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Originally Posted by danny waters sr

It must be the economy. We had 29 stockers and 14 superstockers at MIR this past weekend and it was a 1/4 mile race. Don't get me wrong and i appreciate the ones who did show ,BUT what happen to the rest of you guys .The closest race was Vegas. A race is a race no matter which HRA it is .I was sure disappointed in you guys for the no shows. Weather was great so don't use that one.lol

Give it up Danny. Its an "EGO" thing......not so much the economy. Just look at the tow rigs the NHRA racers show up with. Killer motor homes, stacker trailers with 2 cars. Most of the NHRA racers look at IHRA as a red headed step child. I tried for years to get some to come but most would rather spend a few thousand dollars traveling to Pomona Calif. than to make a 3 or 4 hour trip to MIR. There are a lot of them that wont travel farther than between exit #4 and exit #8 on the NJ turnpike. I think IHRA could post several thousand dollars for a win and most (not all) STILL would rather take it in thier "shorts" from NHRA than lower themselves to run with the IHRA racers. Without the numbers to support the IHRA the win money and postings will never go up. How could it?? Im beginning to think its a North vs South thing.....lol. Its true that IHRA has pulled some dumb mistakes in the past and could make it better for the sportsman racers but the same could be said for NHRA. The best IHRA idea lately was to seperate the new Mustangs and DP Challengers from the older traditional cars until the HP factors became more realistic. Just my 2 1/2 cents.