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Originally Posted by Gary Smith
Alan, it is NOT scripted...get it through your head. I was IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL and assure you it's not scripted!!!
Second, the reason Stock and/or Super Stock HASN'T been promoted to the level of PINKS is for the very reason you're against it. We are a dying breed. If we don't find a way to pump new blood into it our future will be only about the memories.
I'm not saying Rich Christensen is the be-all-and-end-all to our future. But he's a good ambassador to our level of racing and a great start for getting things turned around. To attract new blood we need an audience. To gain an audience it will need to be hyped up. Rich makes it crystal clear he's looking for "candidates" that are willing to be ambassadors and able to promote his cause because that's the only way it can be "sold".
I have been in contact with him since the race and is watching this board. The idea in question would not mean molding S/SS to the PINKS model (for a lack of better words) but molding PINKS around our form of racing, except adding some fan appeal to it. Maybe heads up class run-offs but with arm drops (like the old flag days) with the biggest class field running for the gold. What's in it for us? The contingency support would come back in droves for starters. Individual sponsor support would be easier to secure due to television exposure. How much worse can it be than what we're already working with? What's special about shelling out $400 for the weekend where you first run at 0'dark hundred then get swept under the rug until the pros are done?
I'm sorry for being direct and my ranting, but I think I make a valid point.
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Gary, this is really simple.
Who picks the ET range of the finalists?
Who picks the finalists?
Who picks which of the finalists is the fastest?
Who picks which of the finalists is the slowest?
That's right, Rich and his crew make every one of those decisions and more.
If you enjoy all of that, fine, you go, and you have a good time. I'm not the least bit fooled by it, nor am I interested in it. Enjoy yourself.
Sportsman racing, Stock and Super Stock, can be promoted just fine without all of the silliness. It is easy, but NHRA and IHRA are not interested. The only thing that needs to be changes is how the events are run and promoted. Pinks All Out ain't gonna make that happen.