2013 Inaugural NHRA New England Nat'l Evt

[Kelly MacKay]

They are only taken 64 stock and 80 super stock.not a lot of room there.

[mhowes]

Ouch that is tight especially for stock in that part of the US......might see a few jump to SS but some of the indexes make that pretty tough.

[weiner127]

It's probably because they added the NHRA Screamin’ Eagle Championship Motorcycle Series which adds 5 motorcycle classes to the weekend. It runs at 10 events over the year. Harley is stepping up there spending in NHRA I guess

[Joe]

"Stepping up their spending", that's funny they own the whole class. Who says money can't buy happiness or in this case wins?

[jkr]

only means nobody will be "fudging" their time to place them selves on the ladder. run hard or go home. looks like they actually do reward top qualifiers something similar to what i was proposing............ only not with bonus points.

[Kelly MacKay]

Nov 28, 2012 8:25:17 GMT -4 jkr said:

only means nobody will be "fudging" their time to place them selves on the ladder. run hard or go home. looks like they actually do reward top qualifiers something similar to what i was proposing............ only not with bonus points.

THEY ONLY TAKE 64 CARS.ONLY 64 FOR CARS WILL SHOW UP.IT'S NOT THE FASTEST 64 CARS,IT'S THE FIRST 64 CARS WITH THE GRADE POINTS TO GET IN.

THIS IS HOW IT WORKS,YOU HAVE TO GONG TO NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series POINT RACES OR NATIONAL OPENS (DUTCH CLASSIC) TO GET A POINT.I WENT TO THREE OF THOSE RACES AND HAVE 3 POINT. NOW LOOKING AT THE NHRA 2013 Pro/Sportsman National Event
Release Date Schedule .www.nhraeventreg.com/2013relsched.html.AS I SAID I HAVE 3 POINTS,SO I LOOK AT THE EPPING RACE DATE IN THE 3 POINT ROW. MAY 15 2013.NOW IF THIER IS 64 CARS ALL READY SIGNED IN,I'M SHI+ OUT OF LUCK.IF ONLY 50 CARS SIGNED IN,I'M IN. SO IT'S NOT LIKE INDY WHERE THEY TAKE 180 AND THE TOP 128 GET TO RACE.

[mhowes]

I believe that the Screaming Eagle Motorcycle classes have been added to the NHRA Division 1 Lucas Oil Race which is July.

Pro Stock Motorcycle is on the class list for EPPING Mello Yellow Race in June.

The 64 car limit is not a qualified number but the quota for entries. All cars must pre register to race at a National Event. In order to pre register you must first attend a Divisional or National Open Race. Each year the amount of these races you attend give you a #

For instance if you were to attend 1 in Maple Grove and 1 in Epping in 2012 then your score for 2013 would be 2.....

The registration for a National Event is a sliding scale release date schedule. Basically 8 weeks out it opens up to those with a score of 6 or higher. Each week it drops a # until about 2 or 3 weeks out it goes to 1. BUT once it fills the quota (in this case 64 for stock) it is full and no other entries will be accepted. It never goes to 0 and you CANNOT register onsite to race.

The system rewards those who race their divisionals etc. You are allowed to pre register and drop out up until the Monday of the race. Sometimes on that Monday there will be openings in the quota that someone with a 1 can sneak in and register before the end of the day.

In some cases such as Indy fields can fill up with a score of 4........

[Joe]

Good info right there.

[mirada]

OK Kelly or Mark, if like you say Kelly has 3 points and then races at the GATORS does that give him 4 points and moves him up the ladder? or just leaves him with one point?or is it the previous year point total only that is considered?

[mhowes]

I probably should be putting the link to the explanation in here but National Events don't count towards grade points. You only receive them for attending Divisionals or National Opens

They do average your attendance over three years if that brings your score up.

So if you have a 3 and attend the Gators you still have "3" for every other National that year.

You CAN ONLY register online. The link to the website is here and it requires some legal paperwork to be mailed or couriered to CA. www.nhraeventreg.com/