Rockingham and VMP to nhra?

[joe176]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

After losing Va and Rockingham and Top Fuel,what's left to call a sanctioning organization?RIP IHRA.
The beginning of the end was when some bright bulb had the Iron Man turned into some
garish under nourished freak.

Ed...I love your humor...LMAO !!!!!!

[John Kelley]

Where is "DANDY" Don Meredith to sing the Willie Nelson classic "THE PARTY IS OVER" ?
Turn out the lights the party's over and all good things must end........... :-(

P.T. Barnum needs to sell IHRA and go back to the CIRCUS BUSINESS !

[pbaileyrp]

The Rockingham folks were at Pomona. They will be back.

[THE LEGEND]

Steve goes to Pomona,Indy,and several other events every year. He also goes to the Daytona 500 does that mean they are going nascar too.LOL
Chip

[pbaileyrp]

maybe it does................maybe it doesn't. We will see.............

[jwsamuel]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

Steve goes to Pomona,Indy,and several other events every year. He also goes to the Daytona 500 does that mean they are going nascar too.LOL
Chip

Well, there is that oval right across the street......

Jim

[Bobby Lundholm]

Doesn't this same conversation happen every year? IHRA lost a couple of tracks and now they are going under? Don't tracks come and go all the time? It's whatever sanctioning body tells them what they want to hear. You guys put way too much thought into rumors. What about Memphis, and Gateway? Is NHRA doomed now?

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Bobby Lundholm

What about Memphis, and Gateway? Is NHRA doomed now?

Apples and oranges. Memphis and Gateway CLOSED, due to the failure of the business to generate a profit. Dover Downs Development does not seem to be doing well right now. I expect their Nashville Super Speedway to possibly close before long.

Big difference between Memphis and Gateway closing, and VMP and Rockingham possibly changing sanctioning bodies.

That being said, I'm not at all sure that those two tracks switching sanctioning bodies is a death knell for IHRA, I hope it is not.

[dcm933]

Actually talked to Mr. Earwood himself recently. He has had sitdowns with NHRA several times recently. And yes he is taking a lighter sanctioned schedule for 2011

[dcm933]

What also has to be understood is that running under the NHRA banner costs a track much more (insurance is higher even on divisionals.). Also that NHRA is not centered in North Carolina as much as the IHRA crowd. There are a lot of 'x' factors in the equation which I think is why Mr. Earwood has decided to give IHRA at least one more year to straighten out the kinks that we all know exist. After that, the ball is in the air.