At least someone still cares...

Bryan Gillespie · 04-11-2009, 06:54 AM

I will attend MIR race 4/17 thru 4/19/09 always a racer friendly race.

SG1809 · 04-11-2009, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Bryan Gillespie

I will attend MIR race 4/17 thru 4/19/09 always a racer friendly race.

I agree Bryan, I ran it once and they treated us great. Even my wife commented how nice things were done. I was so impressed that I wrote and thanked them and they were nice enough to include my note in their magazine.

I might be doing the same.

Pat I.

sc1153 · 04-11-2009, 12:17 PM

If the races were closer i would attend also.....maybe if the contingency companies backed out of NHRA and went to IHRA we would have a good orginization to race at

LETS BE HONEST...if it wasnt for NHRA's Contingency Program (that is dwindling away) we would not be racing it!

Kevin McDowell · 04-12-2009, 09:19 AM

IHRA has always been racer friendly, sad thing for me is having to travel a long ways to race with them. The late 90's was great in our area, with about 4-5 points races within 2-6 hours driving time of our shop. Now with the exception of 1 race, its about 6+ hours travel time to compete.

Dice · 04-12-2009, 12:38 PM

a few years ago mr polburn was announcing the pro session at martin mi. as hot rod was coming out he announced to the fans that now was a great time to head to the pits to grab a hot dog and see the pro cars up close. kinda soured me at the time but it is what it is.

Mark Schmidt · 04-13-2009, 06:50 AM

I still believe it would be good to remove the sportsmen from NHRA national events (sorry Wally). They're not exactly committed to the sportsman program anyway. I would much rather race at Divisionals that were free admission on Saturday with something for the fans on Saturday night. Why is it Pinks All Out sells out? They created their own nitch and NHRA still doesn't get it. Check the TV ratings, who has the higher...Pinks or NHRA today.

Bruton Smith has made similar comments. Just my .02 cents.

04-11-2009, 06:54 AM	#1
Bryan Gillespie Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 456 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: At least someone still cares... I will attend MIR race 4/17 thru 4/19/09 always a racer friendly race.

04-11-2009, 12:17 PM	#3
sc1153 Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Parlin, NJ Posts: 420 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: At least someone still cares... If the races were closer i would attend also.....maybe if the contingency companies backed out of NHRA and went to IHRA we would have a good orginization to race at LETS BE HONEST...if it wasnt for NHRA's Contingency Program (that is dwindling away) we would not be racing it! __________________ Chris DePascale S/ST 1531 & S/C 1153....Addicted Racing Jad153@aol.com

04-12-2009, 09:19 AM	#4
Kevin McDowell Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 23 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: At least someone still cares... IHRA has always been racer friendly, sad thing for me is having to travel a long ways to race with them. The late 90's was great in our area, with about 4-5 points races within 2-6 hours driving time of our shop. Now with the exception of 1 race, its about 6+ hours travel time to compete. __________________ Kevin McDowell SG 352 Last edited by Kevin McDowell; 04-12-2009 at 02:48 PM.

04-12-2009, 12:38 PM	#5
Dice Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 38 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: At least someone still cares... a few years ago mr polburn was announcing the pro session at martin mi. as hot rod was coming out he announced to the fans that now was a great time to head to the pits to grab a hot dog and see the pro cars up close. kinda soured me at the time but it is what it is.

04-13-2009, 06:50 AM	#6
Mark Schmidt Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 273 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: At least someone still cares... I still believe it would be good to remove the sportsmen from NHRA national events (sorry Wally). They're not exactly committed to the sportsman program anyway. I would much rather race at Divisionals that were free admission on Saturday with something for the fans on Saturday night. Why is it Pinks All Out sells out? They created their own nitch and NHRA still doesn't get it. Check the TV ratings, who has the higher...Pinks or NHRA today. Bruton Smith has made similar comments. Just my .02 cents. __________________ MDS Motorsports