Division 1 schedule

[Dave Casey]

Joe, Dennis,and Ed,

I don't think the whinning had anything to do with it, All the divisions(exceptD2) have 6 lodrs races and so do we. They added Epping and dropped 1 Atco race. It is rare to have 2 lodrs races at the same track, we have had 2 at atco for awhile, but I think that was because we don't go to a couple of tracks we use to go to.

Tom, I hear you on columbus, but this scheduling thing is harder than you can imagine, especially with the multitude of events the tracks have. As far as June goes, the first weekend is the e'town nats and the last weekend is the Napierville open.

Does anyone know for sure when the Atco open or the Dutch is ?

[Brian VP]

Just a thought but Atco may not have wanted a second race. Joe has plenty on the schedule and 2 races is not worth the trouble for him. I am sure he probably makes more money on a weekly basis than he does when we show up.

[Chad Rhodes]

Do the division 2 and division 4 directors even have each others phone number?

[KingReptile]

Im not sure when we ran Montgomery which was a great track for all of us Wesley DIv 4 director at the time used to tech too it was awesome having him there along with the other tech guys.

[Doug Blackley]

Looking at the D1 schedule it would appear they have put a decent amount of time between each event up here. It's not just the racers that are effected by the schedule. The Divisional support staff put in a lot of time to give us an event to run at. Leaving some room in between events in case of rainouts only makes sense, just remember how October went up here.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

Do the division 2 and division 4 directors even have each others phone number?

Do you really think it would make any difference?

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Do you really think it would make any difference?

no, but they stuck g'ville and no problem divisionals on to of each other (8 hrs between them, will hurt the car count at both). Then stuck the houston divisional on top of the Valdosta race. That won't hurt houston as bas as it will Valdosta (not many D2 guys go to Houston, but a fair number of the Louisiana cars come to D2 on a regular basis). Just piss poor planning.

[BobOrme]

Here's a merged NHRA national and divisonal schedule.

Feb. 11-13 LODRS 2-1 Bradenton Motorsports Park, Bradenton, FL
Feb. 18-20 LODRS 2-2 Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, FL
Feb. 18-20 LODRS 4-1 No Problem Raceway, Belle Rose, LA
Feb. 18-20 LODRS 7-1 Firebird International Raceway, Chandler, AZ
Feb. 24-27 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Winternationals, Pomona, CA

March 4-6 LODRS 2-3 South Georgia Motorsports Park, Cecil, GA
March 4-6 LODRS 4-2 Houston Raceway Park, Houston, TX
March 10-13 NHRA Tire Kingdom Gatornationals, Gainesville, FL (PSM)
March 18-20 JEGS NHRA Cajun SPORTSnationals* Belle Rose, LA

April 1-3 NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals, Las Vegas, NV
April 14-17 NHRA 4-Wide Nationals, Concord, NC
April 15-17 LODRS 4-3 Texas Motorplex, Ennis, TX
April 29-May 1 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals, Houston, TX (PSM)
April 29-May 1 LODRS 3-1 O'Reilly Raceway Park, Indianapolis, IN
April 29-May 1 LODRS 6-1* Firebird Raceway, Boise, ID

May 13-15 NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Southern Nationals, Commerce, GA (PSM)
May 13-15 LODRS 3-2 Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park, Norwalk, OH
May 13-15 LODRS 5-1 SRCA Dragstrip, Great Bend, KS
May 13-15 JEGS NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals* Fontana, CA
May 20-22 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Summer Nationals, Topeka, KS
May 20-22 LODRS 2-4 Atlanta Dragway, Commerce, GA
May 20-22 LODRS 7-2 Auto Club Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, CA
May 27-29 LODRS 1-1 Maple Grove Raceway, Reading, PA
May 27-29 LODRS 5-2 Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd, MN
May 27-29 LODRS 6-2 Mission Raceway, Mission, BC

June 2-5 NHRA SuperNationals, Englishtown, NJ (PSM)
June 10-12 LODRS 3-3 Route 66 Raceway, Joliet, IL
June 10-12 LODRS 4-4 Tulsa Raceway Park, Tulsa, OK
June 10-12 LODRS 7-3 Top Gun Raceway, Fallon, NV
June 17-19 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol, TN
June 17-19 LODRS 5-3 Bandimere Speedway, Morrison, CO
June 17-19 LODRS 6-3 Spokane County Raceway, Spokane, WA
June 23-26 NHRA Summit Racing Equipment Nationals Norwalk, OH (PSM)

