[Alan Roehrich]

Art, when did I say anything about doing away with any cars? I have no idea where you got that.

I said "consolidate classes, to an extent", meaning 1 pound weight breaks starting at 7.0.

I'm good with them letting the 55-59 cars back in, I wish there were more in the guide. I never said anything about doing away with any cars, and actually, for the most part, 1.0 pound weight breaks sure wouldn't make the least bit of difference to people already racing in the lower classes with 1.0 weight breaks to begin with.

We defended our class title at St. Louis last year, we beat Fletcher to do it. We got a Wally, and a few hundred bucks in contingency money.

When did Stock Eliminator become "me too" Eliminator? I thought it was about performance and racing, you know, actually having to race against another car in your class to win a class Wally and a few bucks.

I can easily see the point of a contingency sponsor NOT wanting to pay a bunch of people to simply show up at the track and drive through. And I can see the point of fans wanting to see an actual race, instead of a punch and coast single pass, too. They came to see a race. The spectators and the sponsors certainly have a reasonable expectation to see some real racing in a class that is supposedly a performance based eliminator. Those are the people we need to start trying to make happy. Without both of them, we are not going to last a whole lot longer.

Ken, you replied to Art while I was writing this, I'll be glad to edit it, or delete it if you like.