FEEDBACK ARTICLE: THE IHRA COMMUNITY WEIGHS IN ON THE 2010 RACE FORMAT
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“I think it will be a great show for the novice spectator. The purist race spectators will have to take some time to warm up to it. From a novice fan that hears it advertised on the radio and wants to see fast cars and a lot of noise, they’ll be entertained with. For the purist, I just don’t know how they’re going to take it. We’ll develop a new audience. The diehard fans are not going to have a lot of enthusiasm. The average one-to-two race a year fan that doesn’t follow the sport will be entertained.”
Who do they think is effected by the economy? Are they stupid?
Do they even know or studied there customer base?
The Novice spectator are the very people not coming to the track. In this economy do you think the novise is going to spend the money? Come on guys, this is not rocket ecomonics.
You making changes to cut cost for the novice spectator, the very spectator that will have no money and will not attend. Those very spectators will spend their hard money somewhere else. And in the process you totally destroy your fan base. The ones who make
sacrifices to make sure this is the one part of there life they will not miss.
JUST HOW STUPID CAN YOU GET?????????????
NASCAR has seen the same mistake. changes over the years have made their original fan base mad as hell. Now they want them back. Because the fair weather novice fans spend their money on something else.
But what do I know?
I know what drag races will not see my money!
I'm a fan, a doorslammer fan. The very roots of what IHRA has been about. THE VERY FOUNDATION! - Al Smith
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FEEDBACK ARTICLE: TIME TO TINKER WITH THE NHRA'S COUNTDOWN?
Your reflections on Spartanburg Dragway brought back a lot of memories of that era and the tracks that built the sport that we all love. Fortunately the tracks that influenced my teen years - Cordova Dragway Park and Union Grove (WI) - are still in operation but I have also revisited U.S. 30 (Gary, IN) and Meadowdale (IL) Raceway and viwed tree trunks of 4 inches plus springing from cracks in the racing surface. The sight is painful, but the memories are great. - Ron Colson
At the beginning of Pro Mod Walter Henry was ahead of the crowd. His blown car with a 2 stage clutch and Lenco was a superior combination.
I am glad to see John Force doesn't forget where he came from and how he got there.There are too many racers trying to make it and the bad ecomoney doesn't help.I know my wife and I are sportsman racers and trying to keep a sponsor or even trying to get new ones is tuff. We had a sponsorship that lasted 10 years and in 2010 we are strting over because our sponsor of 10 years has to back out due to the auto industry but we will just keep trying and keep knocking on doors and hopefully find a new one in 2010 again our hat's off to John and everything he has done for the sport thank you. - Dan Novotny 
I hated to see the Mods and Gas classes go but I got the opportunity to buy a G/G 1968 Camaro that quit so I could get into brackets. Had some really mixed emotions about the whole thing though, because the Modified class was my favorite. - Doug Tillotson
I believe you are correct it was a bad day for IHRA and the racers that support it.
Good for you!! I am so tired of all this BS about JF throwing the race for Robert Hight. And I'm tired of self-righteous Tony Pedregon whining about his million pesos. Poor Tony and his little team only funded by Quaker State. Oh wait a minute they're a pretty big company too. Like you said Force has done more to keep the pro categories of this sport alive than anyone in the past 25 years. I believe he did exactly what he needed to do for his team given the rules NHRA created for this increasingly stupid countdown. NHRA has always prided itself as better than NASCAR because everyone has to qualify for every race. Then they decide to mimic NASCAR and the countdown. Like it or not there have always been teams in motorsports and teams sometimes act like teams. And just to remind everyone - It ain't the middle east, it ain't health care- IT'S JUST A GAME!!! Get over it people. - David Thatcher