LODRS vs. MelloYello

[mick]

http://www.competitionplus.com/drag...obby-bennett-discusses-editorial-on-wfo-radio
bobby & joe discussing current affairs concerning nat. event sportsman racing.

most of the sportsman rounds are completed before 11am sunday leaving
only a few racers per class left to compete on sunday.....think this has been
this way for quite a while.
why do the friday and saturday pro sessions have to be back to back?
run more sportsmen between the pro qualifiers on fri & sat.
let the fans have a longer 'break' between the nitro cars to do whatever they
want which IMO leads to opening their wallets at the concessionaires who
have already been pinched for time on sunday.

 

[NYNitro86]

Because this is a very convoluted situation, the only thing i can think of that can work for starters is not making the pro categories so tightly scheduled. I remember back in the day after the first pro session, they had lots of space to run super comp, super gas, alcohol, before the night session. Even if there was any downtime during a session. Even if by some way the sessions now go by so quick, then you can say "we're gonna push the 2nd session back a little bit and we're gonna run some LODRS and then run the Pros" then you have a night session which would make it more fun because that has become a "if it's not advertised in advance then it's by luck"

 

[Pete]

I'm sure a lot of Sportsmen racers are used to it by now, but when I ran my only national @ ETown, back in 2007 it was a LOOOOOONG weekend!
Six days and six runs.
We started with our time trials on Thursday, which was well paced and had us done by 5 and sipping frosties (drinkers choice) in the 1000' club with some PSB guys, who were "wicked" cools dudes! Matt Smith and Andrew Hines talking the night away was priceless.....but back to the race.
Friday had us run RD1 @ around 11am...then we didn't get called for RD2 until Saturday evening, after the 4th Pro session @ 6:30pm. Then they hot lapped Rd 2&3 and called us for the night.
RD 4 was on Sunday, after the Pro semi-finals and they used us as filler until the Pro Finals were ready and then they ran all of the finals in category order, SST - TF, which I thought was very cool and an appropriate way to end the race.
I am glad it was my first national, because I got caught up in the aura that is NHRA and the happenings in the pits, when the fans are gone....I had to run and get water for the motorhome and the faucets were rut across from Team Kalitta. I'm filling and I hear, "HEY", and it was Scott asking me if I wanted a beer...of course I said yes, just after I ran the water back for my wife..LOL

 

[clwill]

I'm sure a lot of Sportsmen racers are used to it by now, but when I ran my only national @ ETown, back in 2007 it was a LOOOOOONG weekend!
Six days and six runs.

You never get used to paying for the privilege of being treated like worthless filler.

 

[SundayNiagara]

Those of you who live in Florida are encouraged to attend the IHRA Pro Am at Immokalee Raceway on Super Bowl weekend. No pro's but it gives the Gators a run for the money just based on owner, Ralph Hester's hospitality.

 

[mick]

follow up article
http://www.competitionplus.com/drag...-understand-the-plight-of-the-sportsman-racer

before anyone starts splitting up the series and provides fans an opportunity
to watch a really fun weekend of nitro nostalgia + sportsmen instead of
going to their usual big show nat. event/s, how about tailoring
nat. event car quotas to event length and pit space.
example: why does st. louis run 3 days and allow 442 cars when brainerd
runs 4 days and allows 452?.....(and BIR could run a lot more with ample
sportsmen pit area, a large amount of it shaded)
Bristol at 378 is the most obvious race remaining where car count vs.
length of event + available space seems to have been considered, and possibly
seattle too at 3 days allowing 412 cars.

Bandimere with space problems runs only 3 days yet allow up to 454 cars?

houston was 3 days and had 452 entries

who is supposed to be surprised when weather alters a 3 day event
allowing the same car counts as 4 day events?

 

[Pete]

I'm sure a lot of Sportsmen racers are used to it by now, but when I ran my only national @ ETown, back in 2007 it was a LOOOOOONG weekend!
Six days and six runs.
We started with our time trials on Thursday, which was well paced and had us done by 5 and sipping frosties (drinkers choice) in the 1000' club with some PSB guys, who were "wicked" cools dudes! Matt Smith and Andrew Hines talking the night away was priceless.....but back to the race.
Friday had us run RD1 @ around 11am...then we didn't get called for RD2 until Saturday evening, after the 4th Pro session @ 6:30pm. Then they hot lapped Rd 2&3 and called us for the night.
RD 4 was on Sunday, after the Pro semi-finals and they used us as filler until the Pro Finals were ready and then they ran all of the finals in category order, SST - TF, which I thought was very cool and an appropriate way to end the race.
I am glad it was my first national, because I got caught up in the aura that is NHRA and the happenings in the pits, when the fans are gone....I had to run and get water for the motorhome and the faucets were rut across from Team Kalitta. I'm filling and I hear, "HEY", and it was Scott asking me if I wanted a beer...of course I said yes, just after I ran the water back for my wife..LOL

....now it's $315 or so bucks to race for a $1200 winners check in Super Street thankfully I am racing for that WALLY and pride instead. The money's nice, it can pay for a Boston Market meal and fuel for the ride home

 

[rocketman]

Like any major sports organization NHRA has to run the show in a way that best benefits the paying spectator. Lets face it, the reason people leave their seats largely during the super classes is that they find it boring and the NHRA knows it. Yet, NHRA needs the sportsman racer's revenue so they run these classes mostly before the spectators get there and after they leave. I realized this a long time ago and stopped racing the Lucas Oil Series. Hence, it's up to the racer to weigh whether it's worth it to them to run under such a program. If the racers want to get more fan appeal get rid of the electronics.