No Sportsman at Northern Nitro Jam

[Alex Denysenko]

We really had high hopes for the comeback of IHRA when we heard about Scott Gardner taking over
Boy were we wrong apparently there is someone still there with enough influence to inhibit IHRA from growing and going forward as a organization.
We more than most have promoted and supported IHRA in the Midwest even though like thousands of others I was screwed by Billy Meyer when he took our money then sold out but we went ahead and paid Ted Jones and co. again in the same year, because we just wanted another place to be able to race S/SS and at the time great lakes dragway in union grove wisconsin had just gone IHRA and was awarded a national event, so it seemed like a good idea at the time

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

We really had high hopes for the comeback of IHRA when we heard about Scott Gardner taking over
Boy were we wrong apparently there is someone still there with enough influence to inhibit IHRA from growing and going forward as a organization.

I don't think that's fair to Scott at all. Would we like to see more changes overnight? Sure! That's not how it works. He wasn't even brought in until November, so most 2014 plans had to have already been in place. It's going to take time to turn the ship around.

I was counting on the US131 Nitro Jam following tradition on its date and format as well. We scheduled one of our events for the following week, not knowing that there would be no Pro-Ams at that Nitro Jam. With the conflict the week after, my schedule just doesn't work with IHRA this year. I'm not going to throw my hands up in the air. It is what it is. I'll root for them to grow, and look forward to possibly returning next year.