Lack of Sportsman Entries for Denver

[GarysZ24]

Originally Posted by iraceitall

Take into account how many miles are between racers and tracks out west. ALOT. Its less populated in the wild wild west, which probably explains lower counts as opposed to denser populated areas like the upper midwest and northeast. It doesn't mean the west is bad, it's just a helluva haul to do ANYTHING lol!

I hate that the count was down; however, I might just have a shot to make the field next year!

You and Lane hit the nail on the head. I too recall trying to entice NHRA to do for our divisional layout, what the NFL did with their football divisions a long while back, and I recalled getting laughed at by many people with few exceptions. It was nonsense for the Atlanta Falcons to have to travel from one end of the country to the other to play against the San Francisco 49ers (and others in the former NFC West), and it's equally nonsense for Div's 5, 6, & 7 to have to travel over 400 miles to race divisional events. Good example, here in D7, if anyone who lives in Az., wanted to race their recent divisional, they would've had to travel nearly 1,000 miles to get to Sonoma from Phoenix. Thanks to the 55mph towing limit on California's highways, it would've been better for them to pay the extra entry fee money and go to Denver for the Mile High's, but it would've been lousy for either tow, compareds to those of you who live in D3.

I still think it high time NHRA either changes their divisional layout, or follow the NFL and create a new division (or two), to reduce tow miles for all of us out here too???