I-card ??

John Kelley · 05-20-2009, 07:03 PM

Is IHRA using I-CARD this year ??
It's a shame NHRA turned their back on it ! I would think a sponsor would step up and cover the costs involved to run it at least at National events. Like Jeg's or Summit,Lucas, Coca Cola or someone.
But there are a lot like mine just gathering dust in a drawer.....:-)

bill dedman · 05-20-2009, 07:42 PM

Maybe you need to dust around there, John....

John Kelley · 05-20-2009, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bill dedman

Maybe you need to dust around there, John....

I know your garage is SPOTLESS !!
Did you ever find those parts you "lost" on your workbench ?? :-)
More than a little dust there !!

Wade_Owens · 05-21-2009, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by John Kelley

Is IHRA using I-CARD this year ??
It's a shame NHRA turned their back on it ! I would think a sponsor would step up and cover the costs involved to run it at least at National events. Like Jeg's or Summit,Lucas, Coca Cola or someone.
But there are a lot like mine just gathering dust in a drawer.....:-)

x2, I got to use mine a grand total of 1 race! I had hoped this wasnt a dead issue. If no one from iCard is going to pursue it, I would like to formally request a partial refund. I bought mine at Memphis national event and used it on that saturday. It makes me feel like someone knew this was on the horizon and all they did was collect my money.

Wade O

Dan Bennett · 05-22-2009, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Don Higgins

IHRA is going to run iCard again according to Tommy Dupree. The new owners of iCard were to make live data available on IHRA's website also.

NHRA needs to get their heads out of their asses and realize how important we racers are. iCard costs nothing and would make the racers very happy.

It costs nothing? Who's going to set it up and babysit it? And work on it when it goes down?

While I agree it would be nice to have it operating again, in the interest of fairness you really should have disclosed that you bought all of the remaining hardware from Icard a while back.

I'm sure that getting the system going again would make some racers happy, but not nearly as much as you so you could get rid of that dead inventory.

Posted for the promotion of full disclosure and all that.

Dan Bennett · 05-22-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Wade_Owens

... It makes me feel like someone knew this was on the horizon and all they did was collect my money.

Wade O

Pretty much the entire history of the thing as far as I'm concerned. There was no possible way for it to make money the way it was set up, and yet people were still promoting and selling the systems.

Not to hijack the thread, but I was at the Mecum auction in Indy last weekend. It was an unbelievable collection of lightweights, musclecars, and bunch of interesting stuff. You would have enjoyed yourself.

John Kelley · 05-22-2009, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Bennett

It costs nothing? Who's going to set it up and babysit it? And work on it when it goes down?
While I agree it would be nice to have it operating again, in the interest of fairness you really should have disclosed that you bought all of the remaining hardware from Icard a while back.
I'm sure that getting the system going again would make some racers happy, but not nearly as much as you so you could get rid of that dead inventory.
Posted for the promotion of full disclosure and all that.

I believe quite often the Summit FastFriends guys have done the connection at some tracks and monitored the equipment.Other than that apprently the only other thing is an antenna.
Summit could make a lot of people happy by taking it over.

Ken Haase · 05-26-2009, 12:52 PM

Don, I believe that Dan is one of the reporters for Summit's DRC. And we all love those results don't we?

John Kelley · 05-26-2009, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Bennett

, and yet people were still promoting and selling the systems..

I know other car racing series use it ,even the local gokart track uses it.And I think some Sporty Car series use it...
Sponsoring the I-Card wouln't cost much and would get a lot of attention for the sponsor.
COME ON JEG'S ....STEP UP TO THE PLATE !! :-)

jwsamuel · 05-26-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan Bennett

There was no possible way for it to make money the way it was set up, and yet people were still promoting and selling the systems.

You mean just because they did not have an ongoing revenue stream after they sold everyone the boxes?

Jim

05-20-2009, 07:03 PM	#1
John Kelley Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tightwad,TEXAS Posts: 911 Likes: 6 Liked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I-card ?? Is IHRA using I-CARD this year ?? It's a shame NHRA turned their back on it ! I would think a sponsor would step up and cover the costs involved to run it at least at National events. Like Jeg's or Summit,Lucas, Coca Cola or someone. But there are a lot like mine just gathering dust in a drawer.....:-)

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Ken Haase Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 233 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: I-card ?? Don, I believe that Dan is one of the reporters for Summit's DRC. And we all love those results don't we?