LODRS at National Events!

[James Perrone]

I love racing class eliminations.
But folks that ship has sailed away
Nhra doesn’t give a .........**** about class eliminations
they have slowly cut back and fazed it out
We Are Not The Show. !....... Dan Fletcher quote
I would think Indy would definitely have class eliminations .
but once NHRA gets away with running class at Indy like they did. They will do it again
Also NHRA has bigger problems than us. They need live fans to make some$$$$

Let’s hope we as racers can continue to race a schedule as put out
Because the whole dam world is up it the air. Nothing guaranteed

[Mike Gray]

Originally Posted by Jim Caughlin

Not that I am disagreeing with you when it comes to the real estate being consumed by large RV's but that argument does not hold water when it comes to tracks like LV, there is a ton of empty space even at the largest events. Quotas at races like that should be expanded.

Not to mention the extra money that comes from camping fees. I don't remember ever paying a fee when I brought in my car on a flatbed trailer with my pickup. Not sure all the tracks charge the fee but it's probably heading that way.

[Jim Hanig]

Originally Posted by Mike Gray

Not to mention the extra money that comes from camping fees. I don't remember ever paying a fee when I brought in my car on a flatbed trailer with my pickup. Not sure all the tracks charge the fee but it's probably heading that way.

Very few dont charge, the 2 tracks in SD charge you to leave your mh over nite.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by James Perrone

I love racing class eliminations.
But folks that ship has sailed away
Nhra doesn’t give a .........**** about class eliminations
they have slowly cut back and fazed it out
We Are Not The Show. !....... Dan Fletcher quote
I would think Indy would definitely have class eliminations .
but once NHRA gets away with running class at Indy like they did. They will do it again
Also NHRA has bigger problems than us. They need live fans to make some$$$$

Let’s hope we as racers can continue to race a schedule as put out
Because the whole dam world is up it the air. Nothing guaranteed

And we're not going to Indy without class eliminations. Not a fan of running them at the Baby Gators rather than at the Gators either.

[Bill Bogues]

Please don't give NHRA ideas about charging a parking fee for the racers.

[RULER]

Yet Indy gets 160 and Seattle gets 45 so that doesn’t hold water either Vega should get what Indy gets

[rognelson777]

As just a fan of class racer, part of the problem I see at nationals is dropouts. Too many times when I look at quota right before race, you will see quota 48 and only 44 entries. So gold card and past champions register and then do not go. This then hurts the quota the next year as NHRA sees only 44 entries and sets the quota there. Becomes a downward spiral.

[james schaechter]

I actually like the baby gators class situation. The way the quotas have been jacked up, it is tough to get in for many at some of the national events. At least you can plan for the points meet class runoffs. Racing for class is fun and the fun part for me is the racing, not being lumped in as filler for the pros.

I think that NHRA could offer class as a separate race to enter st LODRS and make it work. Just make it an option to enter for an additional fee. It wouldn’t have to be that much more to make work work and would drive participation in stock and superstock. Heck, they could make it part of a test and tune day before the event if they wanted to. I am nit saying this is ideal, but it would allow people that are interested in performance a choice.

[Mike Pearson]

Originally Posted by james schaechter

I actually like the baby gators class situation. The way the quotas have been jacked up, it is tough to get in for many at some of the national events. At least you can plan for the points meet class runoffs. Racing for class is fun and the fun part for me is the racing, not being lumped in as filler for the pros.

I think that NHRA could offer class as a separate race to enter st LODRS and make it work. Just make it an option to enter for an additional fee. It wouldn’t have to be that much more to make work work and would drive participation in stock and superstock. Heck, they could make it part of a test and tune day before the event if they wanted to. I am nit saying this is ideal, but it would allow people that are interested in performance a choice.

I also like the Baby Gator situation. Like James said not everyone that wants to run the Gators can due to the low quota and the popularity and timing of that event. Lots of racer from other divisions come down to participate in the D2 races that start in February and run through the Gators We have 4 races in about 5 week time frame. 3 divisionals and 1 national event.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by james schaechter

I actually like the baby gators class situation. The way the quotas have been jacked up, it is tough to get in for many at some of the national events. At least you can plan for the points meet class runoffs. Racing for class is fun and the fun part for me is the racing, not being lumped in as filler for the pros.

I think that NHRA could offer class as a separate race to enter st LODRS and make it work. Just make it an option to enter for an additional fee. It wouldn’t have to be that much more to make work work and would drive participation in stock and superstock. Heck, they could make it part of a test and tune day before the event if they wanted to. I am nit saying this is ideal, but it would allow people that are interested in performance a choice.

Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

I also like the Baby Gator situation. Like James said not everyone that wants to run the Gators can due to the low quota and the popularity and timing of that event. Lots of racer from other divisions come down to participate in the D2 races that start in February and run through the Gators We have 4 races in about 5 week time frame. 3 divisionals and 1 national event.

James and Mike, I agree with running class at a divisional BUT only if they did is as an addition to class at the national. I feel like once they replaced class run at the Gators it may never come back. Replacing the performance aspect of the class with a bracket race at a national event isn't for me.