IHRA Nitro Jam schedule

[Mickey Whaley]

Originally Posted by novassdude

Isn't the heart of IHRA in the carolina's area. It looks like they have no Nitro Jams in there most well supported areas.

you said a mouthfull there!

[THE LEGEND]

I've been fussing for months about this. 80% of IHRA racers live within a few hours of Greensboro but the closest NJ race is 600+ miles away.

I was told the reason is no tracks in our area were willing to take the financial risk to put on one of these races.

I can tell you why. Fans here want PRO STOCK-Pro MOD. Fans here want racing and don't give a crap about grace digger racing a rocket powered smart car.

They will put a NJ race in canada because 40,000 people show up.
What I thought was interesting is PBIR not on the schedule for a NJ or a pro-am. HHHMMM
Chip JOhnson

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

I've been fussing for months about this. 80% of IHRA racers live within a few hours of Greensboro but the closest NJ race is 600+ miles away.

I was told the reason is no tracks in our area were willing to take the financial risk to put on one of these races.

I can tell you why. Fans here want PRO STOCK-Pro MOD. Fans here want racing and don't give a crap about grace digger racing a rocket powered smart car.

They will put a NJ race in canada because 40,000 people show up.
What I thought was interesting is PBIR not on the schedule for a NJ or a pro-am. HHHMMM
Chip JOhnson

Chip ill never understand why IHRA got away from Pro Stock and Pro Mod. I remember one year in San Antonio at a National they had alot of Pro Mods. I went and looked it up. March 2006 they had 33 Pro Mods at that race. Plus they had Pro Stock and Top Fuel. Now last year I actually liked the Fuel Altereds and Nostalgia Funny Cars(crazy bastards) but they need to bring back Pro Stock and Pro Mod. That said anyone who went to the Nitro Jam in SA last year will tell you it was packed and I mean packed. The place was full and the cars were still lined up on the access road waiting to get in. Ed

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by deuces wild

Chip ill never understand why IHRA got away from Pro Stock and Pro Mod. I remember one year in San Antonio at a National they had alot of Pro Mods. I went and looked it up. March 2006 they had 33 Pro Mods at that race. Plus they had Pro Stock and Top Fuel. Now last year I actually liked the Fuel Altereds and Nostalgia Funny Cars(crazy bastards) but they need to bring back Pro Stock and Pro Mod. That said anyone who went to the Nitro Jam in SA last year will tell you it was packed and I mean packed. The place was full and the cars were still lined up on the access road waiting to get in. Ed

Field entertainment and the current management is the main reason there is no Pro Stock or Pro Mod anymore.

[Lew Silverman]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

What I thought was interesting is PBIR not on the schedule for a NJ or a pro-am. HHHMMM
Chip Johnson

I had wondered the same thing, Chip! I guess that PBIR doesn't need help getting folks to come to their races in South Florida. The same scenario happened many years ago when the "Super Chevy Show" was replaced by a local promotion. They still had to turn people away and didn't have to split with Gustin and Co.! I had hoped they would have the same schedule as last year, Immokalee and then Palm Beach (but that's the same weekend as the new Orlando Speedworld NHRA Division 2 race!) Can't be in two places at the same time!

And I also realized that the Pittsburgh Nitro Jam is the same weekend as the Moorseville Div 9 Pro-Am! Double-Darn!!

Lew

[THE LEGEND]

Lew with all this over scheduling it's almost like they don't want us there. I think Martin is on top of Farmington also. I love going to Pittsburgh. I've been there several times. With 6 races in our division this year we can miss a couple but that Pittsburgh date is a killer for me thats the last week or so of school for my daughter.


ED,
ADRL is one reason. The other is a few years back only one P/S showed up at Edmonton. Well I guess IHRA showed them.LOL They keep finding places to pack the stands but eventually they will run out of places that never seen a burnout. There is no TF this year either Did you know that. They have turned this into another form of MonsterJam. 3 hour show buy t-shirts and food Go Home.

The good thing to come out of this is the Double Division Races, Sportsman Spectacular, and TOC and we don't have to deal with 8 hrs of leaky ***** subpar fuel cars like in the old days.
I would go to a NJ race just for the TOC qualifier and the extra contingency but I'm not driving a 1000 miles to do it and Pittsburgh at 600 miles is on top of a in division event 100 miles away.
Chip

[thomas sheehan]

Pittsburgh NJ is also the same weekend as Englishtown (nhra) National Event also. Smart planning!

[Charles Myers]

I do not understand why IHRA keeps moving west when the car count for the sportsman classes is not like it is on the east coast. On top of that why has the Nitro Jam gone to running a top eliminator and modified race at a so called "National Event"? I thought that National Events showcased IHRA's sportsman classes along with some of the professional racers.

[Michael Kilduff]

Originally Posted by Charles Myers

I do not understand why IHRA keeps moving west when the car count for the sportsman classes is not like it is on the east coast. On top of that why has the Nitro Jam gone to running a top eliminator and modified race at a so called "National Event"? I thought that National Events showcased IHRA's sportsman classes along with some of the professional racers.

Charles,
Several of us in Div 9 have talked about this phenomenon recently on this board. Here is a link to that conversation which may provide some answers to you-

http://classracer.com/classforum/sho...t=37486&page=3