[Chad Rhodes]

OK, so I always hear about all the IHRA guys claiming that "a lot of people never give IHRA a chance, come to a race".

I was sincerely planning on doing that next year with the I/SA car, then I looked at the schedule.

Baton Rouge Nitro Jam is the same weekend as the NHRA D4 race in Houston, and the D2 race in Valdosta.

Baton Rouge Pro-Am is the same weekend as the Belle Rose Divisional (50 miles apart no less).

And so far Montgomery is not on the schedule.

I don't want this to turn into a debate over who wrote their schedule when (I know they moved the Belle Rose points race). My point is that IHRA, as the smaller of the organizations, should do everything in its power to avoid schedule conflicts. I'm sure there is a lot of ego involved in not wanting to move a date, and i know its not always easy to do, but if I were running a race series I would make sure that within x number of miles, on the weekend I choose, that I would be the race that people wanted to attend. I would also do everything in my power to make sure that races like Montgomery stayed on the schedule. IHRA D2 seems to have the same problem as NHRA D2, they have forgotten they have members/racers in the Central time zone. If anything I would think the IHRA would try to capitalize on the weak NHRA D2 schedule and get some races in TN, AL, MS, etc. At least they ventured north to the Carolinas.