question for the 90 guys and gals

[CBS]

It's hard to say what the answer is....But certainly any way to make it shorter would be nice...In other forms of motorsports, guys(and gals) don't get to compete on the same track at the same event as the pro's do...and we are a nice cash influx...so we have to come up with win win solution....so both parties benefit...other wise they won't change anything...I'm sure you guys can come up with some solutions.....

How about a couple things you don't like and you solution to remedy it...maybe we will stumble on to something....

Rock Haas's issues
1. Long National events..too much time off work(yes I work)....

Change to 3 day events where possible...2 time runs for super classes

2. NHRA's procedures for anything..They have few...

How about setting some procedures up so everybody knows what happens when this happens or that happens...such as a rain delay....or getting a car approved for stock or super stock...or when you take too long to stage(just joking)....right now you just sit there and hope...

3. Exposure for sportsman classes ...there is little or none..

How about focusing on 1 sportsman class per national event(and rotate them)..I'm not sure what that means but maybe like the sportsman spotlight...so people know that they can do this....and supporters know that they can get involved for less than 2 million...

4. Also it looks like a divison against division meet might be interesting...

this should turn into a long thread....Jason don't crash the server....

[Lynn Hoosigian]

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3. Exposure for sportsman classes ...there is little or none..

How about focusing on 1 sportsman class per national event(and rotate them)..I'm not sure what that means but maybe like the sportsman spotlight...so people know that they can do this....and supporters know that they can get involved for less than 2 million...

This would be nice. Not sure how as the winners of each class aren't even shown when they air the Sportsman (AKA Alcohol Class) Eliminations!!

Chris, still not sure how you got your win aired !!!

[Jason Oldfield]

I'm too tired to crash the server at the moment. I'll just say that the lack of exposure of the sportsman classes pisses me off. I thought it was a joke before when they only showed the finals of all the sportsman classes on TV. Now, we're lucky if we get a FEW finals, let alone all of them.

Years ago, the IHRA broadcasts used to show the semis and finals of every sportsman category. That I thought was great. But, I'm guessing that wasn't cutting it from a ratings standpoint (i.e. not enough entertainment). Of course, I'd love to know what the ratings of IHRA's sportsman shows was then vs. what they are now (or vs. NHRA's sportsman show, since I don't think IHRA has a sportsman show anymore).

Anyway, at least rotating through each of the sportsman categories to give each some extended coverage would be nice. It would certainly better than what we get now.

And I still think shortening national events is a good idea. The less time I can spend sitting around doing nothing, the better. Of course, that's also been called a bunch of horse pukey, so I guess we should make them all 2 weeks long, and extend the season to a full 52 weeks, with only 1 day of travel time between the events, that way it will only take a grade point of 1 to get into each national event. Then, we could all make 13 time shots over the first 4 days, and run only one round of eliminations per day over the final 10 days of the events, and still leave ourselves a few of extra days just in case of rain.

Now that would be great...

[wsmracing]

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