IHRA Ends Stock & Super Stock Racing

[Michael Beard]

IHRA racers are welcome to join us in November at Piedmont Dragway to race for $20,000 to win plus TWO $5,000 to win races. We have two events back-to-back. One is a doorcar Box race, and the other is Footbrake only.

Last year, Peter Biondo won the $20K Main Event at the doorcar race, and former crate motor Stock racer Ernie Humes won the Sunday $5K at the Footbrake race. Many Class Racers already compete at Loose Rocker events. Come join them! We'll bring the cookies.

Dates, details, and rules are in the Bracket Racing section here on ClassRacer at:
http://classracer.com/classforum/sho...517#post547517


$20K winner, Peter Biondo (Anthony Bertozzi car)


Dan Fletcher


Travis Womble


Jeff Longhany


Tim Sloan


Tom Cable (Anthony Bertozzi car)


Jeff Longhany


Kevin Locklear


Ronnie Leonard

[Mike Schwartz]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

IHRA racers are welcome to join us in November at Piedmont Dragway to race for $20,000 to win plus TWO $5,000 to win races. We have two events back-to-back. One is a doorcar Box race, and the other is Footbrake only.

Last year, Peter Biondo won the $20K Main Event at the doorcar race, and former crate motor Stock racer Ernie Humes won the Sunday $5K at the Footbrake race. Many Class Racers already compete at Loose Rocker events. Come join them! We'll bring the cookies.

Dates, details, and rules are in the Bracket Racing section here on ClassRacer at: http://classracer.com/classforum/sho...517#post547517

Even if you haven't entered a big footbrake bracket event before, its easy to wrap your head around it, Think of it as an 'Indy'; only with Stock and SS combined into one eliminator, a higher potential payout for the same entry fee, a weekend's worth of runs compressed into a single day, minimum tech worries and all heads up runs have breakout rules enforced.Though there is the possibility of racing the same driver multiple times depending on the event setup.

[Larry Hill]

Why would want a breakout rule in a headsup race? It's racing!

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Larry Hill

Why would want a breakout rule in a headsup race? It's racing!

That was when I quit them for sure.

[njk53]

The IHRA going to a bracket race format may indeed increase car count for their events. Here is my thought. There are probably quite a few cars out there, that are good cars but, cannot run on or near 1 second under their respective index. I would think there a lot of guys that don't show up to an event that has class eliminations because they know they don't have a chance to make it past the first round running a heads up race. I think a lot of those racers pick and choose the events they have a chance of winning.

Also, todays Stockers are very sophisticated and cost a bundle of $$ to build and maintain on top of expensive entry fees. Some guys won't go to an event they don't have a chance of winning.

I can remember at the old Detroit Dragway in the 60's, the majority of class cars were daily drivers with the exception of some bolt on modifications and a set of slicks. They would have a huge car turn out.
Maybe a bracket racing format will level the playing field.

Time will tell.

Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz

Even if you haven't entered a big footbrake bracket event before, its easy to wrap your head around it, Think of it as an 'Indy'; only with Stock and SS combined into one eliminator, a higher potential payout for the same entry fee, a weekend's worth of runs compressed into a single day, minimum tech worries and all heads up runs have breakout rules enforced.Though there is the possibility of racing the same driver multiple times depending on the event setup.

I'm not even sure the point of this or where you are going with it. 🙄


Look at the bright side of all of this. Now it's not a hard decision on whether to build an NHRA or IHRA class car.

[Mike Schwartz]

Originally Posted by Todd Hoven

I'm not even sure the point of this or where you are going with it. 🙄
Look at the bright side of all of this. Now it's not a hard decision on whether to build an NHRA or IHRA class car.

Its just how I would try to explain a big-bucks footbrake race to an imaginary driver who's only racing experience was in SS or Stock at NHRA National Events. Its all factual.

Originally Posted by Mike Schwartz

Its just how I would try to explain a big-bucks footbrake race to an imaginary driver who's only racing experience was in SS or Stock at NHRA National Events. Its all factual.

I see. I was talking to a good friend tonight that was at the Numidia big money race today. He lost with a .004 and .008. One of
The races he took .004 stripe. Anybody that shows up at one of those races with a stocker or super stocker racing against foot brake cars on alcohol running 9's is going to have an uphill battle. At least in the northeast. The common person that shows up
at one of those races is a donater. Better off building a stocker and running a division race or one of the many fine S/SS associations. Going from class racing to big money racing is not a comparison. 2 different type of cars for each type of racing. Take your IHRA car and convert it to NHRA or run NMCA.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Todd Hoven

I see. I was talking to a good friend tonight that was at the Numidia big money race today. He lost with a .004 and .008. One of
The races he took .004 stripe. Anybody that shows up at one of those races with a stocker or super stocker racing against foot brake cars on alcohol running 9's is going to have an uphill battle. At least in the northeast. The common person that shows up
at one of those races is a donater. Better off building a stocker and running a division race or one of the many fine S/SS associations. Going from class racing to big money racing is not a comparison. 2 different type of cars for each type of racing. Take your IHRA car and convert it to NHRA or run NMCA.

The car has little to do with it, in terms of "bracket car" vs "S/SS car". I drove my Stocker (and later as a Super Stocker) to a track championship, a Bracket Finals win (Actually, the main event plus two gamblers wins in the same week), two World Footbrake Challenge wins (The first time, I ran myself in the finals), and footbraked to a Box class win... just as a couple of examples.

A good package is a good package, and a good combination is a good combination. H*ll, I'd put my DF/S Turismo up against my Duster bracket car any day. I haven't even raced the Duster in years because the Volare was always light years better. Yes, the level of competition is very high. Step up.

[Ed Fernandez]

Now that IHRA has gone all bracket racing don't be surprised if NHRA is watching how that works out.