Has the NHRA ever had to run any part of a National Event @ the 1/8th mile?

[Husky]

Because I see the IHRA has had to do it twice!

 

[jackass]

guess it beats being there for 4 days....

done for safety.. and saved money for the teams to come back..... good call in my book....

Billy

 

[onfire]

Never happened.....Never will.

Late............Mitch

 

[pete]

Ya know, in the minors, doubleheaders are 7 innings

 

[possum]

Kind of a weird deal and crappy for those trying to back up a record and the dial-in and throttle stop "Rod" classes who don't get to make a time trial at the new distance.

 

[Rich]

I agree that it will never happen. The day it does happen is the day the NFL plays on 50 yard fields.

 

[Rexfiles]

I absolutely LOVE the word, "Never"......

 

[HEMI6point1]

Sorry, but I pay to see cars going down the 1/4 mile. If NHRA did that to a race I went to I'd be pretty pissed off.

And IHRA has now had TWO events that they had to run in 1/8 mile? People say that IHRA has great track prep. Yeah, great track prep alright.

 

[mike]

Sorry, but I pay to see cars going down the 1/4 mile. If NHRA did that to a race I went to I'd be pretty pissed off.

And IHRA has now had TWO events that they had to run in 1/8 mile? People say that IHRA has great track prep. Yeah, great track prep alright.

Did you even bother to read why they had to do it? Hmmm guess not

 

[Kelly]

Sorry, but I pay to see cars going down the 1/4 mile. If NHRA did that to a race I went to I'd be pretty pissed off.

Ya know....I thought the same thing. THEN I went to see the Pro Mods run 1/8th mile at Houston Motorsports Park. It was AWESOME! I still don't know how those guys stopped their cars with such a short track and shutdown.

Anyway....that was Pro Mods but I have to stop and think that if I went to an NHRA event and they had to 'alter' it......I WOULDN'T LEAVE!

 

[r2]

I'd want half my money back-

 

[None]

Sorry, but I pay to see cars going down the 1/4 mile. If NHRA did that to a race I went to I'd be pretty pissed off.

And IHRA has now had TWO events that they had to run in 1/8 mile? People say that IHRA has great track prep. Yeah, great track prep alright.

With the one lane race tracks that NHRA put out what is better? One lane at a 1/4 mile or two lanes at an 1/8. No one wanted to have to come back. It was the water not the prep.

 

[Glenn Hughes]

Kind of a weird deal and crappy for those trying to back up a record and the dial-in and throttle stop "Rod" classes who don't get to make a time trial at the new distance.

all classes got one time trial at new distance. rod classes got two per announcement on drc

 

[onfire]

With the one lane race tracks that NHRA put out what is better? One lane at a 1/4 mile or two lanes at an 1/8. No one wanted to have to come back. It was the water not the prep.

Great article on CompPlus about the track in Canada..........from all indications, it is quite the $H!TBOX.

Late.............Mitch

 

[*******]

No, NHRA would make you sit around loosing time off your job for 2,3 or 4 days. Or better yet reschedule and make you come back in two weeks.

Cudos to IHRA for making the best out of a bad situation.

 

[Mike]

Sorry, but I pay to see cars going down the 1/4 mile. If NHRA did that to a race I went to I'd be pretty pissed off.

And IHRA has now had TWO events that they had to run in 1/8 mile? People say that IHRA has great track prep. Yeah, great track prep alright.

Actually I personally believe IHRA preps their tracks better than NHRA. Sometimes too good. Our 3.10 @ 275 (1/8th mile) on Monday on a 110 degree track is a testament to that. The fact that it rained all day on Sunday caused yet another situation of a water logged track in the Great Lakes area. Got lemons, make lemonade.

NHRA postponed a race due to a bad track (Bristol), so did IHRA (Milan). The fields were set the, teams were there. Do you have any concept of how much it would cost EVERYONE to wait another day.

 

[Sully]

Wouldn't have done any good to wait until today, it started raining again last night and was still raining when I left the track this morning. Ironically, that area was bone dry before Saturday night's downpour, so dry that trucks going down the road were leaving roostertails of dust from the shoulders of the roads. They needed the rain, but could have waited just one more day.

Unlike Milan, TMP has no ditches to drain excess water away from the track. Even the ditches eventually fill up, as we found out at Las Vegas, but we didn't get a huge amount of water at Cayuga and trackside drainage probably would have prevented the weepers that did us in Monday.

 

[Angus]

I'd take 1/8 mile racing over no racing any day. I would also take 2 lane 1/8 mile racing over 1 lane 1/4 mile racing anytime!

 

[Toejam]

Actually I personally believe IHRA preps their tracks better than NHRA. Sometimes too good. Our 3.10 @ 275 (1/8th mile) on Monday on a 110 degree track is a testament to that.

MIke, while that's a decent number it's maybe a 4.55 which is common in TF. I will say that IHRA tracks get much better air then NHRA events! Not sure if that's geographics, time of year for those tracks or what.

 

[T.Smith]

Mike, while that's a decent number it's maybe a 4.55 which is common in TF. I will say that IHRA tracks get much better air then NHRA events! Not sure if that's geographics, time of year for those tracks or what.

Joe, I don't care if it was on the moon or 20,000 leagues under the sea...the point is...you still have to have a race track under you to hold such a run, to chalk it up as a "good air" run is just plain bullshit, come and taste the water before you make such a statement.

..and by the way, T.J. rolled in a little deep on that run, so it was more like a 3.07. Not bad for a bunch of part timers with 6 year old cyl heads, 10 year old clutches and no setback blower.