Internet rumors-what happens if IHRA folds?

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Chad.....do you know anyone who might be that crazy to waste their money and have to put in the time involved to run it and to buy whats left???? LOL

that crazy and that much money yes, the time to run it themselves, no

[Dave Ribeiro]

Mike & Robert,

I don't think IHRA is going anywhere, but VMP & Rockingham are going somewhere else .... Robert, you make want to call me on that 400ci pontiac motor ..? I like IHRA & hope they aren't going anywhere, because we need to have choices where we can run ....
I was at VMP yesterday and was told it's a done deal ... I think it will be Div 2 , which makes sense .... Time will tell....

[THE LEGEND]

Don't forget. Bader still owns part of IHRA.

[Ed Wright]

I hope the sportsman deal doesn't go away. I hope to have more time to race next summer. I liked running their div 4 races last year. Hope to run with them this year if they are still around.

[mannymen]

Talks are that SMP (Bader) will pull double duty (NHRA&IHRA) in the near future.


Don't believe everything you hear and read

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Bob Pagano

Michael is a great person besides knowing his racing inside and out.being he worked for ihra he knows a lot of the folks there and sometimes know more than we do for sure.

While I appreciate the vote of confidence, I haven't been "on the inside" in many years. I'm just a racer. I do like to think that I approach things with some common sense, though.

I would hope that some of our more well funded class racers would buy what's left of the sportsman program. I think a sportsman only association would do just fine with the right leadership

We heard the same talk Re: Bruton and NHRA. What's there to buy? Classification guides and tech spec sheets, some fuel check equipment, and most importantly, from a marketing standpoint, a mailing list. Other than that, "Sportsman Racing" is a *concept*. What truly makes sportsman racing is the customers themselves.

$.02,

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by Dave Ribeiro

Mike & Robert,

Robert, you make want to call me on that 400ci pontiac motor ..?

Dave,

That may become a possibility. I also may explore changing the car to an earlier year. I presently have the front end off. With the work I need to do with the car, I may dig into my research a bit deeper. This Pontiac just might end up as a Pontiac yet!

Bob

[MOTORSPORTS Innovations]

I would think if IHRA really went under, Royce Miller and 10 other track owners would create IHRA2 in a hart-beat.

IHRA2 would have the identical sportsman structure, mountain motor Pro Stock, Pro Mod and alky funny car.

[THE LEGEND]

We have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did'nt 8 people buy IHRA once before?
Chip JOhnson

[Chris1529]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

We have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did'nt 8 people buy IHRA once before?
Chip JOhnson

"Eight is Enough?" as the old 70's tv show said. Apparently it wasn't.