HP on monday???

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Terry, travel distance is no cop out. Greg is right, outside of Clay City, there are no close IHRA races for us. Milan, Imokalee, and the east coast, not one is close to home.

If you want to chase points from where you are, even without filling out a "full" schedule and only going to 6 races, in NHRA, you would go to Reynolds, 2 in Atlanta, Bowling Green, Columbus, and Indy, for 57 hrs on the road. If you ran IHRA, you could go to Montgomery (double-header... missed seeing you there...), Clay City (double header), and Jackson (double-header), for less than 31 hrs drive time. You could add Darlington (double-header) and get a full 8 races in and your total is still under 47 hrs. To get your full 8 races in NHRA, you'd have to add Gainesville, and No Problem, which takes you up to 93.5 hrs just to chase 8 Divisionals.

To run a Divisional schedule in NHRA, you're not only looking at TWICE the mileage, but also 24 to 32 days wrapped up in it which includes many lost days of work, as opposed to 8 to 12 days (only 1 work day if you're smart) to chase IHRA. Oh, and if you want to chase the World Championship in NHRA, start looking at adding the time and travel for 3-6 Nationals, too. IHRA, finish Top 3 in the Division and you get a free ride into a $10,000 to win (plus contingency, etc) World Championship Tournament. If you'd like to improve your chances, you have 3 National events within 9 hrs. They're only 2 day events, and you're done early on the second day, so you don't lose much travel time. It's a little more of a stretch, but you could make the national at Crandall, TX too, at 11hrs (easy driving road, too), which is closer than Palm Beach, Immokalee, and Martin are for me.

Maybe some people haven't put a pencil to it and really figured out what opportunities are out there. I can help people find schedules and explain various programs if they need help. Just holler.