IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea

Tracy Robbins · 03-31-2008, 09:07 AM

What a weird weekend at Mooresville w/ 46 deg. temps, rain, pretty miserable. As we sat around our pit Saturday running through ideas as to when this race would be rescheduled the idea came up that one of our other division 9 events (Piedmont since it's the next event) should be made into a "double" race weekend. It seems IHRA is always promoting that they are sportsman friendly in division 1,2,4, & 5 by reducing travel/expense and giving these guys/girls 3 race weekends to get 6 races. Divsion 9 is very strong in regards to car count and tracks so we don't get double event weekends, but the racers have the expense of traveling and taking extra weekends away from home to get in the same number of points races. There are several things IHRA should consider w/ the posted rescheduled date: 1) NHRA national event in Commerce that weekend 2) Farmington has a $50,000 bracket race that weekend 3) MOST IMPORTANTLY the expense to the racers of going back to Mooresville! Personally, I am having to really take in consideration the expense of racing divsion 9 or IHRA/NHRA at all. The current reschedule plan for Mooresville will cost the racers many thousands of dollars to return...plus the car count will be down as I know of quite a few racers entered at Atlanta. On the flip side, if Piedmont was changed to a double event, the car count may increase as they may draw racers from division 1, 2, and 3. I may be wrong but it seems as though it would be a financial burden to Mooresville to have to restaff for another 2-3 day event. Obviously, I'm not privy to all the particulars of running a division race (payout, track fee's, etc...) I would just like IHRA to take a look at helping division 9 racers save on travel expense for once and show us they can be "sportsman friendly" to us also! Just my .02 cents so flame away or voice your support.

Marc Kinton · 03-31-2008, 09:18 AM

Tracy, I'm sorry your upset. Whenever a divisional is rained out and has to be rescheduled it sucks for everybody. It's important that we remember that this is a Mooresville Dragway deal as much as an IHRA deal. Whenever you have this many quality tracks in a geographical area it is a tough deal. If they were to make Farmington a double weekend, then Mooresville looses the money from that race. Again, I know it sucks but this could be a possibility.....run the 50 grand on Friday and Saturday, come to Mooresville on Saturday night and enter the bracket race to get some time on the track...then just win the race on Sunday and all will be well...see you soon.

Tracy Robbins · 03-31-2008, 09:30 AM

Hey Marc, I'm not upset, just offering suggestions to try and save the racers on the average of $250-$300 in fuel and another weekend away from home. The double weekend seems to be working for other divisions and it would be nice for us to have a "financial break" every now and then. Maybe Herb from Piedmont or Bobby from Kinston could work out a deal w/ the Mooresville folks for them to come in and work the Piedmont race for either Saturday or Sunday as a make up. Just throwing around ideas.

Angela Macy · 03-31-2008, 09:49 AM

What are they doing about the spectator entry fees? I saved my arm band, is this my rain check to get in again in April? I certainly hope I won't be expected to pay another $35

Chris1529 · 03-31-2008, 10:15 AM

Angela,.

I am pretty certain they said over the PA at Mooresville that crew arm bands/tickets would not be honored at a reschedule. Only the car/driver. :-(

Its just plain bad for everyone involved when a race is rained out, and unfortunately, that is always going to be a factor around our "hobby". It costs the track alot too since they have to pay all of IHRA's expenses plus the purses. I guess they will have to pay for IHRA staff to come back too.

It was a 700 mile round trip for me. I don't think I am coming back to Mooresville for the reschedule. It took me 8 hours to get home yesterday after setting through two hour long construction delays on I-77 north. I'd probably been alright if I had taken US21, but this being my first trip out this year, I didn't have a map in the truck. shame on me.

As much as I hate to do it, I'll probably just change my entry to Pittsburgh or Quaker City and spend $50 more.

Angela Macy · 03-31-2008, 10:49 AM

That's pretty crappy in my book that they're not honoring my arm band - they did at the Milan National Event that was rained out last year. I paid $35 and didn't get to see any racing, didn't get to see anything on Sunday - they ought to only charge me half at the next event. $35 for a crew entry for the weekend is a little too much in my opinion as it is.

