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Originally Posted by deuces wild
Hagen I'm going because SA is only an hour away. I have family there to stay with (no hotel bills). So it's cheaper for me to go there than Dallas or Houston. Just a money deal to me. Hope to see you at the next one. Ed
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Yeah, that’s a good risk vs reward for you. I'm not saying racing IHRA is a dumb move. Not at all, in fact, I'm saying the opposite. I'm not going to miss a race in my back yard (Baton Rouge) just because its IHRA. But there are quite a few cars in the area that don't make it, yet travel further to NHRA races. That’s what I've been trying to get at. People aren’t going to go to IHRA races just because everyone says they put on a good time. You have to give them some incentive that will make them give it a shot. More reward will make people risk more (drive further, more fuel, time off, entry fees, and wear on your nice piece). Give us a bigger payout and its only a matter of time before anyone with business since realizes that its worth it to travel. More people realize this = more cars. You only need 10 more cars to add $2000 to the payout structure. Probably don't even need 10 when you count the crew member tickets. Who doesn't bring someone with them? I know we would be in SA if we thought we had some shot of recouping half the expenses to go, but we aren’t going to drive 7-8 hours, put wear on the cars, and end up spending $1,200 with the most we can hope for if we aren’t one of the 2 cars in the final is $150. A runner up would barely make that money back. I know we choose to have an expensive piece that we don't want to put a bunch of useless runs on, and a big F'n camper that gets terrible gas mileage, but so does 90% of the NHRA cars that don't go to IHRA races. They would rather save it for NHRA.