Maple Grove- IHRA (20 Viewers)

[GumbyWVU]

Yes, but not other leagues......
And a college bowl game isn't the same.

The USFL and XFL used, in some cases, stadiums that were host for NFL teams.

Clearly different leagues here using the same venue.

 

[Mike]

If one stays in the 1/4 mile and 1000 foot lane, and the other in the 1/8 mile lane (no pun intended), then there is no reason why they couldn't use the same facility on different weekends.

Think of the WNBA (5 on 5) and fledgling Unrivaled (3 on 3). Some of the same players (aka cars/drivers) do both. Even at the same facility, quarter mile compared to eighth mile is like 5 person basketball compared to 3 person basketball. Similar but different enough to avoid a direct comparison.

 

[65 Goatboy]

1. The IHRA letter is just an attempt to look like the good guy. "We made a ridiculous offer we knew they wouldn't accept, we deserve some good guy points or a cookie!"

2. The IHRA will always be little brother, well maybe not even little brother. Perhaps a distant cousin? I'd love to take them serious and see a legit competitor for the NHRA, but this isn't it. Eighth mile racing, at least for nitro cars is such a joke. It's really nothing more than a money grab, might as well just host a cackle fest. It's turned into a "show," not racing. I didn't fall in love with the sport of "show racing," I love drag racing!

3. I understand costs are the main reason for running the 1/8th, I'm sure the racers like it, but the fans don't. I wish we could take a poll here.

4. I have no problem with anyone who wants to go watch this crap or support them, I hope you have a great time. I'll be at US131MSP in September, watching the world's top racers compete for a championship and make record-setting runs. You'll be in Montgomery, Alabama, watching a few cars do dry hops while blowing their **** up and laying down oil for long delays. Oil downs sell hot dogs I guess!

They have been nothing but a circus/sideshow for the last 30 years and will continue to be such.

Although I didn't pay a lot of attention to the IHRA due to lack of tv coverage, I'm positive that 20-30 years ago the IHRA was a lot more viable then it is today. Just like Nascar's O'Reilly Auto Parts Series it was a stepping stone to the Nhra. Ask Clay Millican who won six championships if it's a circus/sideshow or Del Worsham who just announced he's racing the full schedule. I watched a little on Speed Sport tv and I saw a lot more then "a few cars do dry hops". You don't have to like it or watch it but to make wild accusations about something you seem to know little about isn't helping attract new fans to drag racing. Let's give them a chance!

 

[Xploder98]

Hey, at least Feld Entertainment (famously owners of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and Monster Jam) aren't owners of the IHRA anymore, and the Nitro Jam (which, as far as I can tell from the old highlights shows, was fairly close to a traveling nitro circus of drag racing exhibitions) is a thing of the past now.

I'll consider that a net positive for drag racing, though the NHRA hasn't been able to fully shake the traveling nitro circus perception either