8 car field IHRA funny car..

Thanks Thurston, I'll check it out.

 

There are three things that need to be considered when jumping from one sanctioning body to the other.

1. The learning curve from a roots to a screw.
2. The cost to change from a roots to a screw.
3. Will the learning curve make it worth the cost of the switch?

I understand that IHRA is putting $10,000 a win on the table, but how often are you going to hit that. Also, if IHRA adopted the rules of the NHRA then you would create a group of the top teams that are well funded still shoving out the little guy. You now have to contend with the Payne, Newberry and Manzo teams at every IHRA race they can get to and with the Atchison and Thomas teams going to every NHRA event they can get to, that doesn't leave to many spots for those with smaller budgets. As Will pointed out, by having Payne and Manzo in the IHRA the cost will go up to win, making those two the odds on favorite to win every event and take home the championships in both sanctioning bodies. Something needs to be done for the smaller budget racer to race. Without the start up teams, the sport can't grow. Just my two cents, don't know if it is even worth that.

[ November 29, 2004, 01:39 PM: Message edited by: Joker Racing ]

 

could this maybe have something to do with it
2 posts from another web site:

I have heard now from 3 different people that IHRA is going to have 8 car qualified nitro altered show at some of the Night of Fire events. Do you think this is just another rumer?

I do not know of anything about the "Night of Fire" program. I do know two teams from the Chicago area have each bought a "state-of-the-art" chassis and equipment from Chuch Etchells to run Fuel Altered. If this program is on, I guess, they plan to run fast.

 

John from Joker Racing. One cost that you did not factor in was travel costs. It's seems that teams who wrote in this thread is from the Northeast part of the United States. We have a choice, go NHRA Division One. From Connecticut, I could attend all 6 Division races and two National Events all within 4 hours travel time.
From central Jersey the longest NHRA race would be 2 and half hours.
Or go with IHRA, one race is 3 and half hours, next race is 6 and half hours, than all the other races are double digits in hours. All these hours are one way. Point being NHRA is closer.

As for the "Night of Fire Show" they do race them at National Events but they also run them as booked in one night show at selected IHRA tracks and I think the fuel altereds ran at the non National Event shows.

Paul Weiss

 

it's on the IHRA web page today

I guess it is official.

 

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If IHRA has been trying to help this class for the last 5 years why haven't they done anything to help? What happened to the extra qualifing money for their night of fire?What happened to the shoot outs? and we have to pay to get in. At least in NHRA we still don't to pay for car and crew.Could you see NHRA telling John force he has to pay to get in.

 

I wonder what they could really do to help? (alky cars in general) if not for federal mogul and LUCAS, where would we be in NHRA? JUST PONDERING.