Only Wish It Was Me.

He did not "camp" out, you enter national events by nhra.com. If you constantly check the availability, or you call nhra and have them alert you to an opening you can get in also. It is not difficult actually, and either your division director or nhra itself is happy to make sure an event is filled.

That is how I got into my first national event and now Indy.

[G Schenck]

The quota was 60 and only had 59 before the deadline, so all he had to do was have one grade point and pay the late charge.

Greg

[shawnfricke]

Bizman, thanks for the compliment. What is your name and here is my story.

so what does this say? was he camping out at the front door of e-town waiting to see if there were any no shows?

You could call it that, I was actually camping out inside the track. My fiance was there running super comp, my car was there and in the trailer hoping that on the outside chance that a spot opened up I could jump in. At the time I had 2 grade points and the spot was technically open to anyone with a grade 1 or higher.

On Tuesday I found out there was a spot available. I had something going on at work and wasn't sure if I could make it back on Thursday to get 1 time run. So I opted not to take the spot. On Wednesday I found out that I could get Thursday afternoon off and decided to see if the spot was still available. At that point well over 24 hours had gone by since the spot had opened up and was available to anyone who wanted it. We spoke to NHRA and Division 1 and they allowed me to do a "gate registration" and be the 60th car in the field.

to Shawn, i hope there are no hard feelings here. i have no beef with you. your just a racer who wants to race. but, your not alone.

No hard feelings at all, it was just a fortunate situation for me to be able to take the spot. I certainly would not have parked outside the gate and waited for it but since my car was there I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity.

Shawn

[SSTCamaro]

Originally Posted by shawnfricke

Bizman, thanks for the compliment. What is your name and here is my story.



You could call it that, I was actually camping out inside the track. My fiance was there running super comp, my car was there and in the trailer hoping that on the outside chance that a spot opened up I could jump in. At the time I had 2 grade points and the spot was technically open to anyone with a grade 1 or higher.

On Tuesday I found out there was a spot available. I had something going on at work and wasn't sure if I could make it back on Thursday to get 1 time run. So I opted not to take the spot. On Wednesday I found out that I could get Thursday afternoon off and decided to see if the spot was still available. At that point well over 24 hours had gone by since the spot had opened up and was available to anyone who wanted it. We spoke to NHRA and Division 1 and they allowed me to do a "gate registration" and be the 60th car in the field.



No hard feelings at all, it was just a fortunate situation for me to be able to take the spot. I certainly would not have parked outside the gate and waited for it but since my car was there I wasn't going to pass up the opportunity.

Shawn

LOL...who are you trying to kid Shawn, you were on pins and needles waiting for the opportunity and you maximized on it! Great job by the way!!!