thanks IHRA nitro jam --- no stock/ss at several races!

[Dave Turner]

Originally Posted by Roger K Fain

You all are forgetting that there are other players in this scheduling game at these tracks, i.e. the Owners. The Tadesco Brothers at Pittsburgh have been saying for the last five years that they were expanding their facility to accomodate a National event...moving the starting line back 300 ft. and removing the "humps & bumps" in the shutdown area of the track, etc. They have been working on updating the facility, but have not yet acheived the goal of having the capacity to host a National. They probably conceeded in the negotiations to have only ET's & Jrs. in order to get the Pros for the "Nitro Jam". I personally don't think they have the staff and experience to handle an event featuring all seven classes in a National event. Until they make good on the purported (expensive) upgrades, they will remain an "Division Level" track.

Roger, I'm sure you've been down that track many more times than I have. My only experience at Pittsburgh was last year's IHRA ProAm event and I left with an extremely favorable opinion of their level of efficiency. Given an enhanced IHRA staff presence to handle the pro categories, It would seem manageable?........could have done without the "boulders" at the portable scales.