Wednesday, September 16, 2009

NHRA Division 4 & The Bracket Finals Debockle

Houston Raceway Park should find a better way of developing a successful schedule before the forums get carried away with themselves. Seth Angel is the man who has the say, but so many are talking about a lack of direction that it seems the Angels need more than one man to combat the bad press. The context of the argument lies with what the weather did to the final race of the year. It washed it out. As the weather slowly went from good to bad so did the feelings around the end of the season, the King of the Track, and the Bracket finals team. The team is scheduled to compete in Ennis TX in two weeks, no time to make up nothing. Even if the track might want you to believe it could do something about the weather.

As the weekend turned into the week, everyone who had competed in the Houston Raceway Bracket season in 2009 had an opinion. What, with the double points races that really set the whole season in the wrong direction. Who's complaining? Well to tell you the truth, not me. We're just fine. But it would have been nice to get the last race in and go for a win to get into the King of the Track, the Race of Champions, or whatever they're calling it. It's just bracket racing, right?

Hell No, it's not just this season. It's about years of dedication to a sport and a facility through the entry fees and the years spent on it's hot pavement. People care because they invest a lot to have a right to care about it. A facility who cares for it's members should also know how to deliver a decision in a timely, and informed manner. Forget about the forums for a minute and just listen before you speak.

So, as the final bracket race at Houston raceway Park has been washed out and a rescheduled race to occur in October (after the bracket finals mind you), the team is ready to go to Ennis and win the event for an invitation to Pomona. Forget about what she said about he said about nothing. Just pray to god that the management team over at Houston Raceway Park in Baytown Texas can give back enough effort to satisfy the competitors who in reality support their business everytime they bring an entry to the NHRA division 4 bracket and ET races.

We're fourth in points and noone asked us about it anyways. We had every chance to win. Especially after the first reschedule was posted, and then removed, and then posted and removed again before "The Decision" was handed down from the Angels (sounds heavenly). We're going to Ennis to win. They can talk about it after we do. Maybe they'll even have a new race just for us.. ha.

Division four events get back underway in Bella Rose Louisiana this weekend. Now that Houston Raceway Park has settled the dilema of where are we racing and how are we going to be in two places at once, we can just concentrate on getting TS46 and TD4200 into the winner circle for a great end of season push to the finals.

No Problems Raceway will be holding down the NHRA fort for Division four Top Sportsman and Top Dragster competitors. Look for the results next week.

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