Thoughts?

They need something for when all the sportsman racers go to IHRA. LOL

Looking for a new pool of racers to poach sponsors from . Especially those with social media savvy followers.
It's entertainment, not racing.

It’s like fuel , it’s a following… not for me. But the younger kids have the street attraction and that’s a magnet… Kinda like Pinks…
They need azzes in the seats. Would be nice to have a racer at the helm.

IHRA is gonna put a hurt on NHRA in div 3 this year I think

NHRA will take anything that will pay there own way.

If they participate in a street race, is NHRA still pulling their competition license?

From my standpoint, its just another class that will come and go. NHRA will take what they can from them, then send them on their way. Like all the rest of the classes NHRA started then bailed on.

We need fans in the seats, not sure this is going to do it. But I hope it works.

With all the tracks the IHRA is signing, I think the NHRA is getting nervous. They are losing tracks left and right...thats never a good sign...

quote:

Originally posted by Alaskaracer:
With all the tracks the IHRA is signing, I think the NHRA is getting nervous. They are losing tracks left and right...thats never a good sign...

I think a lot of the tracks IHRA is gaining are the ones that went to the WDRA. Now that IHRA absorbed the WDRA Evadale and MoKan are two who had went to the WDRA came back..

Dave

quote:

Originally posted by David Covey:

quote:

Originally posted by Alaskaracer:
With all the tracks the IHRA is signing, I think the NHRA is getting nervous. They are losing tracks left and right...thats never a good sign...

I think a lot of the tracks IHRA is gaining are the ones that went to the WDRA. Now that IHRA absorbed the WDRA Evadale and MoKan are two who had went to the WDRA came back..

Dave

Yep, Mo-Kan going back to IHRA. Mid-America in Ark City, KS is going with IHRA also.

ihra has zero presence in the south virtually for stock, super stock, super classes and top classes and absolutely zero in having a series for them. ihra stands as much a chance of affecting car counts in nhra divisional and national events as much as F A R T in a tornado will affect it currently. then you have the racers that remember ihra tanking several times that have the wait and see and show me attitude to make me interested lololol .... wdra tracks going ihra is not a surprise or a secret when ihra owns them now.

quote:

Originally posted by undacuva67:
ihra has zero presence in the south virtually for stock, super stock, super classes and top classes and absolutely zero in having a series for them. ihra stands as much a chance of affecting car counts in nhra divisional and national events as much as F A R T in a tornado will affect it currently. then you have the racers that remember ihra tanking several times that have the wait and see and show me attitude to make me interested lololol .... wdra tracks going ihra is not a surprise or a secret when ihra owns them now.

I blame that on the racers..

I worked for IHRA in Division 4 from 2003 till just a few years ago. We never had a huge field of any of those mentioned in Nitro Jam or Pro Am. I remember a few times we broke 50 in TD and TS, and SR. As far as Stock and SS if we had 30 in either class it was considered a big field. Everyone that actually raced with us always said they were treated better than with NHRA but we couldn't get the others to show up even when we accepted all NHRA credentials, and had a much cheaper entry fee. Then the excuse was no contingency so IHRA raised the purse higher than NHRA still no help.
I had several racers that I know that just would not show for an IHRA race "it's the junior league". LOL and they couldn't go rounds with the Pro's at NHRA. Although several of the well known racers in the above mentioned classes raced with us.
They had the same excuses as locals have when their track puts on a "big money" race and the traveling bracket guys show up.

I can't blame the series..

Dave

i can blame the series as of today it certainly will have zero affect when there is not a series in the south lol

And this raises the question, there is a series of stock S/S races ran by a promoter in the south east. I attended 2 of those and both were well attended. At Rockingham I talked to one Stock racer that was from New York. So why can’t IHRA/NHRA attract these racers?

Isn't NHRA the ones who threatened to revoke their NHRA Competitors Lic if they kept doing Street Outlaws?

quote:

Originally posted by ferndaleflyer:
And this raises the question, there is a series of stock S/S races ran by a promoter in the south east. I attended 2 of those and both were well attended. At Rockingham I talked to one Stock racer that was from New York. So why can’t IHRA/NHRA attract these racers?

Fern, that's a great question. I assume you're referring to CCRA. I've thought the same. Been to a bunch of their races, CPD, Kinston, Rockingham, Piedmont, and they're always well attended by racers. I've heard several racers say they won't run NHRA national events, but will run divisional events. I assume due to schedule of classes at nationals, along with how many dislike the "treatment" from NHRA. No personal experience at a national to have my own opinion there, so definitely an assumption.

William what kind of racing are you planning on? CCRA might be a good fit with a 4spd. Bracket racing, not so good. Those are good people running CCRA.

quote:

Originally posted by ferndaleflyer:
William what kind of racing are you planning on? CCRA might be a good fit with a 4spd. Bracket racing, not so good. Those are good people running CCRA.

Primarily planning to run CCRA and NHRA D2 divisionals, IHRA when they have Superstock at events. Don't think I'll do much bracket racing, aside from getting seat time to get used to the car.

That’s what I figured