2008 SportsNationals Racer Input

[turttle]

Pat,
NHRA Top Stock is a good idea, but contact Dave Ley in division one, its his baby, i get real tired of others thinking its their deal.

[John Kelley]

Originally Posted by birdbrain

It will be hard for a lot of racers to understand why this race was put on top of an IHRA National event in San Antonio.No dought it will affect the car counts at both races. Your race is farther south for MOST racers, so driving time and fuel costs could sway racers to go to San Antonio, or they could skip both races, who knows.
Bigshot

"Affect the car count at both races" ??
This year in Stock at Belle Rose there were 87 cars....at the INRA "National" there were 28 cars !!
Of those 28 in Stock I'd say there are at least 10 that will go to Belle Rose.
In Super Stock--70 at Beller Rose........16 at the IHRA "National event......of those 16 I'd say at least 5 will go to Belle Rose. IHRA will suffer badly in car count.....Belle Rose will be GREAT............
:-)

[birdbrain]

Originally Posted by John Kelley

"Affect the car count at both races" ??
This year in Stock at Belle Rose there were 87 cars....at the INRA "National" there were 28 cars !!
Of those 28 in Stock I'd say there are at least 10 that will go to Belle Rose.
In Super Stock--70 at Beller Rose........16 at the IHRA "National event......of those 16 I'd say at least 5 will go to Belle Rose. IHRA will suffer badly in car count.....Belle Rose will be GREAT............
:-)

John
No doubt NHRA will be the bigger venue, especially @ Sportsnationals for Stock & Super Stock. IMOP, two national events on the same weekend that close to one another has to affect each other. Have fun in the bayou!

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by turttle

Pat,
NHRA Top Stock is a good idea, but contact Dave Ley in division one, its his baby, i get real tired of others thinking its their deal.

Trust me, Dick Butler and I have Dave Ley's full support and blessings to run Top Stock in Division 2 AND 3, as well as to help get Top Stock going at Pat's race. We both talked to Dave at length at the PRI Show in Orlando. It's NOT "our deal", Top Stock is for the racers. Neither Dick nor I have made a penny from Top Stock, nor do we intend to. We're doing this for our friends and the sport. My car is on hold because I'm working on two other cars for customers. Maybe, before you speak of things you are ill informed about, you should have the courtesy to speak to those involved. Ask Dave Ley, instead of assuming you know what you are talking about.

[bighead]

Originally Posted by John Kelley

"Affect the car count at both races" ??
This year in Stock at Belle Rose there were 87 cars....at the INRA "National" there were 28 cars !!
Of those 28 in Stock I'd say there are at least 10 that will go to Belle Rose.
In Super Stock--70 at Beller Rose........16 at the IHRA "National event......of those 16 I'd say at least 5 will go to Belle Rose. IHRA will suffer badly in car count.....Belle Rose will be GREAT............
:-)

Does San Antonio have a bar on the starting line area? Maybe Todd can persuade Mi Tierras to bring some frozen drinks to San Antonio to help the IHRA count....!

Dick

[Ed Carpenter]

San Antonio's national event IS 1/8 mile this year. Someone at IHRA thinks this will be a hit. After the race they might have a different opinion.

Ed Carpenter

66 Chevy II

4244 SS/I

[Alan Warman]

Pat
Were is the best place to stay.That is close to Belle Rose.

[FLOYD RUSSO JR]

hey alan there is best western in donaldsonville,la. r u can call me i live about 20mins. from the track in gonzales,la right off of i-10 an la 30...an i can tell u that there is about 6-7 hotels here...1-225-413-0731 cell thanks boo-boo....

[Pat Joffrion]

Guys ... & Julie (my favorite CPA),

NHRA moved both my divisional and the SportsNationals up two weeks. I requested the same dates as last year, but got mixed in the shuffle.

One of the reasons that makes sense for the April move is to allow racers to leave from the Houston national and tow straight to Belle Rose (only 4 hours). Tow costs would be reduced for racers looking to make two nationals back-to-back.

Top Stock is being considered, with Jeff Teuton's help, I'll work to get something done when we get back from vacation.

I've been really busy at the track the past few days. We just finished our last race yesterday (beat the rain by 10 minutes), and held our racer awards banquet last night at the track. Linda & I will be on vacation for the next three weeks and I may be out of touch with the internet from time to time.

In the meantime, Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all from the gang on the bayou. Looking forward to St. Croix.....

Pat

[Alan Roehrich]

Pat, thank you for considering Top Stock. If there's anything we can do to help you, please feel free to contact Dave Ley, Dick Butler, or me, and we'll do whatever we can to help you.