IHRA Pro Am schedule posted

[j gardiner]

I don't personally love everything that they have done, but I do appreciate the effort that they have put into the sportsman classes. So I think people shouldn't be so hard on them when they are trying, they could say the heck with it and just let it die a slow death. It is not there fault that tracks decide not to host races anymore. As for Pittsburgh I like the track and I rather race 1/4 mile but that track is definetly too short for the faster classes. I have seen some wild things down at the bottom end wiyh cars trying to get stopped. If you have looked at where you would end up if you ran off the end, it ain't pretty. They did the right thing before someone got hurt or worst.

[luckydog]

Limiting Pittsburgh to 1/8 mile is a must. It a testiment to the drivers in the quicker catagories that there hasn't been more accidents. Not real sure what the heck happened to the Div 3 schedule. I live in what used to be the heart to D3 and most likely will run D5 next season. Just don't make sense to me, but I suppose some things may be out of IHRAs control. The event at Grand Bend last season was probably one of the worst attended races in 08. There were 13 cars in HR. In my opinion the track prep sucked and there was definately something wrong with the timing system. I spoke to a couple regulars (both former Summit Super Series world champs) and they confirmed the timing system issue. If you don't believe me go to the archives on drag race central and look at the reaction times, they were very inconsistent. I havn't heard great things about Thompson either, but, I heard the same about Osceola and I think that place it great.

[danny waters sr]

Man. I sure hope you guys don't rip me up like this while i am at the races working.look at it this way ,at least you have a choice. If i h r a was not here you would not have many options left . I race and work and very glad we have places to race at. Just can't please everyone , "at least not at the same time" .i work for i h r a and sometimes do not agree with some things they do ,but somehow we all get through it or get over it .1/4 mile racing is a lot of fun ,but i for one do not want to see anyone get hurt. I bet if they ran 1/4 mile and something bad did happen ,then you would be on here bashing for a bad call to race 1/4 mile. Can't we all just get along and just give it a try. Then you have that choice that i was speaking of earlier to go or not go ..sorry for the long vent here ,just think you should give it a try .