Was that an IHRA decision or a Mooresville decision? Chris - I got your PM I'll pm you back

Marc Kinton · 03-31-2008, 11:16 AM

Angela, Call the office at Mooresville. I'll bet if you kept your armband they will probably work something out for you. They are GREAT people.

Angela Macy · 03-31-2008, 11:31 AM

I will call them - never hurts to ask. We used to race there a lot and that was never their policy, if I kept my stub they let me back in for a rescheduled rain out.

Angela Macy · 03-31-2008, 11:44 AM

Ok - check it out - I called Jody and left him a message and he called me back but it went straight to voice mail - he left me a message thinking I was Don Plemmons - which you all know I'm much better looking - anyhoo - the message was telling Don he's going to change the date and didn't realize he had rescheduled this on top of his big race.

So I call Jody back and tell him that he left me Don's message - and I just wanted to know about my arm band - he told me to save it and just write the date on it and it will serve as my rain check for the rescheduled event. He also told me he is calling Satch to try and get this April date changed to another date due to the other races going on during that weekend and not wanting to interfer with them. So I guess we'll find out.

My other question was will the qualifying we did on Saturday stand or will we qualify again?

Mike McCandless · 03-31-2008, 11:57 AM

I will leave this for my brother to comment on. All I will say is we're doing everything we can (piedmont dragway) to work something favorable for the drivers. My brother has a plan and he's pushing it. I believe a conference call is setup within the next 48 hours to bang this out. If there is anything we can do as a track to make this easier on the racers, we're going to do it. Just realize, in the end, it's not really "our" call. All we can do is offer potential solutions.

03-31-2008, 09:07 AM	#1
Tracy Robbins Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Youngsville, NC Posts: 846 Likes: 3 Liked 25 Times in 11 Posts	IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea What a weird weekend at Mooresville w/ 46 deg. temps, rain, pretty miserable. As we sat around our pit Saturday running through ideas as to when this race would be rescheduled the idea came up that one of our other division 9 events (Piedmont since it's the next event) should be made into a "double" race weekend. It seems IHRA is always promoting that they are sportsman friendly in division 1,2,4, & 5 by reducing travel/expense and giving these guys/girls 3 race weekends to get 6 races. Divsion 9 is very strong in regards to car count and tracks so we don't get double event weekends, but the racers have the expense of traveling and taking extra weekends away from home to get in the same number of points races. There are several things IHRA should consider w/ the posted rescheduled date: 1) NHRA national event in Commerce that weekend 2) Farmington has a $50,000 bracket race that weekend 3) MOST IMPORTANTLY the expense to the racers of going back to Mooresville! Personally, I am having to really take in consideration the expense of racing divsion 9 or IHRA/NHRA at all. The current reschedule plan for Mooresville will cost the racers many thousands of dollars to return...plus the car count will be down as I know of quite a few racers entered at Atlanta. On the flip side, if Piedmont was changed to a double event, the car count may increase as they may draw racers from division 1, 2, and 3. I may be wrong but it seems as though it would be a financial burden to Mooresville to have to restaff for another 2-3 day event. Obviously, I'm not privy to all the particulars of running a division race (payout, track fee's, etc...) I would just like IHRA to take a look at helping division 9 racers save on travel expense for once and show us they can be "sportsman friendly" to us also! Just my .02 cents so flame away or voice your support. __________________ Tracy Robbins SS 9766

03-31-2008, 09:18 AM	#2
Marc Kinton Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Youngsville, NC Posts: 326 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea Tracy, I'm sorry your upset. Whenever a divisional is rained out and has to be rescheduled it sucks for everybody. It's important that we remember that this is a Mooresville Dragway deal as much as an IHRA deal. Whenever you have this many quality tracks in a geographical area it is a tough deal. If they were to make Farmington a double weekend, then Mooresville looses the money from that race. Again, I know it sucks but this could be a possibility.....run the 50 grand on Friday and Saturday, come to Mooresville on Saturday night and enter the bracket race to get some time on the track...then just win the race on Sunday and all will be well...see you soon.

