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What diff does it make what kind of pro show is going on as long as you have somewhere to race. The pro show is exactly that and you still have the sportsman race that is still in effect as always has been. Now if you don't show to race because of the type of pro show that is going on then ,you must not want to race in the first place. just my opinion..........
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it,they're going for the entertainment buck,which can be very fickle.
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A jet truck and a monster truck ?????????? The jet truck I get, but the monster truck ??????? Sounds like they're grasping at straws to me...
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I hope they run the jet stuff last. I won't run behind another kerosene sprayer.
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The only negative to the new format for the Sportsman racer in my opinion is just how they handle Class (fastest qualifier instead of eliminations). And that's barely a corollary to the program as a whole. As long as they have a place for us to race, it doesn't really matter to me what kind of show they run in the evening... it's all taking place after we're done anyway. If a given format doesn't pan out for them, they'll do something different. It's silly to think they'd say, "Oh well, we tried. Throw everything in the can, and shut the lights out." I actually *go* to these events. I've met a lot of very interested and knowledgeable fans.
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I don't know. It's a big mistake. Everyone will go to Houston. Hey Ed that give us a better chance to win. LOL
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Ed,
You are in the finals of Indy. They run the Jet car before the finals. You gonna just load up and go home and not run the finals. Come on. I call B.S. on that. I'v run behind them before and actually found the track better, because they took the time to clean it. Chip |
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Salem, Ohio, NHRA points meets,ran jet trucks during eliminations......hint....Dial .03 down!
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I don't know about that Ed. you might have to get past me. Because of the new AHFS I might not be at Houston. ESP that time of the year when it is stupid fast. Seems like I could still run pretty fast in IHRA and not hurt any thing. I might have to run hot air races from now on.
As For: Quote: Beard, We heard the same talk Re: Bruton and NHRA. What's there to buy? Classification guides and tech spec sheets, some fuel check equipment, and most importantly, from a marketing standpoint, a mailing list. Other than that, "Sportsman Racing" is a *concept*. What truly makes sportsman racing is the customers themselves. I agree with Beard. I see very few tangible asserts for IHRA to sell. If they did fold I think it would be prime time for a US Class Racers organization.
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Please answer this question racers. Why would a hardcore drag racer (not a car show/nostalgia wannabe) show up at a race that costs more to enter with the same purse not including contingencies and have to run 7-8 rounds to win? Where you could go elsewhere (another sanctioning body and it doesn't have to be IHRA) and run for the same money if not more and only have to run 3 rounds to win?
Can anyone make any logical sense in answering this question?
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