IHRA cancels some 2026 events (10 Viewers)

[Mike]

Chris, you know for a fact that they arent going to get paid?

 

[Chili]

Chris, you know for a fact that they arent going to get paid?

No I don’t. Up to this point in time, I had assumed they did get paid. With the comp plus article, we have some facts on the situation. Even if the funds are tied up in the short term he needs to reach out to the racers and let them know whey they will get paid. We now have racers stuck on the sidelines because they are awaiting payment. Daryl told Lex that there wouldn’t be a delay prior to the event and now there is. I’m sorry but if all that is true, he lied to his face.

 

[ironpony]

I do know from another site there are classes which have been paid, verified by the teams. None are nitro as far as I know.
It is a bad situation and it seems the racers are willing to work with him some as it is a place they can race and "afford" it.
I do hope it works out but gut says no at this point, why cancel up and running tracks. The others I can see but not this time.

 

[Butch]

Back in the Match racing/Booked in shows, if we didn't get paid that night we'd never return.
The way it's going on now, how can any of the fuel racers on a tight budget even risk going to an IHRA EVENT.

 

[luxexpress]

Out of curiosity, how quickly does the NHRA pay?

 

[Mike]

DC could stop a lot of the BS rumors and come out behind the curtain and explain what's happening and what to expect.
To me he's loosing a lot of credibility by not coming forward.

There is a recent sports illustration that may apply. No league is under more fire now than the WNBA.

Their inept Commissioner was scheduled to be on Dan Patrick's sports talkshow last week. She agreed to the interview, and both her and Patrick's people were at the same celebrity golf event at the same time.

She ghosted him. His staff waited a couple hours. Eventually it was revealed her media people (read: subordinates) didn't think it was a good idea to face hard but polite and tactful questions.

As a result, in addition to incompetent she now looks cowardly. I'm not calling DC either of those things, but Mr. Cuttel could stand to face legitimate questions. Not his subordinates- the man himself.

 

[Jim]

Creasy doesn’t want to make three passes and only make $10K racing NHRA and I get that. In Columbus he made three runs for nothing.

The mistake was believing IHRA would do what it said it would. If IHRA tries to come back in 2027, who will believe them?

 

[Jim]

my perception is, the hebron race was allowed to happen without proper funding in place.

Why would IHRA have done that if they had all the funding in place for 10 years of operations?

 

[Topfuel386]

NHRA pays you the week following the event. If last weekend was a race weekend. You would have an ach by this Thursday. Just like how it should work.

 

[Funnycarfanatic]

NHRA pays you the week following the event. If last weekend was a race weekend. You would have an ach by this Thursday. Just like how it should work.

Thank you Kyle as a pro yourself I think this clears up a lot to have your insight