[Michael Beard]

Contingency money was better in IHRA 10 years ago than what it is now in NHRA, which should serve as a wake-up call. "Where will be in another 10 years?" Stories like that from Strange Engineering indicates that they haven't heard that wake-up call yet.

Plus side of NHRA is the exposure provided by National Dragster. Since their print coverage has been scaled back, so has the value of that exposure. Contingency payouts are better.

Plus side of IHRA is their schedule. Much less time off work required, as the races are typically Sat-Sun with parking & tech on Friday. Tech is actually open til 8-9 pm on move-in day instead of closing at 5:00:00 on the button, so people don't have to beat themselves to try to get there on time and kill yet another work day. A lot more racing in a lot less time.