03-31-2008, 09:30 AM	#3
Tracy Robbins Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Youngsville, NC Posts: 846 Likes: 3 Liked 25 Times in 11 Posts	Re: IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea Hey Marc, I'm not upset, just offering suggestions to try and save the racers on the average of $250-$300 in fuel and another weekend away from home. The double weekend seems to be working for other divisions and it would be nice for us to have a "financial break" every now and then. Maybe Herb from Piedmont or Bobby from Kinston could work out a deal w/ the Mooresville folks for them to come in and work the Piedmont race for either Saturday or Sunday as a make up. Just throwing around ideas. __________________ Tracy Robbins SS 9766

03-31-2008, 09:49 AM	#4
Angela Macy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Randleman, NC Posts: 301 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea What are they doing about the spectator entry fees? I saved my arm band, is this my rain check to get in again in April? I certainly hope I won't be expected to pay another $35

03-31-2008, 10:15 AM	#5
Chris1529 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Virginia Posts: 1,366 Likes: 6 Liked 70 Times in 29 Posts	Re: IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea Angela,. I am pretty certain they said over the PA at Mooresville that crew arm bands/tickets would not be honored at a reschedule. Only the car/driver. :-( Its just plain bad for everyone involved when a race is rained out, and unfortunately, that is always going to be a factor around our "hobby". It costs the track alot too since they have to pay all of IHRA's expenses plus the purses. I guess they will have to pay for IHRA staff to come back too. It was a 700 mile round trip for me. I don't think I am coming back to Mooresville for the reschedule. It took me 8 hours to get home yesterday after setting through two hour long construction delays on I-77 north. I'd probably been alright if I had taken US21, but this being my first trip out this year, I didn't have a map in the truck. shame on me. As much as I hate to do it, I'll probably just change my entry to Pittsburgh or Quaker City and spend $50 more. __________________ Chris Bowman The Mountain State Mustang 1984 Mustang GT350

03-31-2008, 10:49 AM	#6
Angela Macy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Randleman, NC Posts: 301 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea That's pretty crappy in my book that they're not honoring my arm band - they did at the Milan National Event that was rained out last year. I paid $35 and didn't get to see any racing, didn't get to see anything on Sunday - they ought to only charge me half at the next event. $35 for a crew entry for the weekend is a little too much in my opinion as it is. Was that an IHRA decision or a Mooresville decision? Chris - I got your PM I'll pm you back

03-31-2008, 11:16 AM	#7
Marc Kinton Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Youngsville, NC Posts: 326 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea Angela, Call the office at Mooresville. I'll bet if you kept your armband they will probably work something out for you. They are GREAT people.

03-31-2008, 11:31 AM	#8
Angela Macy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Randleman, NC Posts: 301 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea I will call them - never hurts to ask. We used to race there a lot and that was never their policy, if I kept my stub they let me back in for a rescheduled rain out.

03-31-2008, 11:44 AM	#9
Angela Macy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Randleman, NC Posts: 301 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea Ok - check it out - I called Jody and left him a message and he called me back but it went straight to voice mail - he left me a message thinking I was Don Plemmons - which you all know I'm much better looking - anyhoo - the message was telling Don he's going to change the date and didn't realize he had rescheduled this on top of his big race. So I call Jody back and tell him that he left me Don's message - and I just wanted to know about my arm band - he told me to save it and just write the date on it and it will serve as my rain check for the rescheduled event. He also told me he is calling Satch to try and get this April date changed to another date due to the other races going on during that weekend and not wanting to interfer with them. So I guess we'll find out. My other question was will the qualifying we did on Saturday stand or will we qualify again?

03-31-2008, 11:57 AM	#10
Mike McCandless Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 121 Likes: 3 Liked 320 Times in 35 Posts	Re: IHRA Mooresville Reschedule idea I will leave this for my brother to comment on. All I will say is we're doing everything we can (piedmont dragway) to work something favorable for the drivers. My brother has a plan and he's pushing it. I believe a conference call is setup within the next 48 hours to bang this out. If there is anything we can do as a track to make this easier on the racers, we're going to do it. Just realize, in the end, it's not really "our" call. All we can do is offer potential solutions.