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Kegracing · 01-29-2013, 07:27 PM

I am cautiously optimistic!
Something needed to change, and I hope this is the right direction.
33 ProMods in TX, and maybe more than that at Rockingham a few years... they had GREAT car counts in all the sportsman classes at one time.
While I know the economy has hurt a lot of things... that is not the only reason for the drop in car count at IHRA races. The current IHRA is not the same as it was in the mid 90's thur about 2005?
I still feel they are more sportsman friendly than NHRA, but they have slowly lost touch with the sportsman racers, and they have quit working to make sportsman racing a key focus. NHRA always had more contingency money on the table, but the split was much closer than it is now... That will take some work by IHRA to get back on par, and I feel this is a big part of getting more sportsman cars back in the pits. This has not seemed to be a focus for them for several years now...
I just paid my membership again a few weeks ago... and plan to race as much as possible this year. I want them to get better and I will support IHRA. Lets just hope the new owners have some focus on supporting the sportsmen racers again!
Ken

01-29-2013, 07:27 PM	#13
Kegracing Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Red Oak, TX Posts: 441 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IHRA Just Sold I am cautiously optimistic! Something needed to change, and I hope this is the right direction. 33 ProMods in TX, and maybe more than that at Rockingham a few years... they had GREAT car counts in all the sportsman classes at one time. While I know the economy has hurt a lot of things... that is not the only reason for the drop in car count at IHRA races. The current IHRA is not the same as it was in the mid 90's thur about 2005? I still feel they are more sportsman friendly than NHRA, but they have slowly lost touch with the sportsman racers, and they have quit working to make sportsman racing a key focus. NHRA always had more contingency money on the table, but the split was much closer than it is now... That will take some work by IHRA to get back on par, and I feel this is a big part of getting more sportsman cars back in the pits. This has not seemed to be a focus for them for several years now... I just paid my membership again a few weeks ago... and plan to race as much as possible this year. I want them to get better and I will support IHRA. Lets just hope the new owners have some focus on supporting the sportsmen racers again! Ken