On The Tire: Separating the National/Divisional points

I like the idea but I'm just a SuperComp Alky wanna-be. It makes sense but getting NHRA to buy into it is a whole other story. It would be cool to see some of the guys with less a budget make the field and gain side by side RACE experience versus qualifying. It would potenitally influence a whole new generation of teams. Good Luck with it!

 

what affect would the system you propose on the divisional racer that wants to hit a few national events to wet the feet

 

If I undertstand correctly, none... It would just make divisionals less appealing to "national event" teams...

I think this is a good idea, it would increase car counts at national events as well as take a step towards making the Alky classes more professional...

CJ Curtsinger

 

if the two points systems were to be split, this is the idea i have floating around in my head,
Will, don't let your mind wander, it's to Little to be out by its self.

 

Why not leave it as it is only drop the requirment that you have to run a minimun of three division races. If the division races did not count toward the national championship then it would be up to the owner/driver if they wanted to run any division races even if the points did not count. The problem I see is that some of the tracks might have a problem but on second thought I doubt it! If so you could maintain the three race divisional minimum required now but with no National points awarded. Don't know how this would appeal to other sportsman classes but could also be a problem for the track owners as all of them pay at the gate.
It cost a ton of money to chase the Nationsl Championships in the alky classes and any time and money saved whould probably increase the number of cars willing to compete.
What you don't want to do though is punish the people who run divisionals and 3 or 4 national events.

 

A typical divisional weekend cost is about $7500 plus any broken parts. We need to get prize $ or appearance $ to help out. If you end up having to go 5.38 just to make the show, you're going to break parts. A-Fuelers turn 7400 rpm, we have to turn 10,300. Splitting the points is OK with me. Get the big boys at the national, let us have the divisionals. You want to see fast go NHRA top fuel; you want a good show, go IHRA top Fuel. End of story.

 

Will, I know how much time you've devoted to the Divisional races and how to make them more marketable, etc... However I think until the NHRA stops stacking divisional races on top of Natl. events, nothing will change. The Spring Vegas race is one of the Top draws for the Alky classes in the country. Many D-4 hitters make the trek to Vegas as well, yet in '08 the Ennis Divisional is the same weekend as Vegas. Now as to whether this happened in '07 I'm not certain, either way this stuff happens all the time!