Crate Motor Class

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

When I ran IHRA, they kept tech open til 9pm on the first day. More than once, I had taken off work early just to get to an NHRA event, and they shut down tech at 5:00:00. I'd had my tech card stamped in the tech trailer, and as I walked around front, they slammed the window -- couldn't take another 10 seconds of their time. Other times, they turned around a line of cars in tech instead of servicing their customers.

There is no doubt that IHRA is more user friendly with the racers especially the ones that arrive after work on a Friday night. The gate is usually open and you can go in and park instead of stacking in a road.
Most of us agree that CM and PS are good classes that there are some good racers competing in those classes But I don't see NHRA trying to consolidate stock, PS, CM and GT stock into one class structure. There are way too many differences to be able to make that happen. NHRA wants only the very hardcore guys that can afford the expense of high entry fees and expensive cars to compete at their level. This is painfully obvious by the reduced quota at national events and this has a trickle down effect at the divisionals too. NHRA does not want more cars they want less cars and charge them more to play in their sandbox