IHRA Cancels Cayuga National Event

[rj davis]

On Sept 10 2007 Competetion Plus had a Major story about Toronto Motorsports park.It tells you why IHRA cancelled this race this year.If I could past and cut, I would post the link.

[cujo3116]

IHRA is full of it. This is just another dumb move on their behalf, the fact that the Pittsburgh Pro AM was announced so soon after cancelling the TMP National event just made it clear to me they had this planned from the get go. You don;t pull a divisional out of NO WHERE in 3 days.

This BS that they put out there about the track not making the proper upgrades is garbage!. I have raced at a few of IHRA's National tracks and their telling us TMP is not good enough?? I'd like to use Rockingham as an exampkle.

The pits are hardly any better then TMP's, many Pro teams when we were there were parked on grass. the sportsmans pits for the most part where un-paved and dusty roads, (Atleast at Cayuga all sportmans pits have PAVED return roads with some Paved pitting area!)

Rockingham washrooms looked like Cayugas old ones just with paint! (Cayuga has a new washroom facility with showers! on both sides of the track for racers and spectators) and the tower (as far as I was able to see) had no where near the sophisticated VIP and control area that TMP has. INFACT if you go on to YouTube you can find the IHRA management team and announcers enjoying the use of one of the VIP rooms to play the INTERNATIONAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP CUP IN BALL Tournamant during the sunday rainout last year..... you look at that and tell me that tower doesn't look nice, ALL the VIP rooms are like that.

NOW! I'm not saying Rockinham is a dump, very far from it!. I enjoyed racing at the ROCK and would love to go back, its a great facility run but a outstanding gentleman who does an excellent job promoting and operating his track, but compared to Cayuga on many levels it doesn't stack up, and viewing it from the position of IHRA I can;t see how Rockingham would have an event if Cayuga is Sub Par.....


If TMP is that bad why not step in and help? why turn your back on one of the BIGGEST MARKETS in the world!?!?! I work in the marketing business and if I suggested to my boss that we turn our back on one of our top potenital revenue sources because we had some difficulties I would be laughed at then probably fired... exactly in that order !

Sorry for the long post jsut figured it needed to be said!


Andrew Stirk

[Bob Orme]

Originally Posted by rj davis

On Sept 10 2007 Competetion Plus had a Major story about Toronto Motorsports park.It tells you why IHRA cancelled this race this year.If I could past and cut, I would post the link.

http://www.competitionplus.com/index...3877&Itemid=21

[donald j raiser]

i feel really, really bad for all of our canadian racers. i'm sure lancaster would have been happy to take a sportsman nationals if it was offered.

just my 2 cents

[SPS]

I have to agree with Andrew that there has to be a lot more to this decision than meets the eye.
In my more than 30 years of drag racing, I've travelled to and raced at many different tracks.Yes, there are some nice facilities, but there are also a lot of top name tracks that certainly aren't as good as TMP, especially for the sportsman racer. Do I need to name names?
I do believe there is a lot more to this story, and we are not being told the whole truth.
As Andrew said, why would you walk away from one of your largest markets? An extremely poor business decision at best.
I fear we as Canadian racers and fans, we are being deliberately abandoned. Come on IHRA, 'fess up.

FJ

[cambria]

Sportsman nationals at Lancaster(now Dunn Tire Raceway) would be great.Call Scooter and Lobby for it

[Harry 6674]

Maybe IHRA is prepareing for the possible leaded fuel ban.

[SPS]

Now if anybody thinks Lancaster can hold an event over TMP, then in no way can the issues be the facility.
FJ

[1968chevelle]

I think its a very smart move on IHRA's part, there is never any kind of car count there anyway, and with the car count down this year due to fuel prices or what ever, there would have been even fewer cars there, so good move IHRA,

[SSGN]

Originally Posted by 1968chevelle

I think its a very smart move on IHRA's part, there is never any kind of car count there anyway, and with the car count down this year due to fuel prices or what ever, there would have been even fewer cars there, so good move IHRA,

Are you nuts,many people in the industry rely on racing as a way to make a living,sponsors,retailers and racers.TMP is a good facility,yes their are some better tracks and some worse tracks.The point is we lost a place to race.No matter what track it is we lost a race and revenue.Hopefully this can be solved and return next year.