NHRA and the Master Plan

[Jimbo17]

Just my opinion but I think the N.H.R.A. would be happy to just run the Pro Classes at every event even though to me it makes no sense what they are doing.

Maybe when the Pro Classes some day get down to 8 or 12 cars they will rethink their their future plans a little better.

Right now if one or two of the multi cars teams in the Pro Classes decided to pull out for sponsor reasons you would see panic on the part of the N.H.R.A.

Jim Hill

[barnca2010]

Just posted on NHRARACER.COM

National event quotas: How and why they're set

One of the many important duties of NHRA’s Racing Administration department is the setting of class quotas at NHRA national events. Deciding on the number of entrants per class and in total takes into account many factors that reflect the current environment of the events, including historical data, the size of facility, television broadcast times, track and local curfews, weather history, the size and number of haulers, and past on-site experience. Despite quotas being set, at many events already this year racing has run well into the evening or NHRA officials were forced to reduce the number of qualifying passes to time constraints.

Below are some examples of the challenges:

Facility size: In many situations we are limited on the amount of entries we can accept due to overall size of the facility. In Gainesville, approximately 20 teams were parked in the spectator lot.

Live TV: With the move to FS1 and 17 live TV shows changes are made to ensure that segments of racing meet time slots set by FOX.
Curfews/weather: Based on a growing population around many of the facilities, curfews have been established, which limits the amount of time that race cars can be run. That challenge is made tougher early and late in the season when cool weather conditions can produce conditions that are not ideal.
Size of haulers: Over the past several years, the size of haulers have grown, which limits the amount of useable space to have additional cars on property.

NHRA strives to deliver the best experience possible to everyone attending a national event, and the ability to do so is challenged when NHRA is forced to park racers in spectator parking, schedules force us to run late into the evening under conditions that are not ideal, which is why the establishment and enforcement of quotas is so important.

[Darrel Goheen]

No mention of why they can't move quotas around. Such as taking a few from a not full class and moving to a full class. So far this year the only event that has been full is the Four Wide. It doesn't affect me as I learned my lesson last year about making it into the events I wanted.

[HR9121]

Originally Posted by Darrel Goheen

No mention of why they can't move quotas around. Such as taking a few from a not full class and moving to a full class. So far this year the only event that has been full is the Four Wide. It doesn't affect me as I learned my lesson last year about making it into the events I wanted.

Good point, 45 spots available for Atlanta and no budge on quotas for the full categories. What a waste, somewhere in the neighborhood of 14k left on the table. What a way to run a business......

[Pistol Pete]

Originally Posted by HR9121

Good point, 45 spots available for Atlanta and no budge on quotas for the full categories. What a waste, somewhere in the neighborhood of 14k left on the table. What a way to run a business......

James
Look at Englishtown Quota's and see how bad one class is.....
NHRA is leaving tons of $$$$ on the table.

NO BUDGE ON QUOTA'S PERIOD. ANYWHERE !!!!

[Ron Ortiz]

Jason 'The Dentist" McGinley.

Are you the former B.D.D.2 who was claiming to be associated with MR2 & Carey Bales back in 2010 when they did not acknowledge you.

Did you win the Street category in a '95 Ford Explorer running 11.20's in the eighth mile.

Did you ever get them big boy pants and run a cuda like Larry Hill does.

I want to thank you for having the balls to run your mouth by challenging BIG BOYS face to face at the races. At the age of 44 you seem to have acquired the notoriety that you seek. Good luck with that fast car of yours, now go out there and beat up on some low class cars. If you want to beat up on me you will have to come to FL, I'll be the one in the slow Plymouth wagon with the little 273 engine with the monstrous 2bbl.

I do have a question for you though, are you the same person who coaches youth sports or the one who like to have boxing matches on the street.There are a lot of Jason McGinley on the internet and Facebook and I did not want to be misinformed about who I was talking about.

And about your opinion on fast cars vs slow cars, you better get a new COPO, DP, or CJ as a D/SA just aint gonna get it done according to your statements.

Oh and by the way, keep politics out of this, it does not fit your character.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA just the facts

[Dan Fahey]

Hey Ron Oritz;

How many U/SA cars run in Florida now?
I remember 3 a couple years ago at Bradenton but there are others.
Your car, 307 Olds Wagon(white) and a 262cuin 2v Camaro (red)
Have met Briain Philbrick, Monza and a 76 Caddy (nova body).
There was a Mustang or Maverick that recently eclipsed the 12 mark.

U/SA seems to be a really popular class.
There is a lot of variety of combinations.
What are your best runs in 1/8 and 1/4 mile?

Would not be surprised if there was an U/SA only event you could get a 32 car field.


D

[Jason McGinley 3383]

Originally Posted by Ron Ortiz

Jason 'The Dentist" McGinley.

Are you the former B.D.D.2 who was claiming to be associated with MR2 & Carey Bales back in 2010 when they did not acknowledge you.

Did you win the Street category in a '95 Ford Explorer running 11.20's in the eighth mile.

Did you ever get them big boy pants and run a cuda like Larry Hill does.

I want to thank you for having the balls to run your mouth by challenging BIG BOYS face to face at the races. At the age of 44 you seem to have acquired the notoriety that you seek. Good luck with that fast car of yours, now go out there and beat up on some low class cars. If you want to beat up on me you will have to come to FL, I'll be the one in the slow Plymouth wagon with the little 273 engine with the monstrous 2bbl.

I do have a question for you though, are you the same person who coaches youth sports or the one who like to have boxing matches on the street.There are a lot of Jason McGinley on the internet and Facebook and I did not want to be misinformed about who I was talking about.

And about your opinion on fast cars vs slow cars, you better get a new COPO, DP, or CJ as a D/SA just aint gonna get it done according to your statements.

Oh and by the way, keep politics out of this, it does not fit your character.

Ron Ortiz
U/SA just the facts

Ron, you went into stalker mode on me,not stocker! If you're looking on Facebook I live in Lebanon Indiana all my fan mail can be sent there. By the way I won't be coming to Florida anytime soon,sorry. And yes I did win in my Ford Explorer, I was bored that day.