Is IHRA Going Under?

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Originally Posted by Ed Carpenter

If your in racing to make money you should find another sport. Fletcher is probably the only one who makes money racing.

Just because the sport is expensive doesn't mean that the purse shouldn't be a factor at all.

Last year I lost 5th round of a 6-round race and got $150 on a $160 entry. That should be a crime. The incentive for showing up is points toward a championship and I enjoy that style of racing on occasion, but it certainly isn't a smart business decision to attend.

Myself and most on this forum are fortunate that we don't need to make money with the racing operation, but many folks do and they can't attend these races which leads to low car counts and panic.

I really enjoyed running IHRA in the early 2000s when they had a nice collection of D5 tracks in Iowa and Illinois.