A question for the IHRA guys

[THE LEGEND]

Ed,
Jr. TOUR. Come on thats a little harsh would'nt you think. Lot of drivers in IHRA go to NHRA races and do rather well.
Chip Johnson

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

Ed,
Jr. TOUR. Come on thats a little harsh would'nt you think. Lot of drivers in IHRA go to NHRA races and do rather well.
Chip Johnson

Call it what you want, but that is what they need to do if they want to draw more cars.

[Chad Rhodes]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

Ed,
Jr. TOUR. Come on thats a little harsh would'nt you think. Lot of drivers in IHRA go to NHRA races and do rather well.
Chip Johnson

Chip, I don't think Ed meant any disrespect. I think he was just trying to give a little prespective. Its not a knock against any of the racers that run there, or their talents. Its just a fact, that IHRA is a smaller organization, and less prestigious to many. So a little humility, and attempting to schedule AROUND the NHRA races in the area would go a long way. Thumping their chests and saying "we had our date first" will get you nowhere.

[CH.CRAFT]

Keep an eye on the baton rouge schedule it may change.

[Arnold Greene]

Just my opinion.......they don't expect traditional stockers and super stockers to attend. They are content with production super stockers and crate motor stockers. The advantage in qualifying is a little ridiculous from the crate motor indexes to traditional stocker indexes. Again, just my opinion, and I have raced several races with them in the last ten years.

[Michael Beard]

That's silly, in my opinion. Why would they NOT want any particular kind of car to show up? More cars the better, regardless of type.

There are some combinations that could use some HP, but fast "NHRA" cars typically outqualify crate motor cars. If they whacked the crate motor indexes .50, how many more NHRA would show up that wouldn't normally? They're nothing compared to the CJ's and DP's! LOL I really like the one that's rated 50 HP less than my motor, and runs on a softer index, even after NHRA hit indexes .30! That's AWESOME. I'm not writing letters to the Tech Dept, I'm writing letters to SANTA!

$.02,

[Ed Wright]

No problem for SS cars. Div 4 SS is pretty much all NHRA cars anyway. Just not near all of them. I really enjoyed running IHRA last year. Great bunch of guys. Not one problem. Well, I still had to run Slate.
Hope everything goes OK so I can run with them some next year.

[Hagen Gary]

If IHRA increased their purse to $5,000K/Win and $2,500/RU and $750 semis, would they draw enough cars to cover the extra purse? Not just NHRA regulars in the region, but obviously local bracket racers could find a class to race. Don't they bring a crew in with them? If there are more people, then likely there will be more sponsors. Am I thinking to much?

[Myron Piatek]

Originally Posted by Arnold Greene

Just my opinion.......they don't expect traditional stockers and super stockers to attend. They are content with production super stockers and crate motor stockers. The advantage in qualifying is a little ridiculous from the crate motor indexes to traditional stocker indexes. Again, just my opinion, and I have raced several races with them in the last ten years.

Some recent sample Nitro Jam qualifying sheets.

Dinwiddie, Virginia-
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...=0#Post6331304

Epping, NH-
http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2010#indextop

Budds Creek, MD-
http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2010#indextop

Martin, MI-
http://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCSt...r2010#indextop

There is no dominance of crate motor cars at a national level. There are more at the top on a divisional level and the region does have a lot to do with it. But it still boils down to "racing" and the regular Stockers don't have to worry about heads-up with the crates anyway. (Unlike the new cars, like Mike mentioned.) There are only so many cars that are fast enough to be #1 and it's not usually a crate.