[Angela Macy]

It seems like IHRA is really out of touch with their races and what they want or care about - maybe they need to form a committee of several racers, one representative from each class atleast to arrange to get feedback from - to run these major change making decisions by racers before they commit to anything. That is if they actually care what the racers think or would like to see. It's hard to set here and say they only care about their bottom line, because without us there is no them, so it seems that this whole idea is more out of lack of knowing any better than selfishness.

Scott would be one of the 23 who maxed out on National and Divisional claims - he also had a gold card to use. We were in contention to win the World Championship early on, which motivated us to go to Pittsburgh for their SN, to get that extra claim. We already had to go to Martin for the Moser deal. We're not eligible for that race next year, we also have no gold card. So the trip to Martin is not happening next year (thank God). We might not even go to Maryland's National Event or the Pittsburgh Sportsman National event - especially under this new format, and depending on what the weather is. Its apparent that if there is the slightest amount of rain the whole race is thrown off schedule and we race on Monday. Both of those events would require us leave on Thursday to get there, if there is rain and you race on Monday, that means Tuesday we might end up having to travel home. With us owning our own business, its difficult to shut down shop for 2 days as it is, 4 days potentially is not good. And so what if he wins, that's not business income, that $$$ doesn't pay the shop's bills. It's one thing to feel obligated to chase it, when you're in contention and the gold card thing, but if Scott snags a win at a Divisional close to home, there isn't much incentive for us to travel much further from home.