No Sportsman at Northern Nitro Jam

[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.