they not be sanctioned? Somebody better explain all this to Chris Hall. You know, the guy from Rocky Mountain Raceway in Utah that just won the Summit World Championship and drove home with $10,000, a new enclosed trailer and a golf cart. IHRA has programs that even the smallest of race tracks can take advantage of. Not only the SWC (which BTW has also had World Champions from Grand Bend in Canada, little Osceola in Michigan, po-dunk Hinesville, GA, and Aruba), but also the SSS, TCR, etc..

#4 Never heard of it.I have no shame about that.

Put it on your Christmas list. www.horsepowerheaven.com "4 Days in May" was an all S/SS video, with COMPLETE coverage of Bobby DeArmond's historic 9-sec pass, and teardown! Not to mention all the other action at Mission Raceway. ALL of Larry Pfister's videos are the bomb!

NHRA does have some small out of the way tracks.They come with the territory of being a sanctioning org.

So.... why is it ok for them and not IHRA?

If a track is being sold do you think the value would be greater with an IH or NH sanction?

Doesn't make a hill of beans, because the new owners can sanction with whomever they want. Or did you mean those NHRA tracks at Memphis and Gateway...? They are defunct money pits. Now, is that NHRA's fault? NO! You can fly as many NHRA flags as you want around Gateway, and it won't change its financial problems, which are independent of any sanctioning body.

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.

...and you get what for 5th round loser at an NHRA race? I'm undefeated in 12 years of Stock eliminator racing at Atco. Whoopdidoo. They've got my $115 entry fee and my $170 entry fee. I have nothing. Well, I did get a hat. Everybody's got their own good and bad stories. Okay, we've exchanged stories... what's that accomplished?

Read my post again,all I was saying is that IHRA is not helping their prestige by possibly losing two first class venues.

So they have lost prestige because somebody started an internet rumor? Wow. Listen to yourself!