Big Super Gas Race?

[BOO BOO]

Move the race closer to Div.3 area. You would pick up alot of cars.
Boo Boo
31s/g
38s/c

[Jason Oldfield]

Originally Posted by BOO BOO

Move the race closer to Div.3 area. You would pick up alot of cars.
Boo Boo
31s/g
38s/c

Boo Boo...I guess the question is, how much closer to Div. 3 area would it need to be to pick up a significant number of entries? It seems like the great state of Pennsylvania is the dividing line. If the race is no further west than Maple Grove, you'll get all the D1 racers and very few people from D3. If the race is no further east than Pittsburgh, the opposite applies.

Central NY or PA would seem to be ideal to try to pull people from both divisions, but Numidia is the only track that I can think of in that general area that would be decent enough to hold an event like this.

Do you think having the race at Numidia would move it far enough west to pull a significant number of D3 competitors? Sound off you D3 guys. Rock? Eddie? Others?

If it is, then it should probably be considered. Plus, Numidia strikes me like a place that would be willing to host an event like this...

The only problem I see with Numidia is they don't hold a big race that most people will attend. I know that the track draws alot of D-1 & D-3 cars due to it's location but the only NHRA race they hold is in July for the National Open. I really want to make it a race within a race just like the S/SS race. I know some people had a tough time getting off of work for that race but, I want to get them enough time to plan out the race and thats a little bit on the quick side to get everything taken care of for advertising and getting people off of work. Plus I know for myself it's a 6 hour tow for me and to make it just a 1 day race would not be worth it. I know Bob Dimino and staff would love to help us out, they have done great things with us and the MASGA series. If the first one takes off at the track of choice if we decided to do one next year I would keep Numidia in mind for a race. We would like to put together a S/G - S/S and a Stock/Super Stock 10,000 to win races in 2009.

Rob

[Eddie Arnold Jr.]

I would support both locations with equal value ,,But I'm from Northern Ohio and the Tow for me is about the same,,,6.5 to Maple , where I usally run both the Nat. and Div.,,,,6.0 to Numdia plus easier tow and a track I always ran when they held the Divisionals there......

[luckydog]

I guess I didn't catch scheduling it on a Wed or Thurs before. Thats gonna be a problem!!! If you don't wanna make everyone travel for 1 day of racing, make it 2 days $5000 to win instead of 1 day $10,000. The way i look at it is that it's already hard enough to get days off work that late in the year (at least for me), let alone a couple more. In my opinion having it on a Wed or Thurs would hurt car counts, but that my opinion. Thats a tough call.

We could do 2 races for a 5,000 purse, Like a Friday and Saturday race with Sunday being a travel day if anyone from the D-3 or D-2 area decides to come out. I could start the race a little bit later on Friday to help with anyone traveling so they don't have to leave the night before or have to rush to get there early in the morning. I am all ears as to suggestions from you guys, I will be too busy pairing cars up and making sure everything runs smooth then to be racing that day. My Number #1 goal is to make a fun race for the Super class guys. I think it's been long overdue and we deserve something. We all bust our necks to go to NHRA races and sit in the pits for 4 days to win 1,800.00 and have to wait 6 months to get checks from sponsors who we have to give them more information then when you want to board a plane to prove you have that part. So where is the D-1 guys at, I have heard from the D-3 guys but what is the D-1 take on this race (i mean it's going to be in your back yard)? If we do the 2 race in 2 days we can get a racers BBQ together on one of the nights. I have not bothered to ask Uncle Buck due to the passing of his mother if he would cook for us.

[luckydog]

I'd say we do a Saturday, Sunday race. This way it is not required of everyone to take Friday off work and if you need it, you can take off monday to travel. Less days off for more people . Now, how can we go about getting a IHRA VS NHRA Allstars shootout?