2009 IHRA Championship Format Announced

[JJ3159]

Wow! I guess everyone has there own opinion.

[luckydog]

Originally Posted by JJ3159

Wow! I guess everyone has there own opinion.

You got that right!!

Thanks for the info Marc. I'll remember that!

[bmac]

Jason O. Didnt know you were an engineer. What scale is your railroad N or HO

[Furr]

The new format does not work well for the people who used to travel to all the races and support IHRA to the fullest. It takes away that advantage. But some will still do it. It frees up others to travel and run other venues like NHRA a little more since no commitment is required to nationals.
I sent Skooter three pages of reasons I thought this was not good. He posted my first three lines where I said I understood the need for a change and would support it even though I disagreed with it. Maybe he did the same thing to Damien and you only saw his positive comments. It makes it look like I am all for it also but I was very vocal against it when asked about it months ago.
Anyway it is what it is and now I will try to make it work for me. I hope everyone else does the same. IHRA may not makes the right moves but they are moving and listening. He did fix a few of the things I complained about so I know he heard me anyway. This will forever change the World champion enigma in a negative way though.

Steve Furr - Who cares which santioning body is in town, just support a place for us all to race.

[Michael Beard]

Jason - a large number of World Champions have earned their title without winning their Division. There were about 8 such cases from 2003-2006 alone.

[Jason Oldfield]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

Jason - a large number of World Champions have earned their title without winning their Division. There were about 8 such cases from 2003-2006 alone.

Mike,

Under the previous format I am fine with that because the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP was based on your national score from multiple races from both the national and divisional level. With the new format, I am not because the person that finishes 3rd in the division could be somebody that never even went to a NATIONAL event (where theoretically the best of the best compete) or didn't do well enough to earn a spot in Rockingham

If the person NEVER raced out of their division, AND WASN'T good enough to win their division outright, why should that person have the right to race for the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP?!!?!? I can't think of a single sport where this would hold true.

Heck, even in high school sports you must first win the sectional championship before you advance to the state championship. They don't invite those teams that finish 2nd and 3rd.

The way it stands now it benefits me, but you'll NEVER convince me that the 2nd and 3rd place finishers in a division should be invited to race for the WORLD championship. That said, if I'm ever in that position (which is unlikely because I don't ever see me racing the required number of IHRA division events to finish in the top 3), I won't turn down my invite!

[Jason Oldfield]

Well said Steve.

Originally Posted by bmac

Jason O. Didnt know you were an engineer. What scale is your railroad N or HO

N or HO. Pfffffffft. All aboard!