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PozQB14 · 07-21-2016, 12:45 PM

In 2001 (I think, maybe 2002), I attended the IHRA Empire Nationals in NY. My brother and I both a stock eliminator cars. Neither of them were very competitive but being in that environment was worth the entry fee. 25k people in a weekend!!! Top fuel dragsters, alcohol funny cars, pro stock and pro mods!!!!! We were the little guys but the sportsman racers were still relevant at that race. What happened to all of that? Clay Millican, Paul Romine, Shannon Jenkins in the pro mod Camaro, AL Billes. These guys were awesome. Fletcher was there with both cars (seeing as how he lives about 30 min from the track) and a bunch of other heavy hitters in stock and super stock, It literally felt like an NHRA full blown national event. Whats ironic is I looked at the qualifying sheet I found in our Camaro as I was restoring it last winter...and there were tons of racers from all over the east coast running stock and super stock. We need to get this type of atmosphere back. Sportsman need the pro cars and the pro cars need the sportsman cars, or else there wont be anything to show up to.

07-21-2016, 12:45 PM	#55
PozQB14 Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Youngsville, NC Posts: 129 Likes: 24 Liked 42 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Is IHRA Going Under? In 2001 (I think, maybe 2002), I attended the IHRA Empire Nationals in NY. My brother and I both a stock eliminator cars. Neither of them were very competitive but being in that environment was worth the entry fee. 25k people in a weekend!!! Top fuel dragsters, alcohol funny cars, pro stock and pro mods!!!!! We were the little guys but the sportsman racers were still relevant at that race. What happened to all of that? Clay Millican, Paul Romine, Shannon Jenkins in the pro mod Camaro, AL Billes. These guys were awesome. Fletcher was there with both cars (seeing as how he lives about 30 min from the track) and a bunch of other heavy hitters in stock and super stock, It literally felt like an NHRA full blown national event. Whats ironic is I looked at the qualifying sheet I found in our Camaro as I was restoring it last winter...and there were tons of racers from all over the east coast running stock and super stock. We need to get this type of atmosphere back. Sportsman need the pro cars and the pro cars need the sportsman cars, or else there wont be anything to show up to.