thanks IHRA nitro jam --- no stock/ss at several races!

[Crew Chief]

Welcome to IHRA for 2011.

Like it or not, it sounds like IHRA has accepted the fact that Stock and S/S for them is a losing proposition at their big shows. Local et and juniors are all they think they need for fill-in between rounds of the Pros. I doubt the paid spectators who come to see the Pros will notice the difference.

PS. You had better believe NHRA will be watching to see if this idea does work.

[THE LEGEND]

The new wave will basically be:
Nitro
T/S-T/D
Bracket
Jr.-maybe

Come in with a 4-6 hour show each day and be done.
Low cost
Entertaining
It has worked for the Monster Trucks for years.
Not much difference than the ThunderJam stuff either.
Pinks,Super Chevy,Fun Ford, all those use the same format. Low cost, Short TIME entertainment.
Spectators are tired of watching the tractors clean up oil.

The Sportsman will have their on seperate races like the divisionals. I mean face it guys we pay our own way at most races anyhow.

If this works for IHRA you'll bet NHRA will do it to. After all they take all IHRA ideas anyway.

My 2 Cents worth
Chip

[Carl Juliano]

Originally Posted by thomas sheehan

This excuse may fly for your Utah race but not for pittsburgh... we get just as many cars here as all the other east coast races get.... doesn't make a bit of sense.

Thats how I feel Tom. I was shocked when I saw the class schedule. I was hoping to go to my first Nitro Jam and run TS.........oh well. There are no eastcoast NHRA events that weekend. I think alot of class racers would have attended this event. You cant compare Utah to Pa. as far as "amount of available class racers in the area".

[Chad Rhodes]

The weird part is that IHRA seems to be investing in sportsman racing in most other aspects aside from this. I would say this to skooter " in order to see a return on investment, you have to stick with the investment long enough for it to pay off."

[Dago Red]

For years NHRA has been angling for a way to dump sportsman classes from its national event schedule. We're going to be replaced with jet cars, wheelstanders, frisbee fetching dogs, and overcaffinated teenagers throwing cheap crap into the grandstands. Everytime the schedule gets fouled up, we take it in the neck. Everytime the pros need more paved pit area to set up their dog and pony show, we end up in the mud. The selective elimination of sportsman eliminators at national events is just the beginning. I wish they'd just run us early, finish Saturday night and be done with it. I hoped the IHRA might be an alternetive, but things seem to be fading fast.

[THE LEGEND]

Dago,
If you are in Fort Worth you have San Antonio and Baton Rouge. Thats more than the rest of us.
Of course Texas has more IHRA tracks than any other state now.
Chip

[Myron Piatek]

Originally Posted by Dago Red

I wish they'd just run us early, finish Saturday night and be done with it. I hoped the IHRA might be an alternetive, but things seem to be fading fast.

Actually, at the rest of the IHRA Nitro Jams, that is basically how they do it. Depending on the schedule - Fri./Sat. or Sat./Sun., qualifying is on the first day till the afternoon or so with no interference from the Pro show. The next day is qualifying and/or eliminations, again, till later in the afternoon with no Pro's to cause us any delays.

[Bruce Noland]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

The new wave will basically be:
Nitro
T/S-T/D
Bracket
Jr.-maybe

Come in with a 4-6 hour show each day and be done.
Low cost
Entertaining
It has worked for the Monster Trucks for years.
Not much difference than the ThunderJam stuff either.
Pinks,Super Chevy,Fun Ford, all those use the same format. Low cost, Short TIME entertainment.
Spectators are tired of watching the tractors clean up oil.

The Sportsman will have their on seperate races like the divisionals. I mean face it guys we pay our own way at most races anyhow.

If this works for IHRA you'll bet NHRA will do it to. After all they take all IHRA ideas anyway.

My 2 Cents worth
Chip

NF&MRA will not be allowed to dump Stock and Super Stock as long as the dollars are flowing.

[Rory McNeil]

Originally Posted by Bob Gullett

I'm curious how they can run a IHRA event at a NHRA track in Tucson. Ashcroft in BC announced a AHRA event last year when they were still a NHRA track and lost their NHRA sanction.

Bob, Ashcroft did run under the AHRA for 2010, but that turned out to be quite a flop, so at the end of the season, Ashcroft, Prince George, & I believe Kelowna, all switched to IHRA for 2011. However, I think all 3 tracks are going to run basically a bracket program, with no divisional meets that would include Stock & S/S, like a NHRA LODRS race, or National Open do. I guess we will see you at Mission in May then, Eh?

[Bob Gullett]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Bob, Ashcroft did run under the AHRA for 2010, but that turned out to be quite a flop, so at the end of the season, Ashcroft, Prince George, & I believe Kelowna, all switched to IHRA for 2011. However, I think all 3 tracks are going to run basically a bracket program, with no divisional meets that would include Stock & S/S, like a NHRA LODRS race, or National Open do. I guess we will see you at Mission in May then, Eh?

The plan is to be at Mission.