Why? - Page 2

Jeff Stout · 09-17-2015, 05:04 PM

The strong trying to kill the weak. The 2 dragstrips in AZ did it for years with one trying to get the other to go away. The 2 finally decided that it was hurting both and neither was going away so they started working together on Team races and not having them on the same weekend.

Michael Beard · 09-17-2015, 05:24 PM

2016 LODRS scheduling ought to be interesting with 4 straight national events in the east in June.

Dick Butler · 09-17-2015, 05:33 PM

Business must be good doing it this way. Lots of racers through out the country to fill the pits and pay the entry. Enough Pro teams to attract the paying spectators. Enough Big money sponsors to keep them financially supported.
If one group or the other thins out that will be the only thing to affect the "Business" and call for a change.

ALMACK · 09-17-2015, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael Beard

2016 LODRS scheduling ought to be interesting with 4 straight national events in the east in June.

Yep... that National Event schedule looks interesting,

Good news is that they will have most of May to rest up before the new "Eastern Swing "

2016 NHRA MELLO YELLO DRAG RACING SERIES SCHEDULE
NHRA Mello Yello Series Regular Season

Feb. 11-14 Circle K NHRA Winternationals Pomona, Calif.
Feb. 26-28 CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals Phoenix
March 17-20 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals (PSM) Gainesville, Fla.
April 1-3 NHRA Nationals Las Vegas
April 22-24 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals (PSM) Charlotte, N.C.
April 29-May 1 NHRA SpringNationals Houston
May 13-15 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals (PSM) Atlanta
June 3-5 NHRA New England Nationals Epping, N.H.
June 9-12 Toyota NHRA Summernationals (PSM) Englishtown, N.J.
June 17-19 NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals Bristol, Tenn.
June 23-26 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals (PSM) Norwalk, Ohio
July 7-10 Route 66 NHRA Nationals (PSM) Chicago
July 22-24 Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals (PSM) Denver
July 29-31 NHRA Sonoma Nationals (PSM) Sonoma, Calif.
Aug. 5-7 NHRA Northwest Nationals Seattle
Aug. 18-21 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals (PSM) Brainerd, Minn.
Aug. 31-Sept. 5 Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals (PSM) Indianapolis
NHRA Mello Yello Countdown to the Championship
Sept. 16-18 NHRA Carolina Nationals (PSM) Charlotte, N.C.
Sept. 23-25 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals (PSM) St. Louis
Sept. 29-Oct. 2 NHRA Keystone Nationals (PSM) Reading, Pa.
Oct. 13-16 AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals (PSM) Dallas
Oct. 27-30 NHRA Toyota Nationals (PSM) Las Vegas
Nov. 10-13 Auto Club NHRA Finals (PSM)

Michael Beard · 09-17-2015, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ALMACK

Yep... that National Event schedule looks interesting,

Good news is that they will have most of May to rest up before the new "Eastern Swing "

Mmmmmm.... this year in May, they had
May 15-17 Norwalk LODRS and Epping Natl Open
May 22-24 Maple Grove LODRS and Bowling Green Natl Open
May 29-31 Rockingham LODRS

BRINK · 09-19-2015, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Charley Downing

It real simple
52 weekends a year

26 national events a year counting sports Nats
50 plus points races a year

This gives us total of 75 plus races. 50% of the country only has 26 or so weekends to race a year because of things like snow and cold weather. So 5-10 weekends a season are going to have 3 or more NHRA races on them.

Charley Bob, as usual, you've stumbled onto the heart of the matter. D is in total agreement.

nolongerracing · 09-19-2015, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BRINK

Charley Bob, as usual, you've stumbled onto the heart of the matter. D is in total agreement.

Charley... Deez is looking for you!!

jwsamuel · 09-20-2015, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

There are just too many races! IMHO, NHRA needs to cut it's number of National Events by at least 1/3 and preferably by 1/2. That would shift more importance to the Divisional level and make National Events into something special again.

Pro sponsors will love that.

THE LEGEND · 09-20-2015, 08:23 PM

They do it to alleviate the congestion. ZMAX was packed. They still ended up running 2 rounds of Sportsman on Saturday night. Imagine if another 40-50 cars showed.
I had a Big Buck race promoter tell me once he would rather have 200 cas than 300 because tsmore manageable and he still makes a good profit.

09-17-2015, 05:04 PM	#11
Jeff Stout VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: phoenix Posts: 1,486 Likes: 66 Liked 704 Times in 281 Posts	Re: Why? The strong trying to kill the weak. The 2 dragstrips in AZ did it for years with one trying to get the other to go away. The 2 finally decided that it was hurting both and neither was going away so they started working together on Team races and not having them on the same weekend.

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Dick Butler VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Richmond Indiana Posts: 1,196 Likes: 5 Liked 32 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Why? Business must be good doing it this way. Lots of racers through out the country to fill the pits and pay the entry. Enough Pro teams to attract the paying spectators. Enough Big money sponsors to keep them financially supported. If one group or the other thins out that will be the only thing to affect the "Business" and call for a change.

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THE LEGEND VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fayetteville, n.c. Posts: 1,411 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Why? They do it to alleviate the congestion. ZMAX was packed. They still ended up running 2 rounds of Sportsman on Saturday night. Imagine if another 40-50 cars showed. I had a Big Buck race promoter tell me once he would rather have 200 cas than 300 because tsmore manageable and he still makes a good profit.