July 1-3 LODRS 1-2 Lebanon Valley Dragway, West Lebanon, NY
July 7-10 NHRA United Association Route 66 Nationals, Chicago, IL (PSM)
July 15-17 LODRS 6-4 Woodburn Dragstrip, Woodburn, OR
July 22-24 NHRA Mopar Mile-High Nationals, Denver, CO (PSM)
July 22-24 LODRS 1-3 New England Dragway, Epping, NH
July 22-24 LODRS 3-4 National Trail Raceway, Columbus, OH
July 22-24 LODRS 7-4* Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA
July 29-31 NHRA FRAM-Autolite Nationals, Sonoma, CA (PSM)
July 30-31 LODRS 3-5* Mid-Michigan Motorplex, Stanton, MI

Aug. 5-7 NHRA Northwest Nationals, Seattle, WA
Aug. 5-7 LODRS 1-4 Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
Aug. 12-13 LODRS 5-4 Cordova Raceway Park, Cordova, IL
Aug. 18-21 NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals, Brainerd (PSM)
Aug. 19-21 LODRS 1-5 Cecil County Dragway, Rising Sun, MD
Aug. 19-21 LODRS 6-5 Pacific Raceways, Seattle, WA
Aug. 26-28 LODRS 3-6 Beech Bend Raceway Park, Bowling Green, KY
Aug. 26-27 LODRS 5-5 Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, KS
Aug. 31 – Sept. 5 NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, Indianapolis, IN (PSM)

Sept. 9-11 LODRS 1-6 Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ
Sept. 9-11 LODRS 5-6 Tri-State Raceway, Earlville, IA
Sept.10-11 LODRS 6-6 Champion Raceway, Eagle Point, OR
Sept. 15-18 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts Nationals, Concord, NC (PSM)
Sept. 16-18 LODRS 4-5 Houston Raceway Park, Baytown, TX
Sept. 22-25 NHRA AAA Texas Fall Nationals, Dallas, TX (PSM)
Sept. 23-25 JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals* Columbus, OH
Sept. 29 - Oct. 2 NHRA Keystone Nationals, Reading, PA (PSM)

Oct. 7-9 LODRS 4-6 Thunder Valley Raceway Park, Noble, OK
Oct. 7-9 LODRS 7-5 Southwestern International Raceway, Tucson, AZ
Oct. 14-16 NHRA Arizona Nationals, Phoenix, AZ (PSM)
Oct. 14-16 LODRS 2-5 Silver Dollar Raceway, Reynolds, GA
Oct. 27-30 NHRA Las Vegas Nationals, Las Vegas, NV (PSM)

Nov. 4-6 LODRS 7-6 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, NV
Nov.10-13 NHRA Automobile Club of Southern California Finals, Pomona, CA (PSM)

* Top Alcohol classes not contested

[jwsamuel]

Originally Posted by Dave Casey

I don't think the whinning had anything to do with it, All the divisions(exceptD2) have 6 lodrs races and so do we. They added Epping and dropped 1 Atco race. It is rare to have 2 lodrs races at the same track, we have had 2 at atco for awhile, but I think that was because we don't go to a couple of tracks we use to go to.

For eight out of the past 10 years, Div 1 had 7 races. It had 7 races as recently as 2009.

Originally Posted by Dave Casey

Does anyone know for sure when the Atco open or the Dutch is ?

The Dutch is on the same weekend every year.

Jim

[Tom Goldman]

Jim ,I realize that there are gaps for the D1 Nat events, but scheduling Epping on the same weekend as Columbus is totally inconsiderate of racers budgets.
Now to get eight races we need to travel considerably farther.
BTW , the way the weather has been in the Northeast the last two weekends,Atco in November would have a great choice!.
I'm not suprised that Atco has only one race next year.....Joe Sway has experianced a substantial loss of participation at the Fall race.....He could probably make more profit with a Bracket race on that date.