ihra/nhra

Joe Pinkston · 04-06-2007, 07:25 PM

The main reason I run NHRA is because their schedule is convienient for us living here in north central Florida. 4 of the 6 division 2 LODRS races are within a 3 hour drive for us. Other than that, I would not have any problem running the IHRA Pro-Am series. My wife and I own a small business and have 5 kids between us. We don't take any real vacation time to speak of, so the 6 trips a year we make to the LODRS races are really our vacation. If we lived a little farther north and IHRA would go away from the double up races, I would gladly run those.

As far as IHRA being a bush league series, I would fit right in. We tow the car on a open trailer that is probably 25 years old. It is towed by an old "cousin eddie" looking motor home that we paid $3500 for a few years ago. It isn't much, but we have not been sitting on the side of the road broke down with it so far, and it gives us a place to sleep at the track, and to be out of the weather. I have no spare engine or transmission for the car, but with 5 kids.....1 in college and 4 still at home, I feel fortunate to have what I do have. I sure don't do this for the money, thats why I have a day job. So I'm not worried about who pays better, all I want is to be treated half way decent and be able to have a good time with my friends, and if I never win a dime I've still had a great time.

Joe Pinkston
2155 S/ST

04-06-2007, 07:25 PM	#23
Joe Pinkston Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Williston, Fl. Posts: 352 Likes: 2 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	The main reason I run NHRA is because their schedule is convienient for us living here in north central Florida. 4 of the 6 division 2 LODRS races are within a 3 hour drive for us. Other than that, I would not have any problem running the IHRA Pro-Am series. My wife and I own a small business and have 5 kids between us. We don't take any real vacation time to speak of, so the 6 trips a year we make to the LODRS races are really our vacation. If we lived a little farther north and IHRA would go away from the double up races, I would gladly run those. As far as IHRA being a bush league series, I would fit right in. We tow the car on a open trailer that is probably 25 years old. It is towed by an old "cousin eddie" looking motor home that we paid $3500 for a few years ago. It isn't much, but we have not been sitting on the side of the road broke down with it so far, and it gives us a place to sleep at the track, and to be out of the weather. I have no spare engine or transmission for the car, but with 5 kids.....1 in college and 4 still at home, I feel fortunate to have what I do have. I sure don't do this for the money, thats why I have a day job. So I'm not worried about who pays better, all I want is to be treated half way decent and be able to have a good time with my friends, and if I never win a dime I've still had a great time. Joe Pinkston 2155 S/ST __________________ Joe Pinkston 2155 S/ST