2016 NHRA National Events Quotas

[Philip Saran]

Looks like they do not want sportsman racers to attend, except for Indy?!?

[jim powers]

what a joke, new blood in glendora= same slap in the face for sportsman!! they aint gonna change

[Ed Fernandez]

No Comp at Englishtown? Bwaa haaaah aaahaaaa. But hey you can be enlightened on the fine points by Tony Pedregon.

[Dave Ley]

Ed, If you read the whole release it shows classes aren't finalized yet, thus the NA.

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

No Comp at Englishtown? Bwaa haaaah aaahaaaa. But hey you can be enlightened on the fine points by Tony Pedregon.

[MR DERBY CITY]

Hard to believe only 65 stockers at E Town...WOW, there will be quite a few of disappointed D 1 guys and gals, ....With theses quotas grade points will really become more important. You know, NHRA is one of the few businesses that just flat out .......turns $$$$$$ away. .??

[bradsc1954]

Forcing people to go to more divisionals. Probably trying to make it where you need 3 or 4 points to get in.

[HR9121]

I'm actually not surprised, with space at a premium people continue to buy 100' rigs to haul one car.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by bradsc1954

Forcing people to go to more divisionals.

They're not forcing jack. I was a satisfied customer for a couple of years, and then they started laying straws on the camel's back at a surprisingly rapid rate. I'll spend my money elsewhere. Big money bracket racing provides live video coverage, and you can often get six shots at $5,000, $10,000, or even $20,000 in three days. The various regional S/SS Series provide a great bang for the buck and a 1-day or 2-day format for those "off" weekends.

If My Math Is Correct 55 car fields also are only 5 round races with a bye round 1 and at 7 cars Math is not my strongest point

6-round races. And you get to blow 4-5 days of your life for the privilege for 1 shot. For those that are chasing their first Wally, or just like the tailgating atmosphere, I get it. That's just not for me anymore.

[Pistol Pete]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

Hard to believe only 65 stockers at E Town...WOW, there will be quite a few of disappointed D 1 guys and gals, ....With theses quotas grade points will really become more important. You know, NHRA is one of the few businesses that just flat out .......turns $$$$$$ away. .??

For the last i'd say 6 years i've been racing the Englishtown Nationals, the car count for Stock was always around 80-90 cars. A lot of that had to due with our S/SS Rep. to get
NHRA to add on more entries. (Thank You Kent Hanley).

They never filled up S/G or S/C so they added more entries for Stock & Always got 10-20 more cars to enter.
Englishtown uses both sides of the track for Pit Space, & i do believe theres enough room for us

[james schaechter]

NHRA is an association of racers. Entertainment supportedby us, the membership. The quotas may need to be up or down, whatever. The reasons for the quotas and the intended goal should be public. Racers have some good ideas. If we knew what they were shooting for we could help. This isn't a matter of national security.

I think the lack of transparency reveals insecurity at the top. If the fear is the low Divison numbers, help the local tracks make the Divisionals a good deal for racers and tracks. Don't try to herd us there.

Right now, NHRA is competing with the many small associations running local races and offering much more value. If NHRA did a better job of serving the members, there would be no way a small association could compete with their series. Unfortunately, NHRA has become too top heavy and detached to realize this. It is kind of a role reversal. The small associations are made up of racers that out their blood sweat and tears in to the sport they love. Kind of like the original charter that made up NHRA.
Now, I know there are many many NHRA employees and officials that love the sport and support the common cause. I have to question if the upper a management has the experience to even understand the need for passion, for love of the sport. I fear to them, it is just a job. The sad part, is that they are the decision makers.
They have SRAC and other means to communicate with racers, but I don't think they take heed of the racer input. Coming to INDY and milling around with us isn't enough.
They need more input from local tracks and racers to help guide them. They need to ask their own people that DO interact with racers. If this is being done, great, but it is a big secret to the membership if it is.
I could see the car quota being lowered to compress the timeline. I doubt if they are doing this because of the toterhomes and stackers. If they were that aware, they would probably impose an additional fee for them.