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Old 12-13-2010, 09:35 AM   #8
Michael Beard
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Default Re: Beard and other IHRA guys

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Originally Posted by THE LEGEND View Post
Tom,
I've ran IHRA on a regular basis since 2002. You have always had to have a number beginning with the division you represented unless you were Top Ten in the World.
Many years ago your # was based on what class you ran in.
Stock began with a 9
Modified began with a 4
Hot Rod began with a 8
etc.etc.etc.
I know it has'nt changed since 2002 though.
Chip Johnson
That was one of the first meetings I was ever in when I worked for IHRA. I think they were running out of numbers and/or had the issues with people having to have different IHRA & NHRA numbers. Why does the first digit have to signify the CLASS?! Bader's got something like "GT/BA" written up on the board and says, "Well, how are the staging lane people supposed to know what class that is?" 'If they don't know that's Super Stock, they don't have any business working there!' Got past that one, but then for a year or two we were stuck with having the Division number circled, then a dash in front of your competition number... good grief! And you thought Production cars had a lot of stuff on the windows! LOL

Since the points system is now tied into the membership database, I'm sure it'd be a lot easier to keep everything straight.
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