thanks IHRA nitro jam --- no stock/ss at several races!

[Ed Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Dave Ribeiro

Thomas,

Everytime IHRA has a chance to hit a home run, they always end up Striking Out ... Who is making all these bad calls & why ?
Come on guys , I thought you were for sportsmen racing ???

Polburn and Peaco

[Chris1529]

Originally Posted by Chad Rhodes

that's a piss poor excuse and its one step closer to making the Nitro Jams a traveling "pro only" side show using a regular bracket program as filler.

that looks like it what they are going to do. The same as the monster truck thunder jam. I don't think any of us like it, but the stone is gathering momentum.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by deuces wild

Polburn and Peaco

And THEY are the major problem.....Fire them both and bring back Bill Bader before its to late !

[Crew Chief]

Bill Bader does not need the headache of IHRA. His fortune has been made at Norwalk. Now that he is a serious player in the NHRA game, why would he even consider taking a step backward?

[Roger K Fain]

You all are forgetting that there are other players in this scheduling game at these tracks, i.e. the Owners. The Tadesco Brothers at Pittsburgh have been saying for the last five years that they were expanding their facility to accomodate a National event...moving the starting line back 300 ft. and removing the "humps & bumps" in the shutdown area of the track, etc. They have been working on updating the facility, but have not yet acheived the goal of having the capacity to host a National. They probably conceeded in the negotiations to have only ET's & Jrs. in order to get the Pros for the "Nitro Jam". I personally don't think they have the staff and experience to handle an event featuring all seven classes in a National event. Until they make good on the purported (expensive) upgrades, they will remain an "Division Level" track.

[tim worner]

Scooter I think we need to hear from you on Pittsburgh no stock/super stock.

[Dave Turner]

Originally Posted by Roger K Fain

You all are forgetting that there are other players in this scheduling game at these tracks, i.e. the Owners. The Tadesco Brothers at Pittsburgh have been saying for the last five years that they were expanding their facility to accomodate a National event...moving the starting line back 300 ft. and removing the "humps & bumps" in the shutdown area of the track, etc. They have been working on updating the facility, but have not yet acheived the goal of having the capacity to host a National. They probably conceeded in the negotiations to have only ET's & Jrs. in order to get the Pros for the "Nitro Jam". I personally don't think they have the staff and experience to handle an event featuring all seven classes in a National event. Until they make good on the purported (expensive) upgrades, they will remain an "Division Level" track.

Roger, I'm sure you've been down that track many more times than I have. My only experience at Pittsburgh was last year's IHRA ProAm event and I left with an extremely favorable opinion of their level of efficiency. Given an enhanced IHRA staff presence to handle the pro categories, It would seem manageable?........could have done without the "boulders" at the portable scales.

[Chris1529]

I still think that by the time you pay for a booked in show, if you don't have enough spectators, you can't cover the payout for qll the other classes by the time you pay IHRA's expenses.

[Dick Kirkpatrick]

Originally Posted by Dave Turner

Roger, I'm sure you've been down that track many more times than I have. My only experience at Pittsburgh was last year's IHRA ProAm event and I left with an extremely favorable opinion of their level of efficiency. Given an enhanced IHRA staff presence to handle the pro categories, It would seem manageable?........could have done without the "boulders" at the portable scales.

Dave

E and F/SA mustang ?????????????

Tell me more, is the inline 6 in a garden tractor or what.

[Carl Juliano]

I heard the PRP Nitro Jam is going to be run on the 1/8th